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Description: The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/ecabrams02211 Walk cycles are hard. I hope this video can help make them easier. We work through a method described by Richard Williams in The Animator's Survival Kit using tools in Adobe After Effects. This methods can be adapted to many characters and is the basis for most walk cycles you'll see. I hope it helps get you going with character animation. 0:00 Intro 1:36 Setting Up 3:12 Primer on Walk Cycles 4:20 Contact Pose 5:36 Passing Pose 6:32 Down/Up Poses 7:32 Working Up 10:37 Going Places If you have any questions just let me know in the comments. Download the character to practice: gum.co/CKrVC Connect on the Internets EvanAbrams.com Twitter.com/ecabrams Facebook.com/EvanCAbrams Instagram.com/ECAbrams Suggest a tutorial topic: docs.google.com/forms/d/13A2eHcNQADsjyPWrrlbFTeOMqPAbqAxq07p7Alroh_w/viewform