#Animal Locomotion

[agelessphotography]

Animal Locomotion, Plate 637, Eadweard Muybridge, 1887

[petsincollections]

Capybara walking.

Muybridge, Eadweard. "Animal locomotion. Plate 746." Photograph. (c) 1887. Digital Commonwealth, https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/70796b68z (accessed August 03, 2023).

[zurich-snows]

Eadweard Muybridge | Movement of the Hand, Beating Time: Plate 535 from Animal Locomotion. 1884-86. medium: collotype 

[mfdragon]

So… funny story…

I was watching TFA season 2 and I saw the pattern of “all spark fragment goes in thing; thing becomes new bot” and I thought

“Gee imagine if it went in a train, we could officially get Astrotrain. But wait, he wouldn’t be a triple changer…. Unless….”

And so Blitzwing now has a son. Enjoy!

Bonus:

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

how do snakes move? i get that they slither and all, but how does that help them move forward?

Congratulations, you've unlocked one of my favorite topics:

The very basic answer is that snakes have special muscles connected to their ribs, and those muscles connect to the wide belly scales, and moving their rib muscles and belly scales in tandem propels the snake along.

If you look at a snake skeleton, you'll notice that each rib is actually connected to the spine with a ball-and-socket joint.

The reason for that is that all those joints allow for a much greater range of motion. Snakes move their rib muscles in sections, and as they slither along, the muscles attached to their belly scutes will cling around imperfections in the surface they're moving on to help propel them forwards.

To illustrate how that works, I'm actually going to show you a picture of a snake climbing a brick wall because it's the same concept and does a great job of illustrating. If you look at this picture, you'll see the snake is moving along grooves and imperfections in the brick - clinging to those grooves to get purchase and help it move! Slithering is the same concept, just horizontal.

There are different types of snake locomotion (check out my "snake locomotion" tag for more specifics!) but those are the basics. If you watch a snake slither, you'll notice how their body moves in sections - each section of ribs connected to those special muscles, moving along like train cars following the engine, propeling the snake forward along imperfections in the ground.

[dampfloks]

Orenstein & Koppel Nr. 7610 (Bj 1918)

[diana-andraste]

Human Locomotion Chronophotography Composite, Étienne-Jules Marey, 1886

Gif by Frank Petter

[strigital]

do you mind? i'm very busy imagining spawn Astarion with the ability to polymorph into a bat and his darling druid tav who wildshapes into a raven both swooping through the golden and purple evening sky, ebony feathers gleaming in the setting sun, red eyes reflecting the first evening's stars, two winged creatures in love doing saltos and dancing in the clouds, falling down wings tucked in only to unfurl them mere inches before hitting the surface of the sea, causing the water to splash with the gusts of air from their wings, only for those falling droplets to reflect the sunset perfectly and create a magnificent rainbow that bat!astarion and raven!tav fly over - a rainbow bridge into a new tomorrow, a future free of worries, full of love and new possibilities.

then the sun sets, the stars come out and you watch a raven and a bat flutter off into the horizon, cawing and squeeking with glee. you don't know that these animals are soulmates in disguise, but something about the way they dance and zigzag through the purple skies tells you: they're in love.

happy.

free.

[maxwellscorner]

My TTTE oc Mel, a little E4 who was borrowed from the LBSC and currently works in a faraway railway

This piece was used mainly as a test for animating steam, since this is intended to be a playable sprite in the future

[agelessphotography]

Horse and Rider Galloping from Animal Locomotion, Plate 631, Eadweard Muybridge, 1883-86

[texasthrillbilly]

[thecastilloking]

I just watch the brave locomotive and I loved it! Especially her:

She’s such a girl boss! 😍❤️😍❤️😍

[mann-of-1000-thoughts]

An AMV celebrating Indie Animation. Links to all Indie Cartoons and campaigns in the video description.

[locomotive-idiot]

You know those long fuck off trains that haul cargo on an intercontinental level? Like what Big Boys were used for?

Are those predator or prey mecha-megafauna?

honestly good question

i think they'd be more predator-ish? they really dont strike me as a prey creature imo,, these mfs could outpull multiple modern diesels..

the evolution of the strong prairie-crossing species is intersting though, going from a rigid frame 3 cylinder to a more flexible compound design...

dunno, its up to interpretation..!

[zebrasonice]

The Brave Locomotive

Now this is superb. This is the kind of quality media we need more of. Beautifully hand-crafted and entirely charming. I love the style and nod to the earlier days of cartoon.