ya, animation shops tranparencies don't work with graal :( so i always have to leave a background :( but i like the way you did that :) and i made the whale a little smaller than a boat ^^ but lemme get started on those GFx;)

Hahah. Found out that the transparencies weren't correct. If I can get that working, It'll be fine.

hmm...lemme no what you think...not to sure how a whale swims :whatever: so i just made it's tail move :\

Way too jerkey

it'd look smoother in a gani, when it's finished, i'd have to pull everything apart...(head,body,tail, etc.)

I don't think it's all that jerky. Actually looks rather fluid to me. Only when the tail switches directions does it look jerky. And if you need to know movements for animations, the best thing to do is study the genuine article.

http://www.oceanfootage.com/oceans/v...show_clipbin=1

Also, don't segment it. That would probably cause more harm than good. Slow the animation down, and notice how the tail of an orca tends to flail a little rather than staying stiff all the time. I am seriously amazed by this effort, though. Keep at it, man!

Again GK is blindfolded by another side distraction. We should be working on fixing the current problems before we keep adding on and creating more broken things.

Why, exactly, do they become broken immediately?

thank,s gtg to school, i'll work on them later(when i get home)^^

Make sure you use the video I posted as a reference. The movements start from the front and move in waves all the way to the back.

that link won't open for me :\ i'll try finding somethin else...

uh sry for the double post, but i made it more smoother?

dont quote me if im wrong, but think of a whale as a worm inching.

its head moves, and then the entire body moves in domino effect to the tail

Its body moves in ripples, not like an inchworm's. I get what you mean, though.

Whales don't have necks.