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So after an exhaustive many weeks of doing human walk cycles for animation (not that I'm complaining, I certainly needed the practice ) we finally hit animals, and our first four-legged walk cycle happened to be, serendipitously, a dog. ooohhh.

Normally I'd actually steer clear of sighthounds - particularly Swift - because I'd just feel like I'd need to challenge myself somehow with a different breed. It's why there are so few actual sighthounds in my animations, and I hadn't animated Swift at all in class (I'd animated her once, running, for our very first assignment in freshman year, before any of us actually knew what we were doing and because I know the key poses of a sighthound run cycle since, you know. I did actually study them). But this time, I guess since I was (and will be, for another week or so x_X) just bogged down with work on all corners, I was like "you know, screw it. I need something I can draw without thinking too much about it - let's just go with Swift." So I did, and the walk came out better than I'd hoped and my teacher liked it too :3

But I remember that after I shot this on the lunchbox I kind of just sat there and watched her walk for a while. It was a special moment, since as I said, this was the first time I had ever properly animated her. I think I should animate her more often. :3

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So after an exhaustive many weeks of doing human walk cycles for animation (not that I'm complaining, I certainly needed the practice ) we finally hit animals, and our first four-legged walk cycle happened to be, serendipitously, a dog. ooohhh.

Normally I'd actually steer clear of sighthounds - particularly Swift - because I'd just feel like I'd need to challenge myself somehow with a different breed. It's why there are so few actual sighthounds in my animations, and I hadn't animated Swift at all in class (I'd animated her once, running, for our very first assignment in freshman year, before any of us actually knew what we were doing and because I know the key poses of a sighthound run cycle since, you know. I did actually study them). But this time, I guess since I was (and will be, for another week or so x_X) just bogged down with work on all corners, I was like "you know, screw it. I need something I can draw without thinking too much about it - let's just go with Swift." So I did, and the walk came out better than I'd hoped and my teacher liked it too :3

But I remember that after I shot this on the lunchbox I kind of just sat there and watched her walk for a while. It was a special moment, since as I said, this was the first time I had ever properly animated her. I think I should animate her more often. :3