ABSTRACT
We begin by looking at how to animate human-like bodies. This is almost always based on a simplified human skeleton-a stick figure. The bones in the stick figure receive animation control, and a skin or mesh, representing the outer garments of a clothed character, are attached to the bones and rendered. The issue of separation of the mesh and the animation, which skeleton animation facilitates, is of crucial importance in almost all contexts in which figure animation is used.
