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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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no probs, good luck finding some reference.. I'm sure if you check video sites like youtube you'll find something that will help
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I didn't realise this was made so long ago haha
I used this tutorial here - [link]
Except I substituted the dog haha
It helped so much, thank you! 8D
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Yeah. it's pretty old! .. I only made it as a quick guide for a friend and it's now my most popular Deviation! .. I really should update it sometime, because it could be a lot clearer/better
way to go on the animation, and thanks for linking back!
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I found this VERy useful... thank you for posting it here.
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you're very welcome, thanks for commenting!
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*tilts head* why does this go right to left?
also, yes! was just thinking last night when looking at an animated run sequence by someone else that the head should move far more than they had it (was static)... sure it was a different creature, but running full speed on a 4 legged creature your head /should/ move a fair bit. very happy that you have that on here!
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Because I'm a backwards kind of person! 
cheers for the comment!
x
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it just reminds me of this one time my sister showed me a left handed book, apparently you were supposed to read right to left o.o didnt get a good look at it.
np
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that's how the japanese read y'know! - most mangas are right to left, even if the text has been translated to English.
.. to tell you the truth I think I probably just animated it that way first, and then realised it'd all be the wrong way around because of that choice (and because it was just a quick/ill-considered thing, I didn't change it) ... if I had more time I would re-do it, because it's the most popular deviation in my gallery and so many people have got use of it... however, it'd take a little while to get right, I haven't animated in such a long time! x.X
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well i meant in english XD yeah i've read mangas XD
XD im sure you could do it
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oh I /could/ .. it'd just take a while!
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Cool! I don't do animation, but since I'll probably need to draw dogs eventually, this is a great ref! Thanks. ^^
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The Tutorial verry hepls. I'm making
a running Cat animation xD. I give
you the Link when it is finish.
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great! I look forward to seeing it
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So, the finished Version--> [link]
I have another Verion whit a Mouse xD. The Tutorial
realy Helps :3.
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that's very good for your first attempt at a running animation, well done!
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Thanks. Ok i have write that i make the Animatiob
whit help from this Tutorial.
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that's perfect! thanks! I've added your animation to my favs now!
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[link] i used it at the end...
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hey cool! that's the first time I've seen the animation worked into a film of sorts, it works well! If you wanted to include a link back to the tutorial in your description I will add your film to my collection!
- Keep up the good work and good luck with the comp!
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oh yeah!!! i thought about that just before i put the fil mup!!! ill do that now!
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This is a very good beginners tutorial! I'm so glad I found it!
I have been wanting to learn how to do a running animation and this is just so perfect.
Thanks!
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no worries, I'm glad it helps
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I'm just starting to animate aswell and COULD NOT got this stuff right without help. lol.
Ill link to you when i finish ok?
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that'd be great! good luck!
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oh and theres a typo on there i think shouldnt it be far back leg or near back leg? i dont think all four can be front legs darlin' lol
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Wow this is really helpful! I'm using it right now 
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great, thanks
I'll look forward to seeing what you do
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I'll send you a link whenever I finish
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This is helpful to me with the drawings to where legs go when running etc.
Its good to see it in movement as well.
I will use then when i get a chance
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hey cool, I'm glad it's useful
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This is a great animation tutorial, thank you for uploading it!
I used it in this: [link]
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You're welcome! Nice animation!!
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Alright, I added it the credit. I really apologize for forgetting that.
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hey that's cool! thanks for adding that!
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What program did you use to make this? c:
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