Arms folded

The arms come up and cross at the chest, each hand tucked by the other elbow, while the body settles back a little and the chin comes up; then it stays so.

Use it in a cartoon Change it in the move maker The pack file (JSON)

What it is for

Arms folded is for a character who is waiting, unconvinced or not about to move: the friend who is not impressed, the guard at the door, someone who has heard this before. It holds its last pose, so it can stay on a character for a whole scene while the others talk.

The principle it shows: a pose says how someone feels

Nothing moves once the arms are folded, yet the pose still speaks. Leaning back with the chin up reads as confident or stubborn; the try edits show how a few degrees of the chest and the head change that.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the front view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide left arm 0, part:arm:-1~out 0, part:arm:-1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide left arm 8, part:arm:-1~out 3, part:arm:-1~twist -45 over 0.25 s (in)
      glide left arm 12, part:arm:-1~out 5, part:arm:-1~twist -88 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 2:
      glide left forearm 8, part:forearm:-1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide left forearm 60, part:forearm:-1~twist 0 over 0.25 s (in)
      glide left forearm 95, part:forearm:-1~twist 0 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 3:
      glide right arm 0, part:arm:1~out 0, part:arm:1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide right arm 10, part:arm:1~out 4, part:arm:1~twist -48 over 0.25 s (in)
      glide right arm 18, part:arm:1~out 8, part:arm:1~twist -95 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 4:
      glide right forearm 8, part:forearm:1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide right forearm 55, part:forearm:1~twist 0 over 0.25 s (in)
      glide right forearm 90, part:forearm:1~twist 0 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 5:
      glide torso segment 1 0, part:torso#1~twist 0, part:torso#1~tilt 0 over 0 s
      glide torso segment 1 -3, part:torso#1~twist 0, part:torso#1~tilt 0 over 0.6 s (out)
    — 6:
      glide head 0, part:head~twist 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0 s
      glide head -3, part:head~twist 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0.6 s (out)
  wait 0.6 s

0 s — left arm 0 out 0 twist 0, left forearm 8 twist 0, right arm 0 out 0 twist 0, right forearm 8 twist 0, chest 0 twist 0 tilt 0, head 0 twist 0 tilt 0.
0.25 s — left arm 8 out 3 twist -45, left forearm 60 twist 0, right arm 10 out 4 twist -48, right forearm 55 twist 0.
0.5 s — left arm 12 out 5 twist -88, left forearm 95 twist 0, right arm 18 out 8 twist -95, right forearm 90 twist 0.
0.6 s — chest -3 twist 0 tilt 0, head -3 twist 0 tilt 0.

Try this

Lean back 10 degrees instead of 3. Arms folded and leaning away: a stubborn no.
In the program: ramp · to.part:torso#1 -3 → -10
Drop the chin 10 degrees instead of lifting it 3. The same folded arms now read as sulking.
In the program: ramp · to.part:head -3 → 10

How it differs from Hands on hips and Wait (tap foot)

Hands on hips puts the hands at the hips, ready for action; Arms folded closes the body off. Wait (tap foot) starts the same way and adds the impatience.

Works on

The two in the film above, and what the move turns on each: worked out by the build, which plays the move on each body and checks what moves. Nobody types this table.
Who	Moves?	What moves
Sunny (one of the six people)	yes	body, head, arms
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	turns, body, head, front legs, back legs, tail, ears

c4c:beh:arms_folded · version 1.0.0 · c4c-free · by Jabbertoon