It’s time to walk the dog – How to Animate a Quadruped

AnimSchool Tips: How to Animate a Quadruped

It’s time to walk the dog…or at least the quadruped. Let’s be honest, learning how to animate a human on two legs walking is scary, much less a creature on four legs!

So how do you break a quadruped walk down so that it’s approachable? Well luckily, quadrupeds aren’t that different from bipedal or human characters. Essentially a simple dog walk cycle is just two bipedal characters walking slightly offset from each other. Sound confusing?

Animschool Instructor & Professional Animator, Daniel Paul, is here to “walk” us through the doggie steps.