Reference and Sketching Igor...

Week 1 was a real test. The idea was to apply the principle of overlapping action to a spine and neck test. Basically, overlapping action is a HUGE part of what makes something look organic and not a robotic. Overlap is what happens as things move. Not everything moves at the same time. Soemthings are attached to other things that move first, then pull the next thing and so on. Like a tail. The tail movement by itself is not overlapping action, but the fact that the tail moves in response to the ball and doesn't all move in the same direction at the same time DOES make it overlapping action. It's the exaggerated physics of elements reacting to each other that's the key.

So for Igor, the trick is to have the back and neck and then the head moving in reaction to the quick leg movement. Video reference revealed that the there'
s also a twist in the torso and hips the counters each other at the same time. Here are the sketches:

The first page here, is an attempt to find some of the key frames that determine the walk, the overlapping action, the reversals and the movement of the dragging leg.

This second sheet is a further look at the shoulder dip and rotation, and the overlapping timing of the neck and head.