One of our first projects in Intro to 2D Animation tasked us with creating a character, a background, and a looping walk cycle. I chose to go for a masked post-apocalyptic scavenger, performing a jolly march through a ruined city. The character is named Stripes, due in part to the striped hyena mask and mane they wear, and due to the striped prison jumpsuit they still wear.
I took a lot of inspiration from the jaunty walk cycles found in Richard Williams' Animator's Survival Kit, using the arms to lead the motion and even slightly 'breaking' the wrist as the character swings up to give the steps more force.