Lap water

An animal on four legs laps water: its head goes down to the bowl and laps, round and round.

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What it is for

A dog at its water bowl, a cat at a puddle. It is what Drink plays on four legs.

The principle it shows: small and steady

Drinking is the head down from the neck to the bowl and then a small, steady bob, the same few degrees again and again; the body leans a little forward over braced front legs.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the side view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head 40 over 0.5 s (out)
    — 2:
      glide neck 0 over 0 s
      glide neck 32 over 0.5 s
    — 3:
      glide torso 0 over 0 s
      glide torso -10 over 0.5 s
    — 4:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 -8, right leg #3 -8 over 0.5 s
  forever:
    at the same time:
      — 1:
        glide head 40 over 0 s (out)
        glide head 46 over 0.2 s
        glide head 40 over 0.2 s
        glide head 46 over 0.2 s
        glide head 40 over 0.2 s
      — 2:
        glide neck 32 over 0 s
      — 3:
        glide torso -10 over 0 s
      — 4:
        glide left leg #2 -8, right leg #3 -8 over 0 s

• 0 s — head 0, neck 0, torso 0, front legs 0.
• 0.5 s — head 40, neck 32, torso -10, front legs -8.
• 0.7 s — head 46.
• 0.9 s — head 40.
• 1.1 s — head 46.
• 1.3 s — head 40.

Try this

1. Take 0.3 s over its first change instead of 0.2 s: a slower lap water.

   In the program: ramp · over 0.2 → 0.3

2. Turn the head to 59.8 instead of 46: a bigger lap water.

   In the program: ramp · to.part:head 46 → 59.8

How it differs from the others

Sniff around also puts the nose down, but moves it about.

Works on

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