Run cycle: execution

My third blog post sees the completion of my run cycle's first pencil test. It has been quite an eye-opening experience to make the transition from theoretical study of the run cycle to the actual execution thereof. To start with, I found how the key poses radically affect the feeling and energy of the final outcome. To start with key poses makes life easier, but to start with the RIGHT key poses is what makes the work look so much better. I had to play around with them for quite some time before I found some that I felt did the job. After that, a bit of inbetweening and a little tweaking were all that was necessary. Here's the test, it's a bit of a saggy jog: