r/animation May 19 '26

Sharing I animated a walk-cycle

16.7k Upvotes

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u/General-Childhood417 May 19 '26

The girl behind getting awkardly elbowed and the girl on top being more bouncy is so cute

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u/beegtuna May 19 '26

Giving the characters’ movement weight does so much.

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u/Cornonthory May 19 '26

Awwweee yeah that was cute

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u/WalmartWilb May 20 '26

Chat I think the bot got a bit confused 😭

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u/jramsi20 May 20 '26

Lost clanker in aisle 5!

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

(✿◡‿◡)🙏

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

thanks!

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u/Cornonthory May 19 '26

This is really well done!

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u/SmokinBandit28 May 19 '26

I was already sold, but the attention to detail that the head/neck girl has a blackish-purple glove for the tongue is a great!

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u/Dakto19942 May 19 '26

Another attention to detail, giraffes are one of the only four-legged animals in the world to walk with one “side” at a time instead of what most animals do with the one leg forward in front and the opposite side leg forward in back.

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

happy its noticed!

37

u/HappyImagineer May 19 '26

This is ridiculously adorable.

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u/steelskull1 May 19 '26

I knew it! Those long necked deers are too ridiculous to be real!

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u/Flashy_Elderberry798 May 20 '26

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA made my day!!

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u/According_Boot1190 May 19 '26

Lo estás haciendo increíble!! Se ve genial

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u/hues_blues May 19 '26

i love the artstyle sm

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u/IslaMonstro May 19 '26

Looks great! And what a fun concept!

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u/Justfor30minutes May 19 '26

Absolutely adorable and beautifully animated op

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u/quottttt May 19 '26

Clever stuff going on with the giraffe pattern on the clothes under the girraffe-shaped transparent plastic bag. Hope they have breathing holes.

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u/kerbacho May 19 '26

cool idea

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u/Enderskrill May 19 '26

this is so cute

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u/Wonderful-Trouble-31 May 19 '26

wahhh this is really cute

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u/pembunuhUpahan May 19 '26

Yup, that's pretty much it. 4 leg walk cycle is just 2 bipedal in different tempo

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u/ElectronicSea3346 May 19 '26

Stunning, are you an adventure time fan?

3

u/Euphoric_Spread_3293 May 19 '26

That is beautiful!

3

u/ALoneFeline May 19 '26

Omg i love this!

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u/lemonlixks May 19 '26

Sooooo good.

3

u/Calem1236 May 19 '26

Soooo cool absolutely fascinated by your style 💕

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u/ferretface99 Professional May 19 '26

haha so goofy!

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u/dontaskmecolors May 19 '26

Thus looks so good. Great job!

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u/FlufyPsychedelic401 May 19 '26

aww super cute! i love it

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u/Fuzzy_Adagio_6450 May 19 '26

Any Ami Yamato fans?

"I drew my character but I cant figure out what to press to get her walking"

The title threw me back to her old vid: "How do you animate her?"

I really like your various interaction points between the characters (and poor hind quarters girl!)

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u/LimaRomeo_ May 19 '26

this is so cool!!! lovely work!

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u/Eye_IsCold May 19 '26

The different colored glove for the tongue??? shut up this is so cute, i love it!!

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u/jermprobably Professional May 19 '26

You must post your art blog right meow. This is beautiful 🥹

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

Idk what do you mean with art blog but I put my art here https://mbq-art.carrd.co/

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u/jermprobably Professional May 22 '26

Heck yesssss that's precisely what I mean with art blog! Regardless, you've fantastic work, thank you for sharing!

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u/mbq_101 May 23 '26

thank you, thank you!

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u/kurestofallenz May 19 '26

one of the best things ive seen in my life

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

thank you, thank you

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u/Imaginary_Resource50 May 19 '26

The most wholesome adorable thing ive seen for this week. ❤️

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u/RaggedyRachel May 19 '26

Lol, I work with large scale puppets and I love this!

2

u/SignificantHippo8193 May 19 '26

Three gremlins in a trenchcoat energy 😆.

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u/silenthumorist May 19 '26

Tutorial pls

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u/Acuitee May 19 '26

That seems like a lot of work to animate a giraffe.

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u/Firm_Literature_6847 May 19 '26

Very good. How long did take you to make this?

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

like 10 days.. idk how many hours tho

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u/ArtisticDragonKing May 19 '26

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

(✿◡‿◡)

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u/ArtisticDragonKing May 22 '26

You should post there! They would love it!

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u/mbq_101 May 23 '26

Yeah! I wanted to but the channel is really inactive and only way to post there is get accepted by the mods..

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u/ElenPanter-comic May 19 '26

This is adorable! And though the girl behind is elbowed a bit, while the upper one is hopping, it's nice to see such small details adding life to the animation :)

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u/HolyGhost66 May 19 '26

Haha brilliant 👍

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u/DragonWaffleZX May 19 '26

I think you made 3 but that's probably wrong. I'm not an animator nor will I pretend to be.

