From the course: 21 Foundations of Animation
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Flexing the spine
- [Instructor] I have a course in the library, dealing with a lot of the material in this chapter, called Animating in 2D: Loosening Up, which you should watch, if you want to delve into this in more detail. The basic principle of reversalence is quite simple. We build our key poses around a strong line of action, and when appropriately transitioned from one line of action to another, we reverse from a C curve to an S curve, or an S curve to a C, or a C to a reverse C. Move from one distinct shape to another, that's a reversal. The classic swishing tail animation is a great example of a curve moving and reversing from one of these shapes into another and back again. Don't overuse this technique, as too many reversals will make your animation look wobbly. Here are some examples, just a bunch of arbitrary attitude poses, angry man with hands on hip, will transition into scratching his head, that's a nice, strong reversal from…
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