Personality Walk with start and stop

So the next task is about making a character walk where the character either:

1. Walks into shot, stops for a moment and then starts walking again.
2. The character starts walking from stationary position, walks a few steps and then stops.

Also adding on one of the following themes:

A. Walking carrying an object: such as a bag or a pile of dishes
B. Walking pushing/pulling an object: such as a trolley or a lawnmower.


Also it is encouraged to add additional animation in keeping with the personality of my character and his/her reason for walking and stopping.




With this in mind I started thinking about some ideas and decided to go for a combination of 1+B

I also made a simple storyboard for the basic idea of the scene:

As I started animating I decided to make some changes. Instead of making the character carry his bag over his shoulder, I would make the bag so heavy he would have to drag it with him along the floor. This was to give myself a bigger challenge and some more interesting animation.

As most people know, animating without reference is difficult so I made a reference with the help of Jo Christian Figenschou:



With that, I have started animating and blocking out the storytelling poses with some extremes: