After Effects - Walk cycle tutorial

[@TonyBabel]

Hope you guys are finding this useful, feel free to share your animations with me!

[@antaras]

I will upload my own version soon, so you can take a look :)

[@spilloverGod]

Great job, keep going.

[@TheJohnRowley]

Nice tutorial, and good of you to supply the project files - thanks

[@TheJohnRowley]

Hi Tony, I found your tutorial really enlightening and very well done. Aside from your great knowledge I liked the pace. Thanks. I made this little walk cycle to learn what you taught - rowlification.tumblr.com/post/163675917398/walk-cycle-test

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks John, loved your character and animation! great stuff!

[@antaras]

Thank you so much mate, sincerely! Not everybody is willing to share his way of making things. It is almost magic how with just a few keyframes in the proper place the animation looks much smoother! Looking forward to watch and practice with your new tutorials, please don't stop doing this! :)

[@TonyBabel]

Cheers bud and thanks for the kind words, I won't stop :)

[@shirleyhdez]

Hats off! This is one of the best walk-cycle's tutorials I've seen. Thank you!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks so much, super happy to hear that :)

[@Melonx888]

The intro is a true smooth and crisp perfection.

[@丘性尧]

Thank you so much man. your tutorial is one of most useful tuts I have ever found in youtube.I am a Chinese. I never seen onbody do animation in Aftereffects better than you .please keep updating more tutorial .

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks buddy! I'm super happy to hear the tutorials helps :)

[@jjttoman6320]

I can't believe literally no one is talking about how satisfying Nice tutorials voice softs.

[@soyfelo202]

Please tony, do more like this

[@ri939]

Hats off! This is one of the best walk-cycle's tutorials I've seen. Thank you! do for people plz

[@raadha888]

One of the best tutorial for such a smooth walk cycle out there.. Thank you so much.. Really appreciate..

[@ulletv8484]

This is the best tutorial I've seen in a while. Already the first 2 mins helped me a lot. Thx!

[@TheRealLaugh99]

One of the best After Effects tutorials on youtube!

[@falfaaa]

Best walkcycle animation tutorial I ever seen.

[@J38x729]

this was the best and funniest video of after effects ive ever watched.

[@superluchito1898]

Hi Tony. Thanks for your wonderful first tutorial. I was wondering how you move the yellow belly in 4:47 imported clipping mask illustrator?

[@suraiya21]

When I see a tutorial worth my time I alwys like, comment and subscribe. I love it.

[@danieluyemura]

I have to agree with everyone, this is exactly what i've been looking for. Please do more, your work and process is incredibly amazing and helpful!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks bud! I'll do more :)

[@xdanic3]

Just in case someone else follow this tutorial in a sightly different way, cause I did and got some problems. As you can see he has a small input and output looping animation, it's important to do it this way because while for other settings a loopOut expresion works and for looping a path there's also a more complicaed expresion you can find, that expresion breaks if you move the layer or the keys leaving some space before. So you are obligated to loop with a small composition and then precomp it if you want to loop the walk cycle.

[@soundofshowers]

This is the best AE tutorial I have ever seen! Please make more :)

[@TonyBabel]

Oh Thanks! I'm blushing, more coming up!

[@troika02]

Tony Babel totally enjoyed the tutorial. Still a beginner, this one is the best I've seen so far, no plug ins

[@joshbonito2755]

This is awesome! Best walking cycle tutorial out there... Good job man!

[@juantoledo5248]

This is still the best AE walk cycle tutorial ever!

[@strivieit]

One of the best tutorials I've come across. Keep it up! Thank you! Subscribed!

[@TonyBabel]

Super happy to hear that, cheers!

[@언제나웃음-u8p]

wow! bird walking is very smooth!

[@iqbalmutaqin5778]

that's duck

[@19Kenshin19]

Great tutorial, had a lot of fun animating along with the video!

[@TonyBabel]

Happy to hear you enjoyed it!

