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follow-through-overlapping

Use when animating multi-part objects, character appendages, fabric, hair, or any motion requiring realistic drag, momentum, and settling behavior.

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# Follow Through & Overlapping Action Mastery

## The Momentum Principle

Nothing stops all at once. When a character halts, their hair keeps moving. When a car brakes, passengers lurch forward. Follow through and overlapping action capture how different parts of a system respond to forces at different rates—the principle that makes animation feel physically grounded.

## Core Theory: Two Related Concepts

**Follow Through**: When the main body stops, appendages continue moving due to momentum, then settle. The termination behavior of motion.

**Overlapping Action**: Different parts move at different rates throughout motion, not just at stops. Hair doesn't start moving when the head starts—it drags behind, then catches up. The continuous offset of timing.

## The Drag Hierarchy