So, this week *drumroll* we moved onto walks! Our mission was to use our newly acquired information in the ancient and noble art of cycle-making to create a "vanilla-walk"; that is, a walk with no personality and no unique character traits. To be honest, I found this exercise quite difficult (even having done a walk or two before), as making a walk with no personality is a bit like trying to draw a face with no personality, or write a story with no personality. I kept having to mentally slap myself and say "No! Bad Karl!" every time I accidentally introduced the slightest bit of exaggeration.

This week we only had to block our walk; the intention is that we then spline it and make it look generally presentable for the end of next week. So here it is in its current block-a-licious state:

And to remind us that for the next 18 months there is no such thing as free time, there was also a pose theme of "Physical Strength":

Finally, to round this post off nicely, here are two little-known facts about me and walk cycles:

- I animated my first run about a term before I made my first walk cycle (a classic case of "running before you can walk" if ever there was one )

- The tutor marking my first walk rather famously looked at it for a while before pronouncing in front of the whole class "He walks a bit like you, doesn't he?". Everyone thought it was hilarious, but to this day I still haven't worked out if it was a compliment or an insult...

Have a great week everyone!