From the course: Animating in 2D: Loosening Up

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Loosen to twin or not to twin

Loosen to twin or not to twin

From the course: Animating in 2D: Loosening Up

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Loosen to twin or not to twin

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- [Instructor] In this lesson, I'll show you the potential pitfall of twinning, and by avoiding it, how to loosen up your scene. Twinning is an easy trap to fall into, but there are also times when it's okay to twin. As you can see in this illustration, and we have a simple action with the character making a what's up gesture. Now the problem is, that the animation starts in the symmetrical pose, stays symmetrical throughout the entire scene. This can look a little mechanical, a little stiff. Also a little unnatural. Now there are animated shows on television, that allow this as part of the their house style. I'm not gonna name them, some of them are extremely funny and extremely good, but keep an eye out, and you'll probably notice, it doesn't bother them so, (mumbles) for courses. The advantage of scenes like this is, that they're much easier to animate, because you just go through like this, with these simple poses, and all of your keyframes occur on the same frame numbers. In this…

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