Animation Masterclass: How to Create Walk Cycles in Maya

In this tutorial I break down my workflow for animating walk cycles in Maya, we’ll start with studying references to understand the mechanics of a walk then jump into Autodesk Maya and start animating! Body Mechanics Rig: References used: Social Media 📰 Twitter: Instagram: LinkedIn: Chapters 📘 0:00 Intro 2:51 Breaking Down the Reference 26:33 Body Mechanics Rig Overview 36:10 Animbot 36:55 Setting Up the Maya Scene 44:40 Creating the Contact Pose 1:06:46 Mirroring Contact Pose 1:12:06 Animating the Up and Down of the Hips 1:17:22 Animating the Legs 1:28:20 Animating the Chest, Hips and Spine 1:39:04 Animating the Head Mirroring the Cycle 1:49:30 Cleaning Up the Graph Editor and Creating a Smooth Loop 2:03:55 Starting on the Right Arm 2:11:30 Finishing the Right Arm 2:25:57 Mirroring the Arm Animation 2:30:03 Final Polish 2:40:53 Translating the Walk Forward