Here's a try at a ball bouncing with a squash and stretch rig. I didn't have time to draw a pendulum, so I just pretended the ball is on a rope for the swing animation.

What do you look for when hiring an animator? Besides money (KNA fits everyone's the budget).

Have you ever used Spine to straighten bent artwork? Use the mesh attachment, (look out for Erika) mesh deform it straighter, and then export the art. I don't think I am the only one who does this because of such ease and control you have over the mesh triangulation.

My name is Steve and I am soooo excited to join this community! I'm from the U.S. and currently live in upstate New York close to the Hudson River and Catskill mountains. I've lived and visited many other places in the world, such as Dubai, Singapore, Philippines, Oman, Egypt, Denmark, Poland, and Sweden. I've been dabbling in animation for a while, doing very basic stuff in Spine, Unity, and Godot. I work as a solo, indie game developer working on my own projects and do freelancing to pay the bills. I want to learn more about how to turn what I see in my mind into living artwork with Spine. My fun fact is that I spend time outdoors to take a break from screens, and recently learned how to forage wild grapes to make grape jelly.

Trying to use the graph tab and more bones on limbs to get that "elastic" impression of the character's movement. The type of walk just didn't really suit the character in my opinion, not girly at all 😅.