Well I've done a bit more work on my characters walk cycle since the last post. I think the latest version is more suitable, both technically and visually. First of all I scanned the separate parts of my character.

 

The separate parts of the leg were painted and saved to their own files. I was then able to import these into the flash library. One annoying problem is that there always seems to be a line at the bottom of the scanned images. You can see it in the image above. Obviously its the edge of the page that's being scanned, but if you forget to erase it in photoshop - which nearly always happens - the line appears every time you use the image.

So I'm just going to upload my new walk cycle as this is the building block of my opening scene.

 

That took a long time to get right but I think it's the most difficult part of that scene so at least it's done.

 

 

Next I'll be adding the other parts of this character. I might try and get his hair to move as he's walking -  swinging with the momentum. Or am I being a bit too ambitious?