

This jaunt was for anyone who wanted to see a beautiful part of the world at the speed of a few gentle pedal strokes.Īfter an early morning start and a bumpy plane ride with views over the Pyrenees it was time to meet my fellow bloggers. However, this wasn’t a trip for the hardened and competitive road cyclist. A strappy top and a pair of cycling shorts was a far cry from the layers of Lycra needed to cover every inch of my body from the cold air at home. I wasn’t wrong, a mid-September trip gave us sun and blue sky every day, with temperatures between 25 – 30 degrees. When Sian invited me to go back to see the region by bicycle with the Tourist board of Catalonia, I couldn’t resist.Īfter cycling around Britain and battling the frosty mornings, wind and rain even in August, I knew Catalonia was going to provide some consistency.


I remember eating lorry loads of shellfish, staying in a swimming costume all day and turning a lovely shade of brown on the golden sand. “Growing up, my family’s favourite holiday destination was a little campsite called Mas Patoxas, a campsite north of Barcelona and south of the Pyrenees on the Costa Brava. Here’s her diary from her time exploring this beautiful part of Northern Spain on two wheels, including pristine beaches, tasty treats and, um, kissing lion bottoms. This course it’s an insight on how to bring that spark of life into a human character and once you follow this workflow you’ll be able to animate any human walk, with any type of rig because the secret is the same.My wonderful and bike-mad mate Mary Spender took a five day cycle trip through Catalonia. Therefore, this course offers an insight into human locomotion concepts in connection to the animation pipeline. Understanding the mechanics behind real human locomotion is crucial for a walk animation. You will develop a strong foundation on how to build the animation from blocking the first key contact posses, to cleaning the motion graphs, to adding the final body overlaps. Throughout the course, we’ll build the mechanics of the walk cycle through several and progressive animation passes. This workflow is the base for both 3D films and games. The aim of the course is to showcase the animation pipeline of creating an organic and well-balanced 3D walk cycle. 3D Walk Cycle Animation using Autodesk Maya is an intermediate 3D Animation course that teaches how to animate a human walk cycle.
