Ryan Samways
RUN CYCLE
Animation
For this assignment, I was asked to create run cycle with a provided model, rigged and ready to animate. With the view of making the run cycle as realistic as possible.
I would need to observe and analyse the human anatomy to recreate the movement and motion, without the assistance of motion capture, purely using the tools available in Maya.
For this assignment I was awarded a First.
Software: Maya
The Run Cycle
Animation
During this assignment I was tasked with studying the human anatomy, finding references which would allow me to replicate and identify the key poses of the running motion.
Using still images as a reference, I was able to recreate what was regarded
as a "well-executed" run cycle. With "good attention to detail of motion and in varying the speed of different body parts".