Find the hinge.
Let one intended rotation do one clear job before adding a helper.
POSE CORRIDOR / 01
Walk the action before you build the controls.
Each study begins with a physical question: where does the character land, pause, recover or pull against the floor?
JOINT CALIBRATION SHEETS
Let the gap speak.
Spacing is not decoration: it gives the viewer time to feel weight.
Label the choice.
A useful rig lets the next animator recognise what has been decided.
MOTION STRIP / MOVE THE PLAYHEAD
Before the push.
Give the pose one visible reason to begin.
INSTRUMENT PEGBOARD
Choose the tool
for the note.
An arc gauge turns a vague curve into a repeatable direction.
KEYFRAME FLIPBOOK
Turn the page. Keep the intention.
Key 01
WEIGHT TABLE / A SMALL PHYSICS LAB
Let the heavy object
teach the character.
We use simple material studies to make cause and effect readable: what compresses, what lags, what catches up?
REVIEW LIGHTBOX
Pin one decision
to the pose sheet.
A useful review names one thing to preserve, one thing to test and the next frame to draw.
STUDIO REQUEST
Bring the next
movement problem.
Tell us what the character needs to make clear. Do not send credentials or confidential production files.
