Animate an Elephant Walk Cycle

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Mentor: Jonathan Symmonds
Skill level: Beginner
Course time: 4 hours
Software: Autodesk Maya
Project files: Included
Course Cost: $49 USD

Course overview

Have you ever wanted to learn how to animate an Elephant Walk Cycle? This course will take you through all the fundamentals you need to know to accomplish the infamous challenge of animating a quadruped walk cycle.

Jonathan Symmonds, your instructor, will teach you all the tips and tricks you need to know. By the end of the course you will have your own walk cycle to show!

How to animate an Elephant WALK cycle

About this course

Animating a quadruped is no easy task for a young aspiring animator. However in this course you will learn how to animate from a professional and specialist in quadruped animation. We will start the course by researching the walk cycle and get familiar with the rig, then block out the basic 70 frame cycle. A walk cycle of an elephant is very different from other quadrupeds. We will take reference from footage online and match the pace and timing. Once you have completed your course you will have your very own quadruped Elephant walk cycle for your demo reels!

Course Information

What will I learn?

Learn how to animate an elegant Elephant walking
Learn secrets to working with similar curves
Learn how to animate using a simple workflow
Better your understanding of anatomy and locomotion
Submit your work for review amongst peers
No prerequisites required
Learn how to animate on animation layers
Learn from the best instructors
Spice up your demo-reel

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Meet your instructor

Jonathan Symmonds

Jonathan Symmonds has worked for over 18 years as a senior animator having worked on titles such as James Cameron's "Avatar," "Prince of Persia," "Dark Tide," "Knerten," "Trollhunter," to name but a few. He is more famously recognized as the 'Lead Animator' on the "Game of Thrones."

He has extensive knowledge of creature animation and is one of the co-founders of Sophoria Academy. He was nominated 3 times for a VES Society Award and has even done his own TED Talk.

Join him as he takes you through this fantastic course and learn some insider knowledge from one of the greatest animators around!

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