🕺 Free Tutorial: How to Animate a Walk Cycle with Character (Part 02)
In this second part of our walk cycle animation tutorial, you’ll learn how to inject personality and emotion into your character’s movement. Whether it’s confident, sneaky, tired, or sassy—this tutorial will help you shape believable character traits through motion.
✨ If you haven’t seen Part 01 yet, watch it first:
Animate a Basic Walk Cycle (Part 01)
📥 Download the Maya Scene File
🧩 All rigs used in this tutorial are credited to their original creators.
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✅ What You’ll Learn
- Animate a dog walking at a standard pace
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💻 Software: Autodesk Maya 2019+
🕒 Duration: 3 hours 05 minutes
🎓 Instructor: Jonathan Symmonds – Quadruped Animation Specialist
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🎙️ About the Instructor
Jonathan Symmonds is a globally recognized creature animator with credits on Avatar, Game of Thrones, and House of the Dragon. He teaches full-time at Sophoria Academy and runs specialized training on quadruped and dragon animation.
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