[@ReMii912]

Seriously you are awesome !!!!! you make it seem so easy but these are what I've been struggling to do. I love the way you do the magic thanks for the tutorial even though it's from 4 years ago

[@bazinjest6676]

Beautiful tutorial. One of the best walk cycle tutorials I´ve ever seen. Hope you keep making more content!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks for the kind words bud! I sure will :)

[@focuzingdesign9165]

Thank you Tony! I enjoyed watching this tutorial. The best part of it, that I don't have to use any third party plugins in order to make it look natural :)

[@Kaizennit]

your video was the best tutorial on ae animation i have seen. awesome stuff. Thanks ! : )

[@rebeccaleah2851]

hands down one of the most helpful and insightful character rigging tutorial's i've ever used. Thank you so much man

[@lzorro9]

great tutorial. Maybe next time include the keys/commands you are pressing

[@danielvinicius1658]

rtttttttttttttttt

[@FlowyMC]

lzorro9 Not necessary imo, you’d have a basic grasp of commands shortcuts by this point if you’re wanting to learn harder animations

[@somniatic]

Thank you for this! A lot of the videos I come across use plugins and I’m not interested in those right now, especially for a simple walk cycle

[@aubhro]

This tutorial helped me understand walk cycles so well - HUGE thank you!!

[@ryann1243]

Exactly what I was looking for! Very professional too

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks!

[@kathryngeorge5611]

Very cool. Thank you Tony. I'm going to try the running version too!

[@TonyBabel]

Haha, thanks! if you want to take a look on how the running one was made The AEP for both animations is linked in the description :)

[@kathryngeorge5611]

Ah, that's sooo good! Thank you. I'll sahre my results with you ;)

[@鄒本真]

Awesome!!!! very useful tutorial, hope you can keep doing other tutorials!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks bud! sure will :)

[@papasweeds]

Big tanks. Need more tutorials from you. 🖤

[@raihan115]

can't wait to see more tutorials from you :D really awesome!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks!

[@RoeKimura]

This is PURE GOLD. Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks man, glad you liked it :)

[@unwyrd]

You're a really amazing person, thank you for the tutorial I've picked so many things from it.

[@naser1384]

Thanks for the tutorial, really helpful. Can you tell me please how did you make the duck belly mask? the yellow part. I couldn't figure it out

[@vino3741]

much appreciated for this tutorial Tony!

[@TheAksel13]

amazing smooth, you are my favourite animator, thanks that you do

[@suvineetsrivastava3011]

Hey there! While I was surfing through dribble for some inspiration to create some stuff, I found your profile. The fluid smoothness and amazing creativity that was radiating from your work was wonderful. Although I am grateful to you for creating such genius and inspiring contents, if possible please drop few more tutorials here (especially of the black and white cat one). Thanks!

[@nishanair1553]

Thankyou so much for this tutorial I'm trying After Effects for the first time and this is so so helpful!

[@swallow3370]

Thank you so much for all these tutorials bro. So much valuable knowledge

[@basdezwart2864]

One of the realest tutorials out there. Thanks man!

[@KemalPerkasaAriadi]

Absolutely brilliant! Perhaps you can show us the key strokes for some of them shortcuts nxt time? :D

[@luiscaminero9145]

This video was so helpful. Thank you!

[@kai.santos]

just seen it, man, u great! i was looking for a walk cycle tutorial without plugins, and yours was perfect and clear, thank u!😁

[@davidk1724]

Hello. After years of animating mostly analogue, I wanted to give this a try. I am a AF noob and hit the first rock after 2 minutes following your tutorial. I didn't find your illustration file for ducky, so quickly made my own bird (Head, Eyes, Arm, Body etc like yours), import the ai as seen in the video.. 1:15 and I create "shape from vector layer": the illustration is no more to be seen (I can toogle them visible again, but you delete them anyhow). However, the shapes don't show anything but blue boxes.. do I need to change some settings?

[@dragoscristea3782]

Uuuu that's such a great tut :x. Aaaaand the remix from the Daft Punk from the beginning sweet :))).

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks man! the track is by 8 Bit Universe, they are awesome :)

[@CatalinBoroi]

Can't believe I made it through. Just finished the animation and it looks so cool. Thank you man, great job!

[@evonneokoye713]

Thank you so much!!! This was so helpful!! I look forward to more videos from you!!

[@TonyBabel]

Cheers bud!

[@تعليمموشن_جرافيك]

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[@alexandralacheva]

ducky is really nice! and you are a great tutor :) waiting for more

[@howareyoutoday5328]

I`m so in luv with your talent and voice

[@barbarajimenez4833]

its amazing as a beginner to see how the magic works, was kinda confused on what you do with all the layers and how u manipulate each body part and how. Would be nice if you create a playlist of videos for beginners, to explain what does what and some tips, but other than that, hands down AMAZING!!!

[@vladimirputin2773]

Mylosp just a legend really aren’t ya

[@hubert6943]

Thanks for sharing the illustration!

[@PoyxyVsem]

Thank you very much! One of the best tutorial which I ever seen.

