Paw wave

An animal on four legs sits and waves a front paw: it lifts its right paw up in front of it and waves it, happy, round and round.

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What it is for

An animal saying hello or goodbye. It is what Wave, Beckon, a high five and a handshake play on four legs.

The principle it shows: sit first, then wave

An animal can't lift a paw while it stands on all four, so it sits first: then one front leg comes up, the elbow lifting the forearm and the paw drooping back at the wrist, as a dog's does when it gives a paw, while the other three hold it. The wave goes round and round after the sit.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the side view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide torso 0 over 0 s
      glide torso 48 over 0.5 s (out)
    — 2:
      glide left leg #0 0, right leg #1 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #0 50, right leg #1 50 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left leg #0 90, right leg #1 90 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 3:
      glide left shin 0, right shin 0 over 0 s
      glide left shin 70, right shin 70 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left shin 180, right shin 180 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 4:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head 26 over 0.5 s (out)
    — 5:
      glide tail 0 over 0 s
      glide tail 30 over 0.5 s (out)
    — 6:
      glide right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide right leg #3 0 over 0.5 s
      glide right leg #3 75 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 7:
      glide right forearm 0 over 0 s
      glide right forearm 0 over 0.5 s
      glide right forearm 15 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 8:
      glide right hand 0 over 0 s
      glide right hand 0 over 0.5 s
      glide right hand 140 over 0.25 s (out)
    — 9:
      look happy
  forever:
    at the same time:
      — 1:
        glide right leg #3 75 over 0 s (out)
        glide right leg #3 80 over 0.25 s (inout)
        glide right leg #3 75 over 0.25 s (inout)
      — 2:
        glide right forearm 15 over 0 s (out)
        glide right forearm 70 over 0.25 s (inout)
        glide right forearm 15 over 0.25 s (inout)
      — 3:
        glide right hand 140 over 0 s (out)
        glide right hand 120 over 0.25 s (inout)
        glide right hand 140 over 0.25 s (inout)

• 0 s — torso 0, back legs 0, shins 0, head 0, tail 0, front right leg 0, right forearm 0, right hand 0, the face happy.
• 0.25 s — back legs 50, shins 70.
• 0.5 s — torso 48, back legs 90, shins 180, head 26, tail 30, front right leg 0, right forearm 0, right hand 0.
• 0.75 s — front right leg 75, right forearm 15, right hand 140.
• 1 s — right forearm 70, right hand 120, front right leg 80.
• 1.25 s — right forearm 15, right hand 140, front right leg 75.

Try this

1. Slow the paw coming up from 0.25 s to 0.4 s: a slower wave.

   In the program: ramp · over 0.25 → 0.4

2. Lift the paw to 104 degrees instead of 80: a higher wave.

   In the program: ramp · to.part:leg:1#3 80 → 104

How it differs from the others

Sit (four legs) is the same sit without the wave.

Works on

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