CHARACTER RIGGING
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SKINNING
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THE WALKING CYCLE
EXTENDED POSITION:
THE CHARACTER’S
WEIGHT SHIFTING TO
THE FORWARD FOOT
RECOIL POSITION: TRANSFER
BODY WEIGHT TO THE FORWARD
FOOT, BENDING THE FORWARD
KNEE TO ABSORB SHOCK
WEIGHT-BEARING FOOT LIFTS
OFF THE GROUND AT THE
HEEL, BODY STARTS TO FALL
FORWARD LIKE A PENDULUM
PASSING POSITION: FORWARD
KNEE STRAIGHTENS AND THE
FREE FOOT PASSES THE
SUPPORTING FOOT
FREE LEG CONTACTS
GROUND, COMPLETING
HALF CYCLE, FOLLOWED BY
MIRRORED SECOND HALF
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THE RUNNING CYCLE
CONTACT POSITION:
BODY LEANS FORWARD
AND LEGS ARE FARTHER
APART THAN IN WALK
RECOIL POSITION: BODY MOVES
FASTER THAN IN WALK, SO
MOMENTUM INCREASES AND
BENT LEG IS MORE EXAGGERATED
BODY IS NOW
AIRBORNE AND IS AT
THE HIGHEST POINT
IN THE CYCLE
PASSING POSITION: HALFWAY
THROUGH STEP, THE
GROUNDED FOOT PUSHES
THE BODY UPWARD
BODY LANDS AND THE
NEXT STEP STARTS, WITH
SECOND HALF OF CYCLE
MIRRORING FIRST HALF
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THE SKIP CYCLE
THE SKIP STARTS LIKE THE
WALK, WITH THE FEET
APART, BUT THE EMPHASIS
IS ON THE TOES
THE WEIGHT IS TRANSFERRED
TO THE FORWARD FOOT, OR,
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE
FORWARD TOE
IN MID-LEAP, THE BACK
LEG MOVES FORWARD
SLIGHTLY; THE
FORWARD LEG REMAINS
HIGH AND TUCKS
UNDER THE BODY
THE FOOT PUSHES OFF, SENDING
THE CHARACTER INTO A SMALL
HOP; THE OTHER FOOT MOVES
FORWARD AS THE HIPS ROTATE
THE CHARACTER
LANDS ON THE REAR
FOOT, WITH THE
FORWARD FOOT
STAYING HIGH
THE FORWARD FOOT TOUCHES
DOWN AND THE CYCLE REPEATS
IN A MIRRORED FASHION
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THE SNEAKING CYCLE
STARTING ON HIS TOES, THE
CHARACTER IS SLIGHTLY OFFCENTER, SO THE ARMS ARE
EXTENDED TO MAINTAIN BALANCE
RECOIL POSITION: THE
FEET STAY CLOSE TO
THE GROUND TO
MAINTAIN BALANCE
BEFORE THE PASSING LEG
TOUCHES DOWN, THE CHARACTER
LEANS OVER AT THE WAIST TO
HELP MAINTAIN BALANCE
PASSING POSITION: THE
PLANTED LEG DOESN’T
EXTEND NEARLY AS MUCH
AS IN THE WALK
THE CYCLE IS
FINISHED AND
READY FOR THE
NEXT LEG
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LEAPING
ANTICIPATION
OVERSHOOT
FOLLOW-THROUGH
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