pose-library-design
Design reusable 2D character pose libraries, action cycles, and expression states for data-driven animation.
Best for Character riggersWorks with GitHubLow risk
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Apr 29, 2026
✦overview.md
Key Features
- ·Covers neutral, emotion, action, mouth poses
- ·Timed pose sequences for readable acting
- ·JSON pose data format with hold frames
- ·Quality checklist for completeness
- ·Integration with GSAP and Remotion
Use Cases
- →Designing character pose libraries for 2D animation pipelines
- →Creating reusable action cycles and expression states
- →Setting up timed pose sequences for game or film animation
Best for
- ✓Character riggers
- ✓2D animation developers
- ✓Data-driven animation projects
Not ideal for
- !3D animation
- !Real-time interactive animation
FAQs
name
pose-library-design
description
Design reusable 2D character pose libraries, action cycles, and expression states for data-driven animation.
license
MIT
Pose Library Design
Use this skill when producing pose_library artifacts.
Pose Categories
- Neutral: idle, breathe, listening.
- Attention: look_up, look_down, look_left, look_right.
- Emotion: happy, sad, surprised, worried, determined.
- Action: reach, point, hold, jump, flap, walk_contact, walk_passing.
- Mouth: closed, small_o, wide_open, smile, frown, phoneme-ish shapes.
Acting Pattern
Use timed pose sequences:
anticipation -> action -> hold -> settle
Do not continuously animate every part. Holds make the acting readable.
Pose Data Pattern
{
"pose": "surprised",
"parts": {
"head": { "rotation": -6, "y": -4 },
"pupil_left": { "x": 4, "y": -6 },
"mouth": "small_o"
},
"hold_frames": 18,
"transition": "back.out"
}
Quality Checklist
- Required emotions have poses.
- Required actions have poses or cycles.
- Reused cycles have contact and passing poses.
- Poses name only changed parts; defaults come from the rig.
Sources
- GSAP timeline sequencing for readable multi-step poses: https://gsap.com/docs/v3/GSAP/Timeline/
- Remotion interpolation for frame-based transitions:
$install
1-click copynpx skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill pose-library-designSafety assessment
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