{"id":76335,"date":"2025-02-08T18:58:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/run-cycle-step-by-step-3d-animation-tutorial\/"},"modified":"2025-02-08T18:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:58:44","slug":"run-cycle-step-by-step-3d-animation-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=76335","title":{"rendered":"Run Cycle Step by Step 3D Animation Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A run cycle is very similar to a walk cycle. \u00a0The key poses and general locomotion is all roughly the same \u2013 just pushed. Pushing timing, pushed spacing, pushed posing.\u00a0This definitely helps define a run \u2013 as a run.<\/p>\n

But what truly separates a run from a walk is that for at least 2 frames both feet will be in the air at some point.<\/p>\n

So all we have to do is incorporate this into the poses and adopt the same workflow as in the walk cycle tutorial \u2013 a\u00a0layered\/pose to pose workflow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0layered\/pose to pose workflow<\/strong>\u00a0means we\u2019ll be first roughing in our animation with 1 key pose at a time while in spline. Then once our keys are in place we\u2019ll \u00a0work on 1 body part at a time (\u00a0layering\u00a0) until its all polished.<\/p>\n

Here are the workflow Steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Contact Pose<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Passing Pose<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Down Pose<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Up Pose<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Offset Rotations<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Cleanup Arms and Legs<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Refine and Polish<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The sections below will walk you through these 7 steps. Though you\u2019ll probably understand everything best if you review these steps after you\u2019ve watched the free run cycle video tutorial.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n