Looking for a better smoking animation!

I enjoy smoking in Second Life, but I do not much care for the available animation.

What's wrong with it?

It's too fast: no chance even for any kind of a puff, let alone a drag!
There is no dwell: The cig never stops moving near the mouth!
It's way masculine: No women smokes that way!
It's goofy: What's with the bend at the hip with the left arm out?
There's no variation: No holding, no dangeling, no nothing!

Granted, the stock animation may have been the state of the art in 2003, but what little i've seen of the SL BDSM scene, there is a LOT more that could be done with some talent and time.

Does anyone know of any better animations? Would anyone like to work on modifing or improving the stock animation or developing an entirely new one? IM me inworld or leave your comments here...

Thanks!

~Jenni~

^ these are great observations. I enjoyed reading them, and I'm fascinated in seeing if there are any better smoking anims too. Out of sheer curiosity.

lol yeah what is it with the hip arm thing lol thats about goofy !!
and i wanted to sit down as i smoke like when fishing or just relaxing but when i take a drag my avie has to stand up and do the stupid hip arm thing lolol
needless to say i dont smoke in sl cuz i dont like the animation to it. lol if they could make real ciggs make our real selves do such stupid moves we might actually quit smoking lol

Sable Sunset sells a great animated cigarette.

Thanks Torley! I look forward to responses out of a strong personal interest, as I said, but we will what we see...

Jenni

I've got a smoking animation in my shop under 'Daily anims'... but it's a bit more pot-like than cigarette like. Of course, I don't smoke cigarettes, so I don't exactly know what the difference would be.

If you check it out and like it, but would want it modified, just ask.

Hi Kiari-

Thanks, I'll take a look!

(I also had the chance to meet the delightful Sable Sunset last night and purchase one of her cigs. I need to try it out and see how well it works.)

(I've been smoking some of Foxy's marvelous creations and it's only because his are so well thought-out and controllable that I even noticed the basic animation was wonky. Thanks Foxy!)



Jenni