[@emeliadouglas3604]

Love the tutorial, thank you, and I look forward to more! One critique I have is maybe include the key commands or atleast explain quickly every little thing you're doing? I think that could go a long way for the people who don't know the short cuts and hot keys. Thanks again!

[@summervibes9543]

Already Subscribed, Liked the video also commented and now i'm waiting for the next video.

[@windadewip281]

Take a week just learning the basics and you will be good, I been using soft soft since it was Fruity Loops back in 03, and still learn

[@AndreaHernandez-yk9gv]

Great work!!! Loved it so much!!!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks! :)

[@cecilialeite2323]

Thanks for the tutorial and for providing us the illustration! I've spent all day animating with the tutorial and i loved it! 💜

[@nannattack]

Thank you Tony! Great tutorial. My only recommendation is to lower your resolution so it is easier to read the small copy etc. Also common keyboard shortcuts would be fantastic! I had to look these up but it could save time for others. Keep it up!

[@MikeRotzsch]

This is very helpful, thanks Tony!

[@TonyBabel]

Cheers bud!

[@ntgm8]

That bird looks so cute

[@lawlelulaylow]

This is so clean bro. Great tutorial.

[@annakorhonen8291]

thanks for the tutorial! I have never before been interested of vector graphic animation, but this looks interesting!

[@Motion4u_eg]

very well tutorial wating for more plz don't stope

[@RicardoFastFingers]

Perfect! Greetings from Brazil!

[@kevinfoster6673]

Clearly best walk cycle tut on youtube 👏Question is, how to use the walk cycle once it's done 🤔

[@w0mblemania]

This was excellent. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@pranavshaj]

This was amazing Tony.Worth watching. Keep up the good work. +1 sub.

[@TonyBabel]

Cheers man, thank you!

[@dawsoncjames]

That was great. Interesting to see your techniques and shortcuts. Thank you

[@dindon858]

Great Tutorial, amazing job, Thank you !

[@TonyBabel]

Cheers, Thanks!

[@MohammadDardaFahlawi]

Man...thank you so much. this is really helpfull tuts, there is alot of tips you have right here. Thank you for posting it on Motion Lovers Group man....much appreciated.

[@TonyBabel]

Glad you found it useful, thanks for the lovely comment!

[@ArilsonOZ]

Amazing, love your work, great Tutorial

[@jacobcherchio4471]

I loved this tutorial! I created my own bird in Illustrator (similar to yours but different colors) and animated it following this. I ended up using RubberHose for the legs since I have it currently and it worked perfectly. Thanks for such an awesome silly animation.

[@VitecNor]

WHY dont't I see it before??? It's absolutly amazing tutorial

[@vandretoledo]

This is pretty cool! Thanks!

[@sandrafojcik7428]

Great tutorial! I'm waiting for more tutorials :)

[@jingyalu]

Brilliant tutorial, I benefit a lot! Thanks bro! I'm wondering what's the difference between the expressions loopIn("cycle") and loopOut("cycle")? the direction or sth else. Love u xxxxxx

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks! loopOut loops the keyframes after the last keyframe and loopIn loops the keyframes backwards before the first one.

[@tariku-san]

Great stuff man. Keep them tuts coming.

[@partizioom]

hey, great tutorial! I wanted to ask how did you change the work area so quickly at 2:18? was that some short cut? thanks in advance for help!

[@ayoubgharafi1656]

Great , waiting for the next one

[@TonyBabel]

Haha, wheels are in motion

[@STVinMotion]

Awesomeness! More of that goodness please, Tony :)

[@reebocken]

Sick tutorial dude. Thanks a bunch.

[@janeramdan3306]

this tutorial is very cute >.< thank u for this

[@Curios_Cat]

This is an awesome tutorial!

[@RounakJain91]

That was awesome, thank you for posting this.

[@sanjayram-uw9vf]

good to start, Thanks for tuto!!

[@laurine.studio]

Wow this is amazing! Thanks!!

[@TonyBabel]

Thanks! :)

[@lutaria16]

Thank you so much for your help, time and effort. It's really helping me move on in my career.

[@Anatt1]

Thanks for sharing! super tutorial!

[@scoatbeats2379]

That looks really nice

[@oleglevin2872]

Hey Tony, great tutorial! Definitely find it useful

[@stefanopanfili8613]

You're great, really funny and useful tut! Thank you so much!

[@immrpandabear]

Finally someone uploaded this. look at all those likes to dislikes.

[@mohamedkarram702]

I love this video. And I am waiting more video on your channel

[@TonyBabel]

Thank you! :)

[@anushkaaggarwal4814]

such an amazing tutorial