Violeta/Wioleta's walk cycle.
To get the movement of the skirt and her gait right, I filmed myself walking in a skirt and combat boots for reference. The laces of my own boots are too long and need to be wrapped around the ankle to avoid tripping, and I incorporated this detail into Wioleta's boots to reflect her inexperience as a witch (having big shoes to fill) and her cautious personality.
Forest Background.
Inspired by the flat color backgrounds of classic Polish cartoons like Bolek i Lolek, and missing the texture of the pencil and charcoal brushes I typically use in Procreate, I digitally painted this background to be used with the walk cycle.
Cartwheeling Scraggle.
Scraggle gets bored while taking a stroll through the forest and gets too distracted doing cartwheels and handstands to notice that the Great Witch is up to no good. He's not the best look out.
I watched videos of people doing cartwheels on YouTube for reference on the key poses, then added more in-betweens wherever needed, and added some wobbly hesitation as he reaches the fully upside down position to add a feeling of weight to him.
