Character Animation: 2D Skills for Better 3D, 2nd Edition

chapter 7

animation of fishand snakes

chaptersummary

•fish how they swim drag two swimming types of fish schooling (shoaling) swimming mammals and flatfish rays fins •snakes basic movement concertina movement crotaline (sidewinder) movement •exercises animation of a fish in 2D animation of a fish in 3D animation of a snake in 2D animation of a snake in 3D

Not all animals propel themselves with the use of arms and legs. Some use their bodies.

fish

Fish propel themselves through a fluid environment, which is very pertinent to the way that they move. They do this by flexing their backbone in such a way that a wave runs along the length of the body. As it travels along the fish’s body the wave gets bigger. This is called a sinusoidal ...