SKYLAB CHAT

[Terre]

Good morning.

 

[Miss B]

Good Morning to you as well.

 

[skylab]

Animation amble in place test for the Hivewire Big Dog......c'mon now, ease on down, ease on down the road
Nice...strut your stuff

 

[Miss B]

Now all we need are footprints in the sand to make it even more realistic.

 

[skylab]

Hey Miss B Yes, you're so right...Janet has done a good job with these. Here we have a walk in place test.

 

[Terre]

One question Sky. Why is the dog pacing in the first one?
The only animals I've seen do that are some horses and the very large animals like elephants.

 

[skylab]

Hey Terre The animation is slowed way down for the benefit of testing...it's actually supposed to be a little faster, called an amble in the pose set...like a trot. I'm working on the full run right now, but had some questions for Janet about it before I post it. I love that amble gait...I like the head action. I'll post a faster amble so you'll see the difference.

 

[Janet]

Terre, I dunno but dogs seem to amble. Actually I have seen them doing that. My brother and I had the clippers out and both dogs ambled or trotted their way out of the front yard to the back yard as they hate having their hair messed with. Horses trot which is the same leg pattern and dogs amble?

Slightly faster than a walk.

 

[skylab]

Here you go Terre...the amble a little faster...so it doesn't look as "heavy footed" like a large animal...I just like to use slow mo in order to catch the slightest hiccup...that's how I do my animations.

 

[Terre]

Sorry, that's not what I meant. The first and second animations you have posted have the feet moving differently.
You know more about riding than I do so I assumed that you would know what I meant by "pace". I mean the gait. Both feet on the same side moving forward at the same time instead of left front and rear moving forward together and the right front and left rear also moving as a pair.
The first and second animations you have posted have the feet moving differently. Most animals the size of a horse and smaller move their feet the same way you have in the second anim. A small percentage of horses and large animals like elephants, camels, and giraffes move their feet the way you have in the first anim when moving at something less than a canter or a gallop..
Horse gait - Wikipedia

 

[Terre]

Terre, I dunno but dogs seem to amble. Actually I have seen them doing that. My brother and I had the clippers out and both dogs ambled or trotted their way out of the front yard to the back yard as they hate having their hair messed with. Horses trot which is the same leg pattern and dogs amble?

Slightly faster than a walk.

Some dogs may do that. I've never seen one move that way though.

 

[Janet]

I think my dogs were sneaking or trying to walk faster than normal.

 

[Terre]

I see here it says that dogs do sometimes do that. It's just unusual for them. Amble
Always good to learn something new every day.

 

[skylab]

Lookin' good

 

[skylab]

The original Konged Bong using the Sixus 1 Gorilla

 

[skylab]

More Konged Bong Obviously this was animation in its infancy, but was comical nonetheless.

 

[Miss B]

Hey, you got the idea across.

 

[skylab]

Hey Miss B Yep, an active imagination...haha. I'm surfing today for city models, anything with Manhattan buildings. Found what appears to be a pretty good Empire State building...but not sure how it will work for close-ups. As usual, the research for props takes longer than setting up the scene.

 

[skylab]

And lookie here...Wayii has released new skins for Nursoda's Folde...oh yes

NuPhila Folde

 

[skylab]

Another Nursoda freebie alert...we have another new critter

FOLBAT