space kitty again
ow my hand hurts remember how i said i had a cool idea for the colors on this animation??so yeh i exported each frame and painted it
the frames look quite satisfying, here are some stills
I loosely used the word ‘canter’ for a slower transverse gallop that I posted here: https://reignofsiderians.tumblr.com/post/701664326262685696/siderian-walking-cycles-transverse-right-lead
However, true (right lead) canter is actually a three beat gait with the following pattern: Left back – Right back and Left front simultaneously – Right front.
LB (1)– RB & LF (2) – RF (3)
The numbers indicate the beat.
Gallop is a four-beat gait in which the third beat in which the right back and left front limb hit the ground, is broken into two beats with a slight delay between right back and left front.
Then there are two forms of gallop: transverse and rotary. Rotary gallop is the fastest gait whereas transverse gallop is more energy efficient.
In transverse gallop, the front and rear follow the same order in which the limbs hit the ground. For right lead transverse gallop it would be: left back- right back - left front - right front
LB (1) – RB (2) – LF(3) – RF(4)
In rotary gallop, the order in which the limbs hit the ground is switched between the front and rear. In right lead gallop the order is as follows: right back – left back – left front – right front.
RB(1)– LB(2) – LF(3)– RF(4)
Suspension phase:
This the moment in which all limbs are off the ground. Normally gallop has only one suspension phase:
Transverse: LB - RB - LF- RF <suspension>
Rotary: RB- LB - LF -RF <suspension>
However, some fast animals (including Siderians) can do a double suspension rotary gallop:
RB-LB <suspension> LF-RF <suspension>
The Siderian in this animation has a double suspension rotary gallop, although the the first suspension phase is very short.
Lead:
The last front limb that leaves the ground in a cycle is what determines whether a canter or gallop is right or left lead.
Left lead canter: RB – LB & RF– LF
Left lead transverse gallop: RB – LB – RF – LF
Left lead rotary gallop: LB- RB- RF – LF
Both animations are done in Blender and rendered with Eevee. This is my Demo v.1 model, so no real muscle contractions yet (only crude shapekeys) and a very simple rig done with the Rigify add-on. I hope that better animations follow with Demo v.2 and v.3
loving how this is turning out so far :DD my understanding of physics with bouncing and weight has definitely improved
still need to do her wings though and clean up a few frames
reminding myself there are no truly "bad days", because every single day, someone somewhere in the world has taken a photo of an extremely tiny animal and shown it to someone else, and that's very good actually