Week 04 - Animating the Dragons feet when landing (preview)

In this part of the Dragon animation masterclass, week 04, we will be landing the dragon and preparing for the roar in the next lesson. The feet play a major role here because they switch from being an extremity of the flight cycle to the landing gear!

Adding the overlap to the feet when the body and wings react to the slowing down makes for a really nice piece of animation. Getting this part to work is the most challenging but once you get it to look right, the rest of the animation falls nicely into place....

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