A little go at the start up scene i was talking about. I am aware that its really fast paced and i am planning on adding a few more frames in and it still needs a lot of wok. It was a just a half hour doodle session really but i think its the just of what i was going for

Try 2

This is my go at adding the arms into my basic walk cycle. i tried to experiment with his hands and rally tried to emphasise his shoulder adding to his 'creep' 

My next mover is to 1 clean up the few frames i have found don't quite flow and to have him approaching his first obstacle... The puddle.

I have found that his right leg changes size right in the middle and that his left arms disapears entirely through the centre of the walk so this is definatley something i have to clean up.

Last night i had an idea for a startup scene we he escapes his 'bounds' and sneaks away so i am planning on working on this briefly when i have some time.

2nd go

This is another idea for a walk for my walking character there is a few issues with the size of his legs changing. And i decided to start with to just animate the bounce and the legs then add the arms in later... My story is of a scarecrow who escapes his bounds :)

first go at a standard walk with my new character

This was just a go at nother wlk cycle my next step is 1 putting the hnd in in one of the frames i missed and then 2 styalising the walk as i want him to walk with a swagger / confidence and really play on his long stringy legs.

These are my first set of ideas for the new walk unit :) iv been drawing this character for a while and im really looking forward to actually animated him

Si i managed to get the sound on it.... but its a bit out wich is what i expected. I am aware that near the end his eyebrows and eyes actually look demented on the word "for" and i am planning on sorting that one out very soon...
any other comments would be really helpful
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 another go :)

This is my first go at ading my inbetween frames. Im not overly happy with them to be honest. But for the moment im going to work on the timing more and try to sync it with the sound.  Then i will go back to the drawing board and focus on the outlines and shapes.

these are my key frames for the lip sync. Im not too happy with them i happy with the mouth shapes and eyes but im going to redraw his shoulders as they move up and down and it doesn't look right. So back to the drawing board i go :)

Character lip sync frames for expressions a mouth movements

So these are my second go at my lip sync. Previously i did a profile design and found it a bit trickier to show the movement of the the mouth and expression so i gave it another shot. ( i will post the original :)) I am using sound from an old childrens program and i really like the sounds the character makes so i decided on that.. the caption says " oh well theres only one thing for it"
i found it easier doing my keyframes using these sheets so hopefuly when i finish my first set of inbetween frames its will hopefuly come out ok.

This is my recent attempt at the walk cycle i have added more of a bob and  tried to make the arms a bit more smoother... hopefully its slightly better and more of an improvement. i am having trouble with the movement of the upper body as it looks like my man is walking like a 'pigeon' some people have commented but not really sure how to figure that one out :/