This looks great, and the front legs are moving rather softly! What I think would improve this if you made it's neck a little longer, since the shoulders are so high up, he looks a bit like a hunchback! The back legs are a little stiff as you wrote in the description, and I think that part of that is because they're a bit short as well. If you stretched them out a little when they're going back, you might get a more flowing feeling to it. Also, the front legs are running nicely, but the back legs just seem to be skipping along. I think you'd find it looking even better if you put "one leg in front of the other" so to speak.

Sorry for long, critical comment, But this does indeed have a great lot of potential! One cannot learn without some advice, right?

Thanks for the advice and i agree with most of what you have said

About the one leg in frount of the other thing. when i looked at refrence footage of tigers they didnot put one leg in
frout of the other when running it was more of a hop along kind of movement. and thats somthing i definatly need
to improve on.

Thankyou for the crit it is much aprecated

And thankyou. i have 3 years of lerning animation at uni and i am really only just starting. hopefully we shall see a
improvement over the years [if not im not geting what im paying for XD]

thanks again

Ferrel

The back legs should stretch more. Cat legs are springy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcTnR4llUWM
The legs should also stretch out far enough to make sort of an X shape when they pull them in all together. (depending on the speed)
http://iscreenparlour.files.wordpre.....-cat-run-2.jpg
the front legs are really good thought. But your tiger could use a little more of a neck?

http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Images/Tiger.....s/tigerrun.jpg
http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2.....2-16422033.jpg
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/W.....574R-04742.jpg

Thanks for the constructive crit. this was a observation from life and i agree the back legs should be more springy but the
in the reference footage the back legs were surprisingly stiff this was probably a factor that led to mine being more stiff
than it should be. we are told to use real life as reference and not drawn images. if i were to do this again i would be sure
to add more squash and stretch than is needed.

this was less of a practice of drawing and more of movement but i agree the neck should be longer.

also in my reference footage the tiger did not do the x thing at the speed he was running which was the reason it was not
involved in the animation.

in stead of looking at different animals we are advised to look at the movement of the animal as tigers and cats will move
different due to weight and size so i don't know how much of this cat movement would apply to tigers.

Thank you for your crit is has been a great help and is much appreciated, especially you takes the time out to help me.

this was my first time doing a run cycle for a animal so i will take most of this on board.

Should work a bit more on the back legs, as for the front legs its pretty good

i agree although watching a real tiger run there back legs are surprisingly stiff. i do agree they need more spring to them though =]