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Published: 2006-12-08 17:05:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 4875; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 2598
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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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Looks awesome!!
Too bad I couldn't make it loop... but it looks very natural, great work!
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Hee, yeah, I'm not sure how to get things to loop either x_x; if I find out how I'll reupload it. haha.
Thanks, I'm glad that you like it 
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It's breathtaking, and I can't properly tell you why! 
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Aww, thanks Deanna. 
I just love chilling out with my dog, and feeling her bones - as weird as that sounds. She's got such thin skin and very little fat, being a sighthound and all, so she's practically a walking dog anatomy model. xD studying her really helped me as far as doing dog anatomy goes - I'd feel her bones under her skin, and her joints, and I'd give her bellyscratches so she wouldn't mind.
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Heehee That's so sweet! No, no, don't apologize-- I hardly consider that kind of information rambles; that's the kind of stuff I want most to hear when I learn "the making of" stuff on animation. 
My candidates remain either CalArts or SVA, although everyone in my family circle reacts with a significantly friendlier attitude toward SVA because the scholarships they offer are generous compared to CalArts. 
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Well, I haven't met a great many whippets in my life either, though my little Italian Greyhound still works very well :3 Whippets just aren't very commonly-seen dogs. still hope to have one someday though!
I'd still love to chat with you sometime about artschools! and animation, and... things.
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I really would like to talk to you about art school and things like that
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Yay it finally let me load it! Thats is really good that animation, and its of Swift!! 
Brilliant job
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wow, you're an amazing animator! i'm only a beginner but that's one cycle i've found particularly hard to do, even with sketchy flash-dogs. if you wouldn't mind, would you check out some of my animations sometime? i'd love some concrits
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Aw, thank you very much
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Holy crap, and wow! o.o Seeing that was SO worth the 20 min it took to download. All of you over there at SVA have amazing talent and would love to have just a sliver of that even though I'd never really use it for me career. XD
But really, nice work, so fluid, need to do more especially if ya love doing that character. :3
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Hahaha, sorry about the long download time. dA can be stupidly slow like that.. which is undertsandable given the amount of stuff they host, I suppose. eh.
Thanks, and I'm so glad you liked it :3 was fun talking to you through Stormy's computer on monday, hahaha! We should do that again, I know I'll be overnighting again on this coming monday
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But, yes, how I'd love to take an animation class someday. There's an amazing school in London I've heard about called Bournemouth that specializes in animation. I'd die to go there someday...x3 In the meantime, I'll be taking classes at a nearby college over the summer
And, again, Swift. THIS IS AMAZING. Keep it up!
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I hope you manage to attain your animation dreams, Cheesy hun - you know I love your character designs and you've got a loose way of drawing that I think would work very well indeed
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Well, thanks man
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Aww, that's awesome!! Your animations skills are so good..
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Nevermind my earlier comment
Anyway, I love it^^ You did a great job making her movement so smooth and adding the little details like her tail moving, too C: You definatly got that distinct sighthound walk down pat! Again, awesome work.
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Really lovely, I really like the expression on her face.
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Oh, man. That's awesome! *wants to give it a go*
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ooooh would you would you would you? I want to see!
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It'll be difficult, but I'm trying. ^.^ Unfortunately, all I've got to work with is some old notecards (but that's what I used in my animation class). Also, I don't have a lightbox, but I could rig something up with my camera and a lamp or two.
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Awesome.
And by that, I mean, even more awesome than normal. Every single detail, the way the toes splay out a little, the way the tail bobs, the EAR, every single detail is so amazing.
She's perfectly balanced, and I sat there watching it for a good five minutes, just constantly hitting the replay button.
The love, the admiration, the...spirit, you put into that. It shines through.
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anyhow. that you actually looked so closely at it means a lot too. thank you, Whisker :3
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*hugs* I love 'em, they're a joy to watch. Reminds me of watching the Lion King, and I am absolutely riveted by every aspect of the animation in that movie. =]
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Awesome Swift! Congrats on such a great job.
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Usually I can't get these things to load but today was my lucky day.
I don't know what the best compliment to give an animationist is but I exspect "fluid" is a word you all can take pride in. This image is EXTREMELY well put together. Infact I tried to make it continuous on my player just to see how fluid it was(didn't work but I have faith it would have looked flawless) You have the sighthound strut down to a science
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..oh, and now I want to try animating dog from different groups, just to see how I could play around with how they all move! 
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Heehee, 'animationist'.
Fluid is indeed a very high compliment to pay me, and I'm so flattered to hear it. especially from you, Dia, since you come into contact with so many dogs in real life, it's wonderful to hear that you think she moves right!
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You're work inspires, simple and to the point
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Like Dalmatinka, I want to study animation as well. But i wanna save up money so I dn't make my parents pay for it.
Wonderful animation, it's beautifully smooth and top-notch!
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-nods- that's very independent of you, I hope you do manage to get where you want to be!
aww, thank you.
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i can't see it
won't let me
D:
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It did the same to me. refresh this page and hit donwload again. That made it work for me o.o
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I want to go to animation class but this damn state is so fuckin retarded that we dont even have animation classes ;;
I really want to animate T_T
Its really great animation! How much frames and time did you need to make it?
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I am teaching myself ^^
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It's twenty drawings, forty frames, 24 frames per second. I actually reffed the poses from a guide my teacher gave us to work with and then in-betweened them, so it didn't take all that long collectively. maybe two hours, three hours or so?
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I live in Zadar,Croatia-bet you never even heard of it right xD?
I dont think there are any animation classes here in Zadar, I have only heard of an art school. Iยดl search a bit on the internet, but I doubt Iยดl find anything.
People here have never heard of CHARACTERS man
Tnx for the help, Ill try to animate something when I finish all these Xmas cards..
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[link]
That's an online animation school that's tried-and-true as far as I can see, and supposedly has lots of different animation styles too. Check it out as an option maybe?
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Dalmatinka you have a great gallery, I luv your dog and character art
There are some online Flash Animation classes. Some are really expensive, like this: [link]
And some are a lot more inexpensive, like this: [link]
I've done some online classes before (certification with Autodesk for 3ds Max), which were really good; live instructors, I was able to ask questions, even a virtual classroom set-up.
BUT, be careful, I've seen a lot of online Flash animation classes, and they look pretty bad...
You might be able to find a lot of really good free, online tutorials for doing Flash animation?
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Tnx a lot for your nice comment on my art and for the links
I really appreciate it!
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