Friday, January 09, 2009

Dog Motion Test 2

Another test for the dog motion. This one is without moving the body control. It makes the planning of the motion easier as well as the footfalls but it means animating the root object and having to worry about slipping and timing of the two elements (feet and body). I like the motion much better though and I seem to not be having as many problems with the copenetration of the elbows and knee joints.

In referring back to the Richard Williams stuff I also improved the pelvis movement and the compression and extension of the entire body. The back of the animal is running in a circular motion now. Much better than yesterday. I also feel like I have ALOT more control over what I want to accomplish with the movements. I still don't feel like I've sold the weight at 100% though... I'm hoping to get a bit more study in on this before the blocking.

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