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I am curious how one would approach this specific snake motion in Blender as shown in the actual snake video examples found on YouTube below:

  _{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJ2tBxaOUE}

_{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM6N9ME8kP8}

The position of the snake visibly remains almost static while the body parts quickly change their position.

So far I am getting unsatisfactory results that barely imitate this beautiful motion (without the attacking parts).

  Using Curve and Armature Modifiers doesn't seem to help much and Soft Body Physics are difficult to control.

Any ideas or solutions how to create this animation in Blender is much appreciated.

How one would approach this specific snake motion in Blender as shown in reference:

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The position of the snake visibly remains almost static while the body parts quickly change their position. Using Curve and Armature Modifiers doesn't seem to help much and Soft Body Physics are difficult to control.

Edit (by vklidu): In general - current solutions are not really solutions:

• