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EDIT: This is still getting
s but it would be nice to know of anyone actually using this! - gimmie a link if you make an animation using this as reference will ya? I'm interested to see 
...also, it'd be great if you linked back to this tutorial so that other people can benefit from it too! ^-^-----------------------------------
my good friend Cerzz has started to dabble in the wonderful and pain-staking world of animation!
So far she's been lookin' mostly at dogs, so I quickly knocked up some thumbnails and threw together this tutorial to try and explain a few things. It only took an hour to put together, so it's not meant to be any conclusive lesson in making the perfect run cycle, more that it's simply intended to illustrate a few things which aren't easy to explain in words. I figured I'd post it up here in case anyone else finds it useful!I suggest using this only as a guide, as you can see the animation itself is basic and by no means flawless!!
the animation should loop automatically (if not, right click, loop) and if it's too small to read any of the text, right click, zoom in. my tutors would screw if they knew I was workin' on this instead of my school work lol! ... me go bed now
Hope it helps Cerrz
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I used this!!
it was really helpful tbh, thank you
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I used your tutorial!
It was really helpful, thank you for making it!
Racing Dog (Art trade)
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I used your tutorial to animate the following: fav.me/d8r390e
Thanks!
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I have recently begun animating, and the area I struggle the most in is the run cycle. This is extremely helpful! Thank you!
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Um I have a stupid question ;A; What do I use to do animation?
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this isn't a stupid question at all.
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This was a huge help. I've animated running humanoids before, but never a quadruped. Thanks!
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this was seriously a huge help, thank you so much for uploading!!!!!
fav.me/d8818dm
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Going to use this tutorial for a science animation I need to make! Thanks for sharing on how to animate
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Used here , thank you so much
It's not exactly a dog... but oh well XD
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eh, close enough! 
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Thank you sooooooo much ;w;. This is my monster D: poor animation xD beastkonoha.deviantart.com/artβ¦
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hey well done!! that's looking great!
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I will link the deviation when I finish the animation! This is great you should make more!
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enjoy your animation
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Thank you so much for this. I did my first real animation using this. It's not very good, but still. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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hey there! Congrats, it's looking great! Cheers for letting me know and thanks for linking back!
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Thanks! this really helped me with the anatomy of the paws (i learnt how the legs have three sections; upper leg, lower leg and paw) and how the ears usually sit on top of the dog's head and not the side when running, as dogs don't have pointy out ears like us. also I learnt the dog's neck starts going down right where the jaw ends, otherwise it doesn't look right. your finished the shadow perspective of the legs moving on side view really helps visualise the concept.
I always knew dog legs were shaped like ><' but it's so gratifying to know how they move in relation to each other! I don't draw too many dogs so this has been a great learning excercise for me. the weight on your running dog animation is so perfect
I think I'll have to draw a dog running the other way to make sure I've got it, haha!
thanks so much
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This is definitely help full, for a class project we have to remake opening credits for a movie. I chose Sandlot and needed a tutorial on how make a dog run. Thank you.
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no problem, glad it helped! I hope you get a good grade for your project.
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Thank you so much! This helped me SO MUCH! YAYYY!
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hey you're welcome, you did a great job and thanks for linking back!
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Thanks for the base! ^^
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hoping it's more of a tutorial than just a base, but you're welcome!
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glad to hear it, you're welcome
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You know, I struggle with animation a great deal (the most I can do is an eye blink at the moment). And I really want to push myself greater by making more complex animations, and I notice a lot of people do running dog animations, and I think that's my next challenge. When I searched for tutorials this is the first one I found, and it looks really helpful! This looks really helpful, even over 8 years later after you submitted this!
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hey there
I'm not surprised you struggle with animation; it's hard! ... I did a degree in it where I had professionals showing me how to do it and it was still SOLID! .. I seriously admire anyone who has the drive and determination to self-teach themselves this stuff.
I can tell you now tho that there are far easier exercises to practice than jumping from a blink straight to a four-legged run-cycle... if you want to give it a go then be my guest, and I hope you have a lot of fun with it but don't be discouraged if you struggle with it or if it doesn't quite turn out right! `:] if U do try it feel free to gimmie a link when Ur done!
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Thanks, that was really encouraging! And you're most definitely welcome, I love your artwork. And if I do try to animate a dog cycle soon, I will most definitely link back to you.
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Eh heh heh heh... I can't manage to download it... could you help me out?
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Just clicking the download button should ask u where u want to save the file.
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It opens in a browser, but when I right click on it, there's no option to save it.
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Try going to your file menue and seeing if there's an option to save or save as in there.. - right click save probably wont work as it's a SWF file, not an image :]
hope that helps!
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Okay, that worked. YAY~thank you! Sorry for bein' a pain in the butt
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no worries! Glad it worked!
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I Would like to use it, if it's okay with you.
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to make an animation? sure thing, that's why i posted it!
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