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141 MULTIPLE ACTION PATHS IN BOUNCE-STRUT
USING THIS DOUBLE BOUNCE-STRUT AS A GUIDE, TRY ANIMATING THE SAME
ACTION AND PATHS USING ROWDY RABBIT FROM PAGE 40.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU CONSULT THE DRAWINGS GOING INTO A AND OUT OF B. CHECK AT LEAST TWO PRIOR DRAWINGS AND A FOLLOWING EXTREME. THERE ARE TWO THINGS TO NOTICE: (1) WHAT IS THE RIGHT ARC, IF ANY, AND (2) IS THE DRAWING EXACTLY IN BETWEEN, OR IS IT CLOSER TO A OR B ACCORDING TO THE PROGRESSION OF DRAWINGS? THIS IS ARC AND SPACING. EXPERIMENT ! YOU WILL LEARN THE TRICK OF TAKING DRAWINGS OFF PEGS, SHIFTING THE EXTREMES SO THE DETAILS COINCIDE, PLACING THE CORNERS OF YOUR IN-BETWEEN PAPER BETWEEN THE TWO SHIFTED EXTREMES, AND MAKING AN IN-BETWEEN ON MUCH EASIER TERMS THAN THE PEGS ALLOW. IT IS BEST TO MAKE A LIGHT MECHANICAL DRAWING-NO MATTER HOW CRUDE - BETWEEN LINES, AND THEN CORRECT THE DRAWING OF THE IN-BETWEEN, FLIPPING ALL THE TIME. PLAY THIS ANIMATION

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Cartoon Animation (The Collector's Series)

by Preston Blair

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