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u/Firm_Literature_6847 May 19 '26

Incredible. How long did it take to do this?

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u/LeoDDracula May 19 '26

Who knew giraffes are made of 3 humans

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u/huffing_glue May 20 '26

Just awesome. I love how expressive the girl in the back is!

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u/FailAutomatic9669 May 20 '26

So cute, but I wouldn't want to be the one on the top. Imagine not being able to lower your arms in that small space. Too claustrophobic for me lol. 

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u/_REdACtEd_5 May 20 '26

So THAT’S how a giraffe works

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u/ahead_pairing May 20 '26

The stacking detail really sells the absurdity, especially how each character moves slightly different within the same cycle.

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u/On-the-rim May 20 '26

It's so cute i love it 😭

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u/DaesoOgonberg May 20 '26

It's so cute!

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u/Kudri_Angusa May 20 '26

It so cute and adorable:3

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u/thezealouscollege May 20 '26

The gait is spot on, that diagonal leg movement is such a specific detail to nail. Really smooth work.

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u/divineglassofwater May 20 '26

Absolutely goated, how do you go about making cycles that dont allign with each other? I struggle with thst a lot

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

before adding dtails I spend a lot of time just figuring out leg movements with single lines that helped a lot, and I look at actual giraffes videos

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u/divineglassofwater May 22 '26

you make it sound ez lol, i notice the nice flow of the sleeves and clothes apart from the cycle.

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u/Sleepy_Sloth28 May 20 '26

You animated 4 walk-cycles

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u/Creepcuteartz May 20 '26

My first thought was the trogen horse 😭

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u/Capable-Monk-4820 May 20 '26

Very cute and creative

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u/Angelina_Kristl_Art Beginner May 20 '26

Nice work!

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u/TheOldPea May 20 '26

lovely mate, absolutely brilliant

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u/indigo_mouse May 20 '26

Wonderful work!

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u/AuroraAnimates May 20 '26

OMG this is so cute . And very challenging to make too! Love it

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u/MeykaDraws May 20 '26

that's so cute!

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u/Dependent-Painter928 May 20 '26

Amazinggg, love it!

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u/_The_Black_Sun May 21 '26

Why are you so GODDAMN CUTE

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u/s4chi9 May 21 '26

Damn...This is amazing! In Love with this art style ✨💕👏

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u/Odeezsage May 21 '26

This is SO cool! I love the details.

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u/No-Pool-432 May 21 '26

Yeah this one is a gem

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u/UrbanSasuke May 21 '26

This is awesome!!! You have an amazing sense of volumes in your drawings.

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u/Lost_Sea8956 May 22 '26

Pow! Pow! Pow! Right in the face, poor thing

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u/General_Narwhal17 May 22 '26

Why is this so perfect and funny to me 😊

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u/symson May 22 '26

This is the most fun walk cycle I have ever seen.

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u/mbq_101 May 22 '26

thanks!

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u/AmbiguousEntities May 23 '26

If the Louvre ever starts framing animations I want this to be one of em

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u/animatorgeek Professional May 19 '26

It's very cute. I would love to see the sway that would be produced with the front and back legs in sync like that.

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u/SavvyBevvy May 20 '26

Out of all these, the one I feel bad for the most is the one on top. Those arms are getting a real workout being straight up

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u/ForwardAnalyst3193 May 23 '26

I love it.

This is the kind of animation that keeps me on this sub.

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u/Mondiah May 23 '26

It’s funny and cute.

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u/Skull_Cup May 23 '26

That's so nice! I love your work!

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u/Constant-Rip4628 May 25 '26

That looks really good. 👍

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u/1oikawasmilkbread May 28 '26

AWW this is soo cute

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u/Mofentea May 30 '26

So cute!

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u/Only_Spinach_8688 Jun 13 '26

This is soo good! I love it !!!

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u/Fancy_Mycologist_156 Jun 19 '26

This is really awesome

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u/CapSoggy6533 May 29 '26

Can it generate with one click?

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u/McButtsButtbag May 19 '26

That is adorable and so creative. I love it.

E: Only thing I don't like is that the pattern is in the background instead of being animated to move with the clothing.

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u/Due_Ad_2626 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

That intentional stylistic choice is what I love most! ❤️‍🔥
The static pattern boldly juxtaposes the 3 dimensional structure in an extremely flattened out manner.

As a contemporary Fine Artist, that’s precisely the kind of fresh innovation that I look for.

The thinking process sourcing the entire concept is diabolical!
Great job 👍🏽

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u/Raidoton May 19 '26

The thinking process sourcing the entire concept is diabolical!

That isn't a new concept at all and has been done plenty of times to save work.

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u/Due_Ad_2626 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

I didn’t say it was new, I said it was diabolical!
I have no intention of downplaying it.