Blend From a Walk to a Run with Marc Stevenson

In this tutorial students learn how to blend animation From a walk to a run with undergraduate Programme Leader  Marc Stevenson, veteran animator on multiple animated feature films.  Marc's tutorial explains how to take a walk cycle with "Monty" the Green Pea, and also a run cycle, and blend from one to the other effectively. 

Blend from a Walk to a Run

Sometimes animators want to blend from one motion cycle to another. In this tutorial, Marc shows how to take a walk cycle with "Monty" the Green Pea, and also a run cycle, and blend from one to the other.  You can download "Monty"  for free at highend3d.com or find him in UG Shares. 

Marc Stevenson

Marc Stevenson

Marc Stevenson is our undergraduate Programme Leader and is currently teaching our second year undergraduate students the art of animal & creature animation (module AN5002) and also the Art of Character Animation (Module AN5001).  

Marc Stevenson is a an experienced animator with credits on multiple Hollywood VFX hits including Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Fast & Furious 6, Avengers, Age of Ultron, Moon, and Victor Frankenstein.

 

Animation Tutorials

Marc's Animation YouTube Channel

Marc Stevenson also runs an Animation YouTube Channel, with 100s of video tutorials.  Marc has also created many tutorials for our students, which you can find at our Animation Vimeo Channel, and also at Marc's own Animation YouTube Channel. 

Animating Transitions

We have a number of resources on animating transitions. To see how to animate transitions in Maya using the Clip Editor (aka Trax Editor) watch this video series by Maria Robertson. 

Locomotion Resources

We have many locomotion resources available to our students:

• Animation Tutorials at our Vimeo Channel - Locomotion & Mechanics
• Animate a manly cowboy walk with Monty
• Animate a slow, sad walk with Monty
• Animate a sneaky walk with Monty
• Animate a Walk "on the spot" with Monty
• Why Animators Need Sine Waves for Walk Cycles
• Animate a Walk Cycle with "Heavy" from Team Fortress
• How to Fix Knee Pops in a Walk Cycle
• Animate a Run Cycle with Monty
• Animate a Run Cycle with "Heavy"
• Animate a Jump with Monty
• Gender Walks with the Bio Motion Lab 
• Character Walks with Hooman Soroushnia
• Character Walks with Kevin Parry
• Character Walks Tutorial with Monty
• Walk Cycle Tutorial by Amanda Costa
• Animate Locomotion Transitions with Maria Robertson

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