
Using Armatures to Connect Symbols
Chapter 13
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Using Armatures to
Connect Symbols
When you use IK armatures to connect two
or more symbol instances, the whole struc-
ture moves together, something like a mari-
onette puppet. You can link symbol instances
in linear or branching fashion or use a combi-
nation, where one or more branches extend
in linear fashion. In a simpli ed cartoon body,
for example, you might have three bones
branching from the base of the character’s
About IK Drawing Preferences
When an IK bone connects two symbol instances, the ends of the bone (its head and tail)
create points around which the attached symbol instances rotate. ...