Head tilt

An animal tilts its head over to one side, its ears up, puzzled, holds it there, then straightens.

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What it is for

A dog hearing a strange noise, or its name said a new way. It is what Ask, Think and Shrug play on four legs, and a person can do it too.

The principle it shows: a question in one part

The whole question is in the head: it tilts over to one side (its tilt, not its nod) with the ears pricked, and holds. Everything else stays still, so the tilt is all you see.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the side view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide head 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0 s
      glide head -6, part:head~tilt 28 over 0.35 s (out)
      glide head -6, part:head~tilt 28 over 0.75 s
      glide head 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0.4 s
    — 2:
      glide left ear 0, right ear 0 over 0 s
      glide left ear 18, right ear 18 over 0.35 s
      glide left ear 18, right ear 18 over 0.75 s
      glide left ear 0, right ear 0 over 0.4 s

• 0 s — head 0, ears 0.
• 0.35 s — head -6 tilt 28, ears 18.
• 1.1 s — head -6 tilt 28, ears 18.
• 1.5 s — head 0 tilt 0, ears 0.

Try this

1. Take 0.6 s over its first change instead of 0.35 s: a slower head tilt.

   In the program: ramp · over 0.35 → 0.6

2. Turn the head's tilt to 36.4 instead of 28: a bigger head tilt.

   In the program: ramp · to.part:head~tilt 28 → 36.4

How it differs from the others

Nod yes dips the head forward; Sniff around turns it from side to side, low.

Works on

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