Project 2

For our Project 2, there are two components we are supposed to do. The first component is to do a walk cycle and the second component is to display a emotion through the walk cycle.

The video above is the first component - a normal walk cycle. In this walk cycle, there are 36 keyframes. In my 1st and 36th keyframe, it has the same pose so that when it repeat the frames, it will not jerk too much.

There are 7 keyframes in total - 1st, 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th, 30th and 36th. At different keyframes, I will adjust the legs, hands, shoulders and other parts of the body (depend) and set the keyframe by keying s at the timeline. There are times that I forgot to set the keyframe and I have to adjust the position again so I make it a habit to key s after every change.

Thanks to my classmate, I did not repeat doing the walk cycle to the 180th keyframe. To extend it, basically I just have to click on the windows tab > graph editor > view > Check Infinity > Curves > Post Infinity > Cycle. By doing so, it will allow me to playblast the video base on the 36 keyframes but on repeat till the 180th keyframe. This saved me a lot of time and effort!!

Overall, the first component is quite manageable! 

The video above is the second component. The different between the first component and second component is for the second component we have to display an emotion through it. For my second component, the emotion I am trying to display is, determination walk cycle. Similarly,  there are 36 keyframes. In my 1st and 36th keyframe, it has the same pose so that when it repeat the frames, it will not jerk too much. 

The reason why I choose determination is because, often, I will see elderly doing power walk at the park and they will always clutch their fist while doing it as if to show determination to complete it! So it gives me the idea for choosing this emotion for the second component.