Animating Horse Walk Cycle

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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2009
  • Video excerpts on how to animate a horse.
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  • @kezran4976
    @kezran4976 6 лет назад +2111

    Every video game maker needs to study this because all horses in games look like they have brain damage

  • @YowLife
    @YowLife 6 лет назад +701

    4:22
    "Rear legs
    The Power comes from the rear."
    -I want a T-Shirt of that!

    • @QYMXC
      @QYMXC 3 года назад +6

      That's good power.

    • @SpookyForestStripe
      @SpookyForestStripe 3 года назад +6

      It depends. What *_power?_*

    • @MarshaNPILoveCanada
      @MarshaNPILoveCanada 3 года назад +2

      🇮🇩 Probably someone already made that and keep it a secret. Or maybe we didn't know who..
      We'll never know.. 🤷🏻‍♀️ (ツ)
      Or perhaps they keep that idea but they forgot or busy... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @axel_axolotl9821
      @axel_axolotl9821 3 года назад +4

      As soon as i read that he said:
      THE POWER COMES FROM THE REAR

    • @glowinqmady6727
      @glowinqmady6727 3 года назад +1

      It’s true though- the horse’s main power comes from the rear end, please study this stuff before you make a joke out of it.

  • @nellomom
    @nellomom 7 лет назад +650

    I actually watched this video not to draw, but to break down the horse's walk to help me learn how to ride. This was very helpful. Thanks for posting this.

    • @dantedrowson2511
      @dantedrowson2511 3 года назад +46

      That's a cool reason to be looking into this, but that's damn smart way to use it for. Did it help your riding at all?

    • @adamjfreefall9681
      @adamjfreefall9681 3 года назад +50

      That's funny cause I did the exact opposite with horse riding video's to learn how to animate! funny how different people can gain different knowledge from thinks that are made for other purposes

    • @dantedrowson2511
      @dantedrowson2511 3 года назад +4

      @HaileyLotl actually yes😂 The youtube algorithm is a strange beast, that it is.

    • @Prodmullefc
      @Prodmullefc 3 года назад +4

      Just goes to show how you can learn something from one discipline and apply it to your own. Sorta the reverse of you but similar principle, I learned how to frame houses so that I could draw better buildings

    • @victoriagrayson5082
      @victoriagrayson5082 10 месяцев назад

      Good punctuation and grammar!

  • @BioHazardGround0
    @BioHazardGround0 6 лет назад +430

    But really, the real question here, "Does the horse walk like the Ostrich and man?"

  • @dk_moscow
    @dk_moscow 8 лет назад +238

    This is such a hardcore piece of animation!

  • @enchanteddragon563
    @enchanteddragon563 3 года назад +109

    Finally, a walk cycle tutorial that breaks it all down in a way that I can actually understand!! Thanks a ton, this was very very helpful!

  • @roxtechs
    @roxtechs Год назад +11

    Part 7 animators taking notes

  • @alemon1384
    @alemon1384 6 лет назад +410

    Okay so I'm making a comic right
    One of the main characters is a horse
    *I can't draw horses*
    *I did not think this through*

    • @kiiyang2535
      @kiiyang2535 6 лет назад +8

      Person 2.0 s a m e

    • @clintdona4586
      @clintdona4586 6 лет назад +12

      Person 2.0 T h a t s m y l i f e r i g h t t h e r e

    • @bazonga9085
      @bazonga9085 5 лет назад +10

      Kaoru Hitachiin
      That’s what’s happens when your ideas are bigger than your 10 year old talent

    • @DBZgeek2000
      @DBZgeek2000 4 года назад +1

      I can draw a horse if you need it

    • @c0smicbr0wni3s9
      @c0smicbr0wni3s9 4 года назад +6

      Honey Senpai boi, that's me in a nutshell experimenting with trying to add different species of Oc's, taking 30 years to finish them, only to remember I don't know how to draw them again. AND i've tried using character concept sheets but because I use REAL paper for it, I throw away the paper when I barely start on the head, thinking it's always trash. :(((

  • @peachy_bee1670
    @peachy_bee1670 3 года назад +218

    Who is watching this 11 years later
    I know I’m not alone

  • @Rotsuoy
    @Rotsuoy 8 лет назад +217

    I stumbled across this when I was trying to find horse walking cycles for a 3d horse model I'm animating. These were a lot of tips I needed. Thank you for the upload!

