These readings were on walk cycles and the animation process. The information on walk cycles was very informative. The parts about sliding the feet backwards and moving the hips and head in a circle was especially helpful.
The Ollie Johnston article with the 30 notes for animation was also helpful. Note 12 “Everything has a function. Don’t draw it before knowing why,” is very good advice that I will try to always remember. Its very easy to just draw something based on what you expect it to do without really thinking about why or how it should actually look. Its very important to understand what you’re drawing though so I’m going to make an effort to always remember this advice.
The reading on animation steps was also very interesting. The steps are very logically organized. A lot of them are steps that I might not have thought to do or would have combined into one less effective step but the way the article listed them made a lot of sense.
