Play bow

An animal on four legs bows to play: its chest goes down between its front paws, its back end stays up and its tail high, then it stands again.

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

What it is for

A dog's invitation to play, and its version of a bow: it is what Bow plays on four legs.

The principle it shows: a bow is a tilt

The play bow is one tilt of the whole body about the back legs: the front goes down, the back stays up, and the front legs fold as a real dog's do, the elbows down on the ground and the forearms flat forward, the paws out in front. The tail goes up to show it is play, not fear.

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 -45 over 0.3 s (out)
      glide torso -45 over 0.65 s
      glide torso 0 over 0.4 s
    — 2:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 45, right leg #3 45 over 0.3 s (out)
      glide left leg #2 45, right leg #3 45 over 0.65 s
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0.4 s
    — 3:
      glide left forearm 0, right forearm 0 over 0 s
      glide left forearm 25, right forearm 25 over 0.3 s (out)
      glide left forearm 25, right forearm 25 over 0.65 s
      glide left forearm 0, right forearm 0 over 0.4 s
    — 4:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head -18 over 0.3 s (out)
      glide head -18 over 0.65 s
      glide head 0 over 0.4 s
    — 5:
      glide tail 0 over 0 s
      glide tail 25 over 0.3 s (out)
      glide tail 25 over 0.65 s
      glide tail 0 over 0.4 s
    — 6:
      glide left ear 0, right ear 0 over 0 s
      glide left ear -15, right ear -15 over 0.3 s (out)
      glide left ear -15, right ear -15 over 0.65 s
      glide left ear 0, right ear 0 over 0.4 s
    — 7:
      look happy

0 s — torso 0, front legs 0, forearms 0, head 0, tail 0, ears 0, the face happy.
0.3 s — torso -45, front legs 45, forearms 25, head -18, tail 25, ears -15.
0.95 s — torso -45, front legs 45, forearms 25, head -18, tail 25, ears -15.
1.35 s — torso 0, front legs 0, forearms 0, head 0, tail 0, ears 0.

Try this

Slow the bow from 0.3 s to 0.5 s: a slower, more deliberate bow.
In the program: ramp · over 0.3 → 0.5
Tip the body to -52 degrees instead of -45: a deeper bow.
In the program: ramp · to.part:torso -45 → -52

How it differs from the others

Lie down starts with the same bow and keeps going down.

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	turns, body, head, arms
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	body, head, front legs, tail, ears

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