  • @Yoachan
    @Yoachan 10 лет назад +1607

    "Horses are difficult to animate"
    The irony is, horses are the first things I learned to animate, and damnit, I did it well

    • @cycloppsss
      @cycloppsss 6 лет назад +22

      Wow

    • @bophi_true
      @bophi_true 6 лет назад +47

      you got my respect. good job.

    • @ollieslovelyworld6330
      @ollieslovelyworld6330 6 лет назад +7

      Yoachan respect

    • @lolasart3408
      @lolasart3408 6 лет назад +10

      Yoachan Same here! I started animating horses when I was 10!

    • @Nyans
      @Nyans 5 лет назад +7

      Well you guys are talented :)
      I had hard time with horse animating

  • @Brandontroll
    @Brandontroll 7 лет назад +363

    If anyone is saying this is animated wrong then quote your 30+ years of professional animation experience that trumps Richard Williams.

  • @tracy18071971
    @tracy18071971 8 лет назад +934

    That's realy random xD 'does a ostrich and a man walk like a horse' xD

  • @anifsky1065
    @anifsky1065 9 месяцев назад +6

    Steel Ball Run anime leak looking fire 🔥🔥🔥🗣

  • @Glatier
    @Glatier Год назад +14

    I'd be an old ass man by the time Steel Ball Run gets an anime lmfao

  • @JuliaN-fi9zw
    @JuliaN-fi9zw 3 года назад +25

    The walk is the hardest gait of the horse to track :) it’s a 4 beat gait so each foot hits the ground at a different time. This man did a great job at explaining why it would be hard to animate

  • @Dr._Nicolas
    @Dr._Nicolas Год назад +10

    Steel ball run animators watching this on loop for the next 4 years

  • @JanOutshoorn
    @JanOutshoorn 10 лет назад +485

    You ought to give full credits to Richard Williams!!! this is taken from the Animator's Survival Kit animated.

    • @ToadaBrava
      @ToadaBrava 10 лет назад +39

      Yea, how come he didn't even mention it, the guy's a legend!

    • @mammaries0118
      @mammaries0118 10 лет назад +17

      you are totally right!!!
      RICHARD WILLIAMS IS THE LEGEND THE FATHER AND THE GOD OF ANIMATION!!!

    • @vinaybabu1168
      @vinaybabu1168 6 лет назад +11

      hey...the explainer is the Richard Williams

    • @b0nsaibabe
      @b0nsaibabe 4 года назад +1

      Vinay babu
      Exactly?

  • @zixiyhhh7222
    @zixiyhhh7222 Год назад +10

    Steel Ball Run animators gotta see this video

  • @c0smicbr0wni3s9
    @c0smicbr0wni3s9 4 года назад +66

    0:00
    "Does an ostrich and a man walk like a horse?"
    Me forgetting how horses walk and watching the animation: *Somethings wrong, I can f e e l it*

  • @curesat0ria106
    @curesat0ria106 3 года назад +8

    I hope David Production animator watching this to prepare future jojo steel ball run anime.

  • @maximillian1109
    @maximillian1109 3 года назад +23

    I may have lived with horses all my life and know their movement inside and out, but it was still very educational to see the walk cycle broken down like this. Thanx!!

  • @poke-talia268
    @poke-talia268 6 лет назад +7

    As an animation student, regardless of if the frames are actually moving like the real creature would, it has to be done in a certain amount of "joint breaking" you make it look natural. Another example of this is animation of someone throwing a ball. (That is what I was taught anyway. )

  • @strawbawrri249
    @strawbawrri249 3 года назад +6

    im not even here for art, this man just has a soothing voice

  • @Luna_And_Stella
    @Luna_And_Stella 8 месяцев назад +2

    As an animator obsessed with horses, I’m blown away by the grace and accuracy of theses cycles! I’ll say that in the first one, the hind quarters are too high up and the stride is too short. But the other’s, Im blown away! Its so darn graceful!!

