Before animating, I studied the key walk poses: contact, down, passing, and up. Planning these poses helped me understand how weight shifts from one leg to the other and how the hips move in relation to the legs. I also checked the motion in front view to make sure the hip movement felt balanced and believable.
This task reinforced the importance of clear structure and weight transfer in walk cycles. Focusing on blocking and strong key poses made the motion easier to read and provided a solid foundation to build on in later animation passes.