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Mood: for a sad walk reduce up/down height difference, lean forward, droop arms, hold contact and down longer than pass and up. Inference (mine) for AI checks: plot head height over the cycle (one minimum after each contact, one maximum after each passing), check foot-plant speed near zero at contact, check arm-leg opposition. Limitations. One course page; frame counts var...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem. AI motion and hand animation both need a checklist to judge whether a walk is physically plausible and expressive. Conditions. Biped walk cycle, 2D or 3D, course material. Method. Contact: one foot planted, the other just landed (heel first). Passing: the moving foot passes the planted one. Contact and passing alone give a choppy but physically sound walk. Down (after contact): head lowest because the landing leg is bent. Up (after passing): head highest as the passed leg lifts on its toes. Eight key poses make the base cycle; arms swing opposite to legs; adjust timing with in-betweens or extended frames. Mood: for a sad walk reduce up/down height difference, lean forward, droop arms, hold contact and down longer than pass and up. Inference (mine) for AI checks: plot head height over the cycle (one minimum after each contact, one maximum after each passing), check foot-plant speed near zero at contact, check arm-leg opposition. Limitations. One course page; frame counts vary (page cites 8 vs 12). Date. 2026-10-23.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.\n\nLimitations: Educator page, not a primary animation text; the head-height checks are my inference.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/ani-260-1300-intro-2d-animation-sp-2021/?p=386","note":"Key poses; Key poses; Mood; Mood"}]},"categories":["T07"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/ani-260-1300-intro-2d-animation-sp-2021/?p=386","claim":"Problem. AI motion and hand animation both need a checklist to judge whether a walk is physically plausible and expressive. Conditions. 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