This term, the animation work has mainly focused on the character’s body movements and some facial lip-sync animation.
What Is Body Mechanics?
Body mechanics involves understanding how a character moves through space and how different parts of the body interact during motion. Key principles include:
- Center of Gravity: Determines whether a character looks grounded or unstable
- Force Transmission: Identifies where a movement begins and how it travels through the body
- Opposing Forces: Every action has a reaction—jumping requires a squat, lifting requires tension
- Coordination: Body parts don’t move simultaneously—there’s overlap, delay, and follow-through
- Arcs of Motion: Natural movements tend to follow curved paths rather than straight lines
These elements bring a sense of weight, inertia, rhythm, and realism to animated motion.
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