  • @jonathanche6553
    @jonathanche6553 2 года назад +4

    This is also a useful tip for animating dinosaurs.

  • @JERRYR708
    @JERRYR708 8 лет назад +46

    The Animator's Survival Kit now contains a new testament for this bible: the Expanded Edition, which shows animals walking.

  • @thebuttiestofbuttlers1634
    @thebuttiestofbuttlers1634 3 года назад +4

    11 years later
    11 FREAKING YEARS LATER

  • @coffeeOwlGaming
    @coffeeOwlGaming 9 лет назад +3

    This is great! I used it for making a normal horse walk and a gallop. ASK is great for learning how to animate. Thank you so much!

  • @Stiltonator
    @Stiltonator 13 лет назад +10

    This is really good, and the diagrams are in a similar style to the "Animators Survival Guide" - I imagine you will get lots of people referencing this as its very clear and the finished lines look good - This is a great breakdown / guide!!! - Thanks

  • @unspecified6211
    @unspecified6211 3 года назад +18

    When you get this in your recommended 11 years later in 2021

  • @protator
    @protator 3 года назад

    Well animated and explained. Thank you.
    A structured explanation like this is immensely helpful when you want to create a walkcycle for a 3d equine.

  • @tonyshape2276
    @tonyshape2276 2 года назад

    Thank you very much! This is such a blessing you can just find such a gold material simply on youtube this days. Helped me a lot in my work.

  • @goldcoasthorse100
    @goldcoasthorse100 13 лет назад

    THANK YOU. This is just so interesting as a horse owner to see how a horse walks in such fine detail from someone who can really SEE. Thanks!!

  • @fuzzywheezledoodlers
    @fuzzywheezledoodlers 3 года назад +3

    I can't BELIVE the last time he posted was 11 YEARS ago!

  • @agatameble721
    @agatameble721 4 года назад

    I love the way the horse animation is so smooth.

  • @optivplop5859
    @optivplop5859 2 года назад +7

    How tf they gonna aninate jojo part 7

  • @annikaheydl7342
    @annikaheydl7342 6 лет назад

    That horse galloping at the beginning was so beautifully designed and animated

  • @averycheesypotato
    @averycheesypotato 3 месяца назад

    Very straightforward & accurate tutorial still.
    Fun fact: a horse carries 60% of its body weight on the front, while propelling itself from the hind. This balance can effect/be effected by an individual animals conformation, so horses can vary quite a bit in movements

  • @mihaelkYeah
    @mihaelkYeah 6 лет назад +3

    Wow. I've heard before that to be a good artist you have to be very observant, but in examples like these you can see just how far and sharp it should go. Brilliant attention to detail.

  • @chog3774
    @chog3774 3 года назад

    the whole vibe of this video is just mildly eery... very nice....

  • @jankschmid
    @jankschmid Год назад +2

    Even 14 years late it helped me a lot to animate a horse in 3D, thanks :)

  • @frankyoualot
    @frankyoualot Год назад +1

    This is phenomenal - the best available - thank you! I used this to help with a cat, even though their legs are different, it was still perfect

  • @tonelygren
    @tonelygren 13 лет назад +7

    Fantastic! As I am very interested in horse biomechanics, this is really great! And unlike most animations, you got the head nod correct! :) Great job :)

  • @Ecossine
    @Ecossine 8 лет назад

    My God THANK YOU ! I was struggling so hard trying to make a horse walk in animation, this just saved my day

  • @philmprod
    @philmprod 2 года назад

    Meilleur cours d'animation au monde !!
    C'est juste incroyable !!
    Merci !

  • @gordonpromish9218
    @gordonpromish9218 2 года назад

    one of the best explanations I have seen.

  • @hinxlinx
    @hinxlinx 14 лет назад

    Thanks a lot for sharing. It would have saved me the past two days of work on animating my horse but now I can use this video to improve my horse's walk cycle. :)

  • @Mel-gg3xg
    @Mel-gg3xg 3 года назад

    Great job! Thank you for breaking this down for us. I am just starting in animation and this is very helpful

  • @weeniedeanie2678
    @weeniedeanie2678 3 года назад +2

    this is gonna be recommended to me in 10 years i just know it

  • @CherryPuppy
    @CherryPuppy 3 года назад +1

    This random video from 11 years ago is actually really useful

  • @mobphysco1376
    @mobphysco1376 Год назад +1

    Thanks for uploading this video, was helpful with my horse animation.

  • @racheldutchak3980
    @racheldutchak3980 2 года назад

    Great video for me to understand my horses balance better, and to become a better rider!!

  • @MoeJae86
    @MoeJae86 11 лет назад +3

    I'm currently working on animating some cartoon equine from scratch *cough* ponies. From gallops, trots, walking in hopes to make short animation clips along with some lip syncing/ dialogue. And this is very informative and is exactly the information I need as I am a aspired animator/ creator. Thank you for sharing! Subbed!

  • @Bailey_Dreamfoot
    @Bailey_Dreamfoot 8 месяцев назад

    I remember watching james baxters how to draw spirit blueray extra on the _Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron_ movie and that one thing single-handedly ignited my short lived horse phase, as well as my love for animation that lives on today.

  • @Violeto250
    @Violeto250 11 месяцев назад

    Holy moly! That's a masterpiece, that's so smooth btw

  • @biancab.9733
    @biancab.9733 10 лет назад

    Wow, that was really everything i have to know. It is the only video that showed me every detail of the horse :) Thank you

  • @theninjacalledbasilisk7770
    @theninjacalledbasilisk7770 3 года назад +3

    Finally!!! Someone who understands how horses walk!

  • @emeraldpath9265
    @emeraldpath9265 3 года назад +1

    Gonna use theese tips in the future, Thank you mister!

  • @toonybrain
    @toonybrain 13 лет назад

    Thank you, Animan! I have horses, and you've got the movement pegged (no pun intended). Nice work; thank you for mentoring.

  • @theberrby6836
    @theberrby6836 6 лет назад +1

    Woow! Thank you Mr. Richard Williams.

  • @GraveFogLight
    @GraveFogLight 3 года назад +27

    So my best friend got the Animator’s survival kit book for Christmas and now I got this recommended-
    Is this an omen-

  • @franciscoOrellana29
    @franciscoOrellana29 8 месяцев назад +4

    well time to get all the stell ball run animators to watch this video 💀

  • @xevious2501
    @xevious2501 10 лет назад +21

    Great vid. but.. whats mentions as the horse's knee is actually its heel. and from the hell down is actually its foot. Most of what we think of as a horses legs is mostly its Foot. And the hooves would be its toes. This is better understood
    viewing skeletons of humans other animals.

    • @helixcheerleader
      @helixcheerleader 6 лет назад +4

      No the knee is a wrist. Front legs = arms and "hands", hind legs = legs and foot.
      But the proper terminology in equine anatomy for the front legs is (from the chest down) forearm, knee, canon bone, fetlock, pastern (sometimes referred to as ankles) coronet and foot (most of which is hoof). Hind legs from the point where the leg meets the stomach: stifle, gaskin, hock, canon bone, fetlock, pastern, coronet, foot (most of which is hoof)

    • @startingpointequestrianllc8179
      @startingpointequestrianllc8179 3 года назад +1

      The knee is not the heel. The heel is the heel :-)
      What's interesting though is the animator has the horse landing toe first in the front legs. They should land flat not toe first, as this would indicate the horse has heel pain.
      Landing toe first causes a horse a lot of damage.

  • @18Gingasoldier
    @18Gingasoldier 9 лет назад +16

    This is easier than I thought!

  • @Inkasaur
    @Inkasaur 6 лет назад +3

    That is so smooth!

  • @samschmit7181
    @samschmit7181 5 месяцев назад

    It is important that this be preserved.

  • @Mogo-jan
    @Mogo-jan 3 года назад

    Even though I'm animating a 4 legged mech, this was pretty helpful in getting the rhythm of the steps down.

