Walk Cycle

My final walk cycle:

http://megaswf.com/serve/50303/

Overall, I was pretty happy with it, although I could have done better job for the background.

Backgrounds (added more images)

So. Backgrounds. Well I found some images which I thought would show a good idea of what I want. I was talking with Tarn during class the other day and found that our ideas were similar again-.-'' So I've decided to change my idea.
Here are some images:







At the moment I'm thinking the second image would be a better option as Tarn's would be set out in the open, so I'll try drawing mine inside the cave. Hopefully it'll turn out alright.

Update on animation

So currently I'm working on animating my character in flash. The way I want to approach it is by editing each part and then converting the whole thing as a movie symbol, although at the moment that is proving to be a hassle. But I am making some progress so hopefully things will work out. Excuse the poor quality.

*edit

this is the second version of the whole walk cycle. Honestly, I am thinking of redoing it because it doesn't run as smooth as I hoped, but depending on time constraints I'm not sure if I can.

Character sheet

An extremely small pic of my character sheet.

Some Videos

Here are some examples of how I want my character to walk. The first video is from the games Kingdom Hearts (one of my all time favourite game!) where Sora turns into a heartless. The overall slouching and how they kind of hobble when they walk is how I pictured Roco to walk.
Skip to around 3:20 to see the example:




Gollum from LotR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvIFRNbqOs



Skip Cycle

Some Research

In developing my character, I've used quite a few references to get an idea of how to go about designing my character. These are just some of them.

The pictures above, I used as references for expressions.

The images above gave me an idea as to how my character could be formed, as there are certain distinct features which resemble my character.

Initial Sketches

Here's a scan of what I drew in class, as well as the basic personality description of a cavernic in general. The rest is basically all the info I posted before. Excuse the random cow like drawing.. I was brain storming >.<

Anyway, I was thinking it'll look more like the bottom one, but aim for a slouching pose, to suggest the 'hardworking' and labourous days of working in the mines. Generally he has a semi bored look when neutral, but when feeling any other type of emotion, he's quite animated.