How to animate IK Arms - Most Common Animation Mistakes (part 12)
Channel: Jean-Denis Haas
Date: 2021-01-22

How to animate IK arms is something animation students will face sooner than later. Part 12 of the Most Common Animation Mistakes series takes a look at the pitfalls of IK arms and how to fix that dreaded look!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:09 What this channel is about
0:48 Common look of IK arms
1:36 Locked hand when elbow is moving + FIX
3:12 IK controller lock/pivot + FIX
4:12 No arcs
4:25 INDY!!
4:48 Like I said, NO ARCS!
6:26 Downfalls of IK arms
6:56 Why IK arms? 
9:21 IK arms are difficult to animate (TRON example)
11:42 Summary
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