  • @ammarabugoura108
    @ammarabugoura108 6 лет назад

    you are an artist

  • @so047
    @so047 4 года назад

    man this video really showed exactly what i was looking for to animate a horse

  • @joshuaareta2001
    @joshuaareta2001 3 года назад +1

    James Baxter has some serious competition

  • @vagelaart2217
    @vagelaart2217 4 месяца назад +1

    I was 4 years old when this video was made and now i using to improve my animation, that's crazy😯

  • @thekintsugi549
    @thekintsugi549 Год назад

    Very helpful! Thanks for breaking it down so much

  • @user-cw1iq3gs9q
    @user-cw1iq3gs9q 9 лет назад +5

    I have to say,very useful~~both in 2d and 3d

  • @CoxJoxSox
    @CoxJoxSox 7 лет назад +1

    Beautiful job!

  • @Basil_Flowerz
    @Basil_Flowerz 3 года назад

    i love how this video was recommend now 11 years after it was made

  • @TorQueMoD
    @TorQueMoD 11 месяцев назад

    OMG this is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!

  • @megtan3D
    @megtan3D 13 лет назад

    Great video! Thanks for the upload.

  • @DragonixaHome
    @DragonixaHome 7 лет назад

    Awesome tutorial! I'm starting to learn today!

  • @VinnyMartello
    @VinnyMartello 9 лет назад

    Spectacular work!

  • @charleh3493
    @charleh3493 10 лет назад +1

    This really helped with the horse game I am making Thank you

  • @some-thing-2024
    @some-thing-2024 9 лет назад +2

    yeb , Richard Williams - the master of animation .

  • @m.yunusyunus6932
    @m.yunusyunus6932 4 года назад

    wonderful perfect walk ..great sir

  • @dnx331
    @dnx331 Год назад

    work of art 👏... thank you sir

  • @bluebox72
    @bluebox72 12 лет назад

    This was so helpful and easy to grasp! Thank you!

  • @aegufm4531
    @aegufm4531 5 лет назад

    Its like 10 years later but still intresting to me.
    I just found this randomly while i was cleaning my watch later list lol

  • @artistjorge
    @artistjorge Год назад +2

    This is what animators gonna be using when doing Steel Ball Run

  • @SunnyTheOpossum
    @SunnyTheOpossum 3 года назад

    No idea why this was recommended to me out of nowhere, but I have a feeling this might me useful at some point, so I’m saving it lol

  • @lelouch888
    @lelouch888 2 года назад +6

    I now see why people say JoJo part 7 Steel Ball Run is gonna be hard to make.

    • @_thehandsomefrog_4825
      @_thehandsomefrog_4825 2 года назад

      And this is just 2 dimensional level. So if they use CGI, it's understandable

    • @lelouch888
      @lelouch888 2 года назад

      @@_thehandsomefrog_4825 I will probably enjoy it if they use CGI as I've enjoyed JoJo openings with CGI on it.

  • @vidguy2004
    @vidguy2004 2 года назад

    We all miss you Richard Williams, Greatest Animator of All Time.

  • @kioly_ah
    @kioly_ah Год назад

    really good and gold stuff.

  • @blissinfinite67
    @blissinfinite67 11 лет назад

    Fantastic video. Very informative, thanks for posting this.

  • @gabetheanimator6768
    @gabetheanimator6768 5 лет назад

    Excellent breakdown!!!!! Thanks!

  • @walkingstudio4543
    @walkingstudio4543 3 года назад

    Fantastic!!! Best tutorial I've ever seen🤩🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️

  • @JTGirl79
    @JTGirl79 10 лет назад

    This was so helpful and perfect! Thank you!

  • @madbot4710
    @madbot4710 2 года назад

    I could listen to Richard Williams talk about animation for hours.

  • @lulubeloo
    @lulubeloo 9 лет назад

    this is never easy, but the end result is so much worth it!

  • @rammrt86
    @rammrt86 10 лет назад

    Very useful for animators.

  • @beloveene
    @beloveene 12 лет назад

    A true legend.

  • @ambermaebarton9412
    @ambermaebarton9412 11 лет назад

    Thank you! This`ll help me ride better. i never really figured out how to change leads while cantering. and this will help me animate horses :P