Proud

A held, puffed-up stance: the body a little wider and taller, the arms tucked in toward it, a small bob and knees that give with it.

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What it is for

Proud is for a character who has just done something well and wants to be seen: the winner on the podium, the child holding up a drawing, the dog who brought back the ball. It holds still enough to stand under a boastful line. This move was first made for a crab-shaped character, whose claws went up in a flex; on the person and the kid in this studio the arms swing in toward the body instead, so on them it reads as a satisfied, self-hugging stance rather than a muscle pose.

The principle it shows: appeal

Appeal is what makes a character pleasant to watch, and size is one of its simplest tools. Proud makes the body 4% wider and 3% taller and holds it there: a small change, but next to a character at normal size it reads clearly as chest out, head up. The knees giving with each bob keep the pose from turning into a statue.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  abssin wave on dy · w 2 · amp -4
  set left arm 18, right arm -18, sx 1.04, sy 1.03
  abssin wave on left shin + right shin · w 2 · amp 4

• when it starts — begins when the move is put on a character.
• abssin wave on dy · w 2 · amp -4 — a small lift of 4 pixels, about every 1.6 seconds.
• set left arm 18, right arm -18, sx 1.04, sy 1.03 — one block, four values set at once and held. The arm numbers are raw angles, where positive turns counter-clockwise as you look at the screen: for these characters both values turn the arms in toward the body, the right one furthest, so its forearm crosses the front. sx 1.04 and sy 1.03 puff the body 4% wider and 3% taller.
• abssin wave on left shin + right shin · w 2 · amp 4 — both knees bend 4 degrees with every lift, in time with the bob.

Try this

1. Puff the width up to 115% instead of 104%. The character now looks pleased with itself in a big, comic way, chest out like a pigeon.

   In the program: set · to.sx 1.04 → 1.15

2. Let the knees give 15 degrees instead of 4. The small bob turns into a springy little bounce on the spot, like someone too proud to keep still.

   In the program: wave · amp 4 → 15

How it differs from Point and Announce

Point holds one arm turned in further and adds a lean, with no puff and no knee movement. Announce keeps the arms alone and only leans in a touch while bobbing, the stance of someone about to make a speech. Proud is the one that changes the body's size.

Works on

c4c:beh:flex · version 1.0.0 · CC0 (public domain) · by Jabbertoon