Animation tests

In this animation I tried to work out the technique of animating the characters in after effects. I used one of the old man sketches I I done earlier. In photoshop I created separate files for all body limbs and then animated them in Aftereffects. At the beginning and didn't know how to make a hierarchy for the legs, but then I remembered on of the tricks Mike Flowers showed us i AE - layers linking

It was exactly what I was looking for.

walk cycle chart

First of all I had to scan the character and make necessary manipulations in Photoshop to prepare the assets for animation.
On you left hand side it the character sketch, on the right hand side ready to go assets saved in the separate files.

walk cycle (didn't work on hands, that's why they looks as sticks.)


walk cycle plus parallax