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A cat walk cycle

I spent a few hours trying my hand at a “walk cycle”. This is a video which can be looped to produce an infinite walk. I chose a cat as the subject (Toupac, my girlfriend’s family cat). I used this walk cycle guide (actually for a dog but I assume dogs have similar gaits to cats). I used a “pixel art” style, which made this a bit simpler, and makes it possible to use this in future for a retro game. I made this using GIMP.

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