The Digital Okapi - Animations

Other Chapters:
The Project - Renders - Animation

Walk cycle
As it walks, the okapi has an ambling gate like the giraffe or camel.
This means its left front and hind leg move in one motion forward while the right legs stay put.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JecEXwiafe4

Run cycle
As the okapi starts to run, its ambling gate switches to a gallop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qw3G7ignlc

Rig
The rig features driven keys in the legs and a twisting aim spine in the neck.
The joints in the legs are too complex for normal animation joints so driven keys were used to simulate the right motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmHjrcW8fQ&;