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On a limited budget it's somewhat hard to animate someone running without it looking jerky. As recently as ''[[ |
On a limited budget it's somewhat hard to animate someone running without it looking jerky. As recently as ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]'', animators tended to draw legs moving with very little bending of the knee, sometimes at even a full run. In real life, this would be more than a little painful, as shown in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNWP2Yc7XvM this animated insert] from ''[[Sesame Street]]''. |
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The preferred trick around this is avoid showing the legs altogether. You can position the "camera" above the runner's waist while still showing them swaying about a little, or aim the shot straight at the feet, which also doubles as looped footage. |
The preferred trick around this is avoid showing the legs altogether. You can position the "camera" above the runner's waist while still showing them swaying about a little, or aim the shot straight at the feet, which also doubles as looped footage. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[ |
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Lego Island]]'', which, being as all the characters are Lego minifigs, displays this by default.. |
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{{quote| '''Papa Brickolini:''' [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling|I can feel it in my knees...]]<br /> |
{{quote| '''Papa Brickolini:''' [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling|I can feel it in my knees...]]<br /> |
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'''Mama Brickolini:''' Papa, you're just imagining those things!<br /> |
'''Mama Brickolini:''' Papa, you're just imagining those things!<br /> |
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'''Papa:''' Imagining knees? ...Maybe you're right? }} |
'''Papa:''' Imagining knees? ...Maybe you're right? }} |
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** Also [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] at one point in the Lego webcomic ''[[Fabuland Housewives]]''. |
** Also [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] at one point in the Lego webcomic ''[[Fabuland Housewives]]''. |
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* The main heroine of ''[[Narbacular Drop]]'', the game whose team was hired by [[Valve]] to work in the [[Spiritual Successor]] and [[Even Better Sequel]] called ''[[Portal ( |
* The main heroine of ''[[Narbacular Drop]]'', the game whose team was hired by [[Valve]] to work in the [[Spiritual Successor]] and [[Even Better Sequel]] called ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', was called Princess No-Knees--but it's not immediately obvious whether she lacks them, as it's a nickname referring to her inability to jump. |
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== [[Web Animation]] == |
== [[Web Animation]] == |
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