kayak paddle

kfried27 · Post by **kfried27** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:14 pm

Can someone tell me the best way to set up the character with a kayak paddle? I.e., should the paddle be a separate layer, should it be drawn in the same layer as one hand or the other?

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:09 pm

How can I answer that if you don't tell us from which perspective we're going to see it?

kfried27 · Post by **kfried27** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:42 pm

you see the kayak with the person inside/atop with the face towards the viewer. THe viewer will mostly see the left side of the paddle.

heyvern · Post by **heyvern** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:22 pm

This is very complicated and still not clear what the angle is. with even a slight 3/4 view the paddle, hands, and possibly part of the arm will have to be in front of AND behind other elements at different points in the animation.

I would put each of those elements on separate layers. With animated layer order you can have those layers change order to simulate the paddling. Do the motion of paddling a kayak in front of a mirror to use as a reference.

-vern

kfried27 · Post by **kfried27** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:50 pm

Thanks Vern, I will play around with it tonight