$npx -y skills add calesthio/OpenMontage --skill pose-library-designDesign reusable 2D character pose libraries, action cycles, and expression states for data-driven animation.
| 1 | # Pose Library Design |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Use this skill when producing `pose_library` artifacts. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## Pose Categories |
| 6 | |
| 7 | - Neutral: idle, breathe, listening. |
| 8 | - Attention: look_up, look_down, look_left, look_right. |
| 9 | - Emotion: happy, sad, surprised, worried, determined. |
| 10 | - Action: reach, point, hold, jump, flap, walk_contact, walk_passing. |
| 11 | - Mouth: closed, small_o, wide_open, smile, frown, phoneme-ish shapes. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ## Acting Pattern |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Use timed pose sequences: |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ```text |
| 18 | anticipation -> action -> hold -> settle |
| 19 | ``` |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Do not continuously animate every part. Holds make the acting readable. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ## Pose Data Pattern |
| 24 | |
| 25 | ```json |
| 26 | { |
| 27 | "pose": "surprised", |
| 28 | "parts": { |
| 29 | "head": { "rotation": -6, "y": -4 }, |
| 30 | "pupil_left": { "x": 4, "y": -6 }, |
| 31 | "mouth": "small_o" |
| 32 | }, |
| 33 | "hold_frames": 18, |
| 34 | "transition": "back.out" |
| 35 | } |
| 36 | ``` |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ## Quality Checklist |
| 39 | |
| 40 | - Required emotions have poses. |
| 41 | - Required actions have poses or cycles. |
| 42 | - Reused cycles have contact and passing poses. |
| 43 | - Poses name only changed parts; defaults come from the rig. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ## Sources |
| 46 | |
| 47 | - GSAP timeline sequencing for readable multi-step poses: |
| 48 | https://gsap.com/docs/v3/GSAP/Timeline/ |
| 49 | - Remotion interpolation for frame-based transitions: |
| 50 | https://www.remotion.dev/docs/interpolate |
| 51 | - Remotion spring for natural motion: |
| 52 | https://www.remotion.dev/docs/spring |