Four- legged animals

by Catalina Vela
(Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador)

Hi I'm Catalina Vela from Southamerica, I hope the following tip gonna be usefull for the comunity.

Today we gonna take the example of a horse. Basically the walk of the cartoon horse can be divided into two independent human walks, one for the front legs (A) and one for the back legs (B.

To get the horse to move, first draw the front legs (A)as in the human walk, at the speed and in the manner you want they to go. Them repeat the same thing with the back legs (B). Make sure that the ground covered by the back legs it's the same as the covered by the front legs; otherwise, the body will seem to strecht apart, or fold up like accordion.

When walking four legs together, it is also necessary to ascertain how the actions of the front legs will synchronize with the actions of the back legs. Essentially when the front right leg is forward. the back right back leg is back, and when the front right leg is back the back right leg is forward.