Walk Exercise

First exercise to get a rough idea on how the walking animation is done. We had to study and understand how a normal human being walks – what moves first, what follows after and what other parts move in relation to the walk or  another part moving. The left and right foot were moved accordingly to make it seem like the character is sliding his feet forward and backward, a little like shuffling. The feet are then moved up at certain keypoints because the feet needs to be lifted up to make it appear like its walking normally. The heels are then tilted up at the beginning of the lift and the brought down again when the foot is being placed down because in a normal walk, the heel does touch the ground first followed by the toes. The hips also have to move up and down accordingly. Adding to that, it also has to rotate slightly to the right when the right leg moves forward and same goes with the left side.