Running Abby

[xealstrag]

For the TV head character, I decided to create a different character and animate her running through a looping environment.

I made a rough concept, modeled her out, did the ol’ rigmarole, and made a few animations of her running before I settled on one. I used shapekeys for her hair, and used a follow path constraint on a nurbs path to get her running from side to side. The looping environment was a bit of trial and error before it looked right.

The first animation looked quite rough, since I hadn’t animated anything in awhile.

This one turned out much better when I figured out how fast she should be moving. I settled on this one for the final.

I tried a bit of hip sway with this one, but I didn’t like it.

[NP5]

Final one looks very effective.

[FedPete]

Great stuff, well done Sir!

[Megane_Wang]

It’s very, very nice! I just would comment that the pelvis height is a bit static overall, particularly for running in a somehow rough environment. Of course, it works for this character, but the leg motion just looks a tiny bit hard on the legs, as if something hindered moving them forward.

[CoreyKnecht]

Lol, this looks great! I’m half-expecting her to trip up at any moment, but she manages!

[mfortunato]

It’s so cute! And great job figuring out the looping. It’s really seamless. Way to make these projects your own! Naruto run FTW!

[xealstrag]

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I looked back at the animation and thought that I didn’t animate any vertical movement in the pelvis, but I did and it was just very subtle! I increased it and it does add some more bounce to her run.

[Megane_Wang]

Great!!

[FedPete]

I think the new one is an improvement!
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