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Our assignment over these two weeks was to create a basic or 'vanilla' walk for the Ballie character. The first week was just blocking the ...

New term started! Here's a planning for the first shot. I kinda made things too complicated last term, so I'll try to keep things simple and focusing on body mechanics. I'll put some attitude in the character but not much acting this term. It's always better to take a video reference by my self but I'm too scared to jump on the balance beam. XD

Our assignment over these two weeks was to create a basic or 'vanilla' walk for the Ballie character. The first week was just blocking the walk out and the second week we worked on polishing it up and finishing it. Here's my plan for the blocking of the walk, with just the keys/contact positions, breakdowns/passing positions and the up and down extremes. And here's my blocking pass in stepped mode. We also had to pose Stu in a way that showed physical strength, so I did a lot of research on…

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