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EDIT: This is still getting
s but it would be nice to know of anyone actually using this! - gimmie a link if you make an animation using this as reference will ya? I'm interested to see 
...also, it'd be great if you linked back to this tutorial so that other people can benefit from it too! ^-^-----------------------------------
my good friend Cerzz has started to dabble in the wonderful and pain-staking world of animation!
So far she's been lookin' mostly at dogs, so I quickly knocked up some thumbnails and threw together this tutorial to try and explain a few things. It only took an hour to put together, so it's not meant to be any conclusive lesson in making the perfect run cycle, more that it's simply intended to illustrate a few things which aren't easy to explain in words. I figured I'd post it up here in case anyone else finds it useful!I suggest using this only as a guide, as you can see the animation itself is basic and by no means flawless!!
the animation should loop automatically (if not, right click, loop) and if it's too small to read any of the text, right click, zoom in. my tutors would screw if they knew I was workin' on this instead of my school work lol! ... me go bed now
Hope it helps Cerrz
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thank you very much! your animation looks good!! 
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thank you ^^ and your welcome
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Thanks for posting this, I'm starting to dive into the world of animation, too, and this should really help.
I have a couple of animation in my gallery, just two, Rabnak Animation(of her blinking) and Clayton Animation(of him swerving his ears back) if you wanna check them out. ^^
Thanks again!
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If you want to put together simple animation download GraphicsGale (I think you get 7-10 frames) it's like Photoshop stripped down to the bare essentials (that's what it says when you download it anyway) way better than MS Paint.
I'll try this!
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Also Paint shop pro used to come with a cute lil' animation program called Animation shop! that's worth looking into too
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Really? I got the free trial and I didn't see that...
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hurrm.. mind you, this was back in the day when PSP was owned by JASC... I think they were bought out recently so animation shop might not be included anymore... it was a good lil' program tho \:]
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I heard about Jasc but whenever I googled 'Jasc' it brought me to the Corel website.
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that's probably it then, Corel must have brought the rights for PSP \:]
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I'd have liked to see what the old Jasc ones looked like though......
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I might still have a copy of the demo around somewhere ... >.>
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omg im defiantly going to use this.....haha i dont have flash but i guess making a sketch on paper then scanning in frame by frame would work
thank u for making this tutorial!!!
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sorry for the delayed reply! - you're very welcome
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you kno what i am gonna use this to make my rp character lol its perfect
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me me i am using it i need it to make a bunch of dogs for a project so this will help me get the bodies right
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cool! good luck with that
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of course lol as soon as i am done i am gonna put in the roughs for it cuz i think i am gonna play a bit lol
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Thank you so much!!!! I've always wanted to know what a dog's run cycle would look like!! 
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no worries
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I might try this when my art program is back ^^
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i'm using this to make a dragon running i'll give you the link when it's done and on here and i'll put the link to this so ppl can use it
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thank you, I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with! good luck!
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cool tut might use it sometime
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great stuff
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^^ easy to understand and simple drawings where you show clearly what you mean
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this tutorial is great! I'm making an animation of my character running and it really helps me! I will send you a link when I finish
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wenderful! Great stuff! I'll look forward to seeing your animation when its done!
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yay! well done you! you did a great job!
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Thank you so much for this tutorial. I don't know if I have the skill/programs to use this tutorial yet, but it's very well written. Thank you so much and keep up the great work.
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thank YOU very much for the kind words and encouragement... it's nice to get some feedback instead of just anonymous
- the skill, that will come with practice, and as for the programs, all you really need to try this out is some paper... you could try making a flipbook initially.
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Oh, that is useful 
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you're very welcome, thanks for the comment
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very useful, but in some frames you've drawn the head too high. generally animals keep their heads down when they run.
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you're probably right, it was only a quick thing I chucked together as an example for a friend.. it was only ever ment as a rough guide.
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This looks GREAT, I'll have to try it some time
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have fun if you decide to give it a go! ^-^
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I was looking for a tutorial like the all over the place, and now my program died >.< but once I get it back, I'll use this!! Thanks soo much!!
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sorry to hear your software's playing up!! here's hoping the tutorial is useful to you once you repair it! ^-^ you're welcome!
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Whoo yeh! I'v been looking for one of these. I've been having trouble with the head motion. Errr- i'm not used to it.
Anyway, awesome tutorial!!
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cheers :] - glad it was useful! thanks for the
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THAT'S AWESOME!
I have flash... I should use it more often.. i rarely use it coz I'm not much of a digital art person, I'm more of a traditional artist.. But anywhos, this could be useful!
Thankyou for the aweosme tutorial!
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