Animating walks

I've been reading 'The animators survival kit' for a few weeks now, picking it up when I can. Currently I'm about half way through the book, and find it to be a superb guide. I thought it would be time to try animating a walk, which some say is the hardest thing to animate. My skills with a wacom tablet are far from sexy, and I hope they improve a bit over time, but here you'll find my first two attempts at a walk.

Landscapes of a lady

And so I returned to the class after two weeks. It was insanely busy in the room today, and having arrived with just seconds remaining before the doors slammed shut, I found a sneaky chair in the far corner and settled in. Today the model was different, big bushy hair dominating her figure.
The two hours passed quickly, with the man behind me sighing depressingly every 30 seconds, my own personal air con, his nose playing a flute solo to a similarly morose tune with every breath out. I blanked the sound out and struggled to concentrate at first, not able to measure, but by the end I had this (picture right) which I am happy with.
The variety of styles again tonight was incredible. Some with paints, others with ink only. I'm looking forward to the next time.

Day one

Hello there, my name is Matt, and I hope to become an animator of some kind or other.
I have enjoyed drawing from a young age, and although my skills are not that great, I hope that over the coming months I'll improve a bit, and that it'll show here.
I expect it to be insanely hard. The bits I've done so far have been, but a sense of extreme calmness and aliveness comes out when I do it.
I have a rough story for my first animation, and pretty much all my ideas are animations wanting to be made.

I did a quick test last week, animating over a couple of afternoons to ease myself into it. The software I'm using is called Toonboom studio, and although my first test is far from perfect, I'm fairly happy with it.



I'm also reading 'The Animators survival kit' by Richard Williams, which is both easy and educational to read. A brilliant book to get if you are interested in this like me.

I'm off to a life drawing class later, the first one in over six years. I'll try to post a few on here if I can.