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HOW the hell do you keep track of everything in view while keeping weights/volume/objects interacting consistent Oh My God

i do the first pass on vibes only, its used to figure out acting, gesture, how long the animation is and just generally whats happening, but in the second pass im trying to think of it almost like a physics diagram (i think they are called free body diagrams? the ones where you mark all the forces acting on an object)

starting with the most important body part, the one thats doing the most action, and imagining how its pulling or pushing on a second object. if its something heavy, it will take some time to start moving. and, once its moving, if the force suddenly stops or changes direction, the heavy thing will take some time to stop or start moving in a different direction. so yea newtons laws are also animation principles ig

(im a stem dropout and i dislike maths as much as the next guy, but trying to run a physics simulation in my head is lowk pretty fun lol)

i go through the entire length of the animation just focusing on these two masses.

once im happy with the way these two move, i start adding less important, lighter things, also one at a time

oh also, if its a full body action, even if cropped, it helps to draw the entire body, in the roughs of my hug animation i drew grace's legs too, just to know how his weight would be shifting (hes kneeling on the ground). no need to inbetween the parts that you know will be offscreen

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