From the course: 2D Animation: Walk Cycles Basics

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Move from a stand to a walk

Move from a stand to a walk

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Move from a stand to a walk

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- So, here I've overlaid our preexisting animation. And you can see our three contact poses here in the center, one, two, three, faded out. And I want to get the little figure from his start pose here from left to right. And I've colored them red for the left side, blue for the right. So, we can see a little more easily how each leg is walking into the other leg. And the general rule of thumb if you're going to do this is it's a good idea to lead with the one that's facing in the direction of motions. So, that'll be, in this case, his left foot. And you can see here, I've exactly done that. I'm leading the action with that foot. But very quickly before I go on to show you how I would animate this, I'll show you a slight exception to that rule. 'Cause it can look cool to break that rule. So, let's go to this series of thumbnails, which I've already shown you previously. And here you'll see, he's walking from a similar configuration, from left to right. In this case, I'm leading him…

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