{"id":3014,"date":"2023-08-19T13:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2024-07-29T13:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:49:50","slug":"keep-it-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep it simple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/3d-modeling\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/tea-fractal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tea-fractal.gif\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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modeling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/entities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"284\" data-attachment-id=\"137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/3d-modeling\/entities\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/entities.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"284,284\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/entities-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/entities\/\">4 | entities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" data-attachment-id=\"1675\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/entities\/lewitt_color\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"554,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lewitt_color\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:120px;height:undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg 554w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>keep it simple<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/div>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f0f80d60fb2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f0f80d60fb2\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/#Ends_and_means\" >Ends and means<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/#Craft_is_the_enemy\" >Craft is the enemy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/#Classification\" >Classification<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/#Organic_vs_hard_surface_modeling\" >Organic vs hard surface modeling<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/#Organic_options\" >Organic options<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/#Hard-surface_options\" >Hard-surface options<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" data-attachment-id=\"1675\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/entities\/lewitt_color\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"554,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lewitt_color\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color.jpg 554w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lewitt_color-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sol Lewitt, cover of&nbsp;Geometric Figures &amp; Color, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ends_and_means\"><\/span><br>Ends and means<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Conceptual artists such as Sol Lewitt understand that there is a difference between ends and means. The primary tenet of Conceptual art was put forth by Lewitt when he declared that &#8220;[t]he idea itself, even if it is not made visual, is as much of a work of art as any finished product.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One ramification of this declaration: it gives the artist permission for the concept to be <strong>complex<\/strong>, and the implementation to be <strong>simple<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So before we begin our art project in earnest, note the presence of the word <strong>simple<\/strong> and what it means. Full-body humanoid bipedal rigs, complex run cycles, and elaborate pose-to-pose sequences are NOT beginning-level projects. You WILL fail if you attempt to work beyond the skill level you&#8217;ve attained after the tutorials appropriate for your skill level are complete. Focus on the <strong>idea<\/strong> and the skills you have <strong><em>right now&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Craft_is_the_enemy\"><\/span>Craft is the enemy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As a graphic novelist and rock musician, Vermont&#8217;s first Cartoonist Laureate James Kochalka keeps things <strong>pared down to simple<\/strong>, and this is something it&#8217;s difficult to keep in mind when you have the fistful of dynamite that is Maya. In his book <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Cute_Manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Cute Manifesto<\/a><\/strong>, he articulates this position:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"432\" data-attachment-id=\"3018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/keep-it-simple\/kochalka\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kochalka.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"420,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kochalka\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kochalka.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kochalka.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kochalka.jpg 420w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kochalka-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/kochalka-300x309.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>James Kochalka, <strong>American Elf<\/strong> webcomic entry for September 12, 2001<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>I just felt suddenly like I had to write and say <a href=\"http:\/\/rikki.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/12\/kochalka-craft-is-the-enemy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">craft is the enemy<\/a>! You could labor your whole life perfecting your \u201ccraft,\u201d struggling to draw better, hoping one day to have the skills to produce a truly great comic, this powerful work of art, that you dream of. There\u2019s nothing wrong in trying to draw well, but that is not of primary importance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What every creator should do, must do, is use the skills they have right now. A great masterpiece is within reach if only your will power is strong enough (just like Green Lantern). Just look within yourself and say what you have to say.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cezanne and Jackson Pollock (and many other great painters) were horrible draftsmen! It was only through their sheer will to be great that they were great. The fire they had inside eclipsed their lack of technical skill. Although they started out shaky and even laughable, they went on to create staggering works of art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This letter is not for the established creators\u2026 they\u2019re hopeless. This is for the young bucks and does\u2026 let\u2019s kick some fucking ass!<\/em><\/p>\n<cite><em>\u2014James Kochalka, Craft is the Enemy<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, Kochalka believes the honest, hard, willful effort to communicate trumps icy virtuosity. Reread it. His is not a slacker manifesto: this is a dude who posted a comic strip every day on the web from October 26, 1998, to December 31, 2012: that&#8217;s a staggering 4,817 drawings with no holidays and no days off, even in a time of personal or even national crisis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t let falling short of perfection get in your way. YOU have something important to say in this project. Completion is better than perfection! Take some time now to revisit, react to, and possibly revise the concept art, storyboard, shot designs, and timeline of the overall Possible World project. Once you understand what you need \u2014 and more importantly, what you DON&#8217;T need \u2014 to model, dive in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Classification\"><\/span>Classification<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Organic_vs_hard_surface_modeling\"><\/span>Organic vs hard surface modeling<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>You may have noticed I avoid the use of the word &#8220;character&#8221; in discussing modeling at the Entity level. It is a biased term, conjuring up a preconception of a bipedal, humanoid abstracted for comic effect. Entity modeling is so much more than this, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peachpit.com\/articles\/article.aspx?p=1825166&amp;seqNum=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William Vaughn explains in his book&nbsp;<strong>[digital] Modeling<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"1678\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/entities\/dm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dm.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dm.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dm.jpg 200w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/dm-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peachpit.com\/articles\/article.aspx?p=1825166&amp;seqNum=2\" style=\"background-color:#bbbbbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read <strong><em>Model Classification<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaughn&#8217;s working definitions open up the doors to myriad simple possibilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Organic_options\"><\/span>Organic options<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider <strong>organic<\/strong> entities such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Simple, limbless animals such as worms, snakes, or fish, are easily rigged with a simple skeleton or even a sine deformer, and to which squash-and-stretch can be applied through non-linear scale deformations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two-limbed creatures like birds or butterflies whose wings can be rigged using blend shapes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abstracted, anthropomorphized plant entities, like vines or flowers growing or opening up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surrogates for bipeds, such as an anthropomorphized flour sack, grocery bag, or purse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hard-surface_options\"><\/span>Hard-surface options<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>And consider <strong>hard-surface<\/strong> entities like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Objects falling or landing, like balls, blocks, or everyday kitchen items, all of which can be exaggerated. Surrealism can happen: what happens if a glass jar bounces, or a knife deforms?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthropomorphized vehicles, like cars, jets, or spaceships, can be anthropomorphized with squash-and-stretch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simple tools or machines, like clock-works, pendulums, swings, or wheels. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robots seem as hard as bipedal rigs but think of&nbsp;<strong>Star Wars<em>&#8216;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; R2D2 or&nbsp;<strong>Wall-E&#8217;s<\/strong>&nbsp;EVE. They don&#8217;t have limbs, and EVE just floats!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Balloons can inflate, and doors can open or close. A rolling flap on a tent, found at the end of the <strong>Aquablocks<\/strong> animation below, can be done with deformers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthropomorphized objects such as John Lasseter&#8217;s <strong>Luxo lamps<\/strong> (our <strong>Entities<\/strong> project icon above) or <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/18682984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abel T\u00e9bar&#8217;s <strong>Teapot<\/strong><\/a> (using&nbsp;Daniel Martinez Lara&#8217;s Utah teapot rig as seen below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"aquablock_final_animation\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/313649513?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>williamCromar, Aquablocks<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Amazing and Mysterious Mystery of the Mysterious Teapot Lid\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18682984?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Abel T\u00e9bar, The Amazing and Mysterious Mystery of the Mysterious Teapot Lid<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of these are easier and more satisfying to produce than a traditional biped, allowing the animator to focus on narrative content. 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