Stop Motion Practice: Character Walk

The difference between this and the basic walk from the last stop motion post, is how this walk reflects personality.

Live-action actors have the pleasure of showing personality through little movement. Animated characters show their personality through all of their gestures. This character walk exercise enables me to practice this.

The walk I chose showed a snooty personality, with the puppet looking down its nose and swaying from side to side without a care in the world.

I'm proud of this walk but I'm really proud of the first few seconds! Mainly because I remembered to bend the toes on the first step and it starts to look like a proper walk! I forgot to add the toes bends on the rest of the steps but either way, the walk appeared genuine and expressed the personality of the puppet.

My other problem is regarding the hands. Due to the hands of this particular puppet being unable to bend properly, the hands look stiff, and don't sway as smoothly as the rest of the body.