In this tutorial series aimed at beginners, professional animator Fabio De Proft builds on his “Getting Started in Animation” series by showing you how to animate a walk cycle.

Find the rest of the series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8hZ6hQCGHMUCSPAEMsjfPMF8YDIg4F4V

Files used: http://areadownloads.autodesk.com/wdm/maya/maya_animation_tutorial_scene_files.zip

Skill level: Beginner

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Table of Contents
00:00 – Intro + Referencing the demo rig
01:00 – Adapting to the color space
02:16 – Importing reference footage
05:35 – Lining up the timeline to the footage
06:52 – Studying the reference footage
07:44 – Working in pose-to-pose
09:30 – Using Grease Pencil to simplify the reference
14:58 – Planting the feet to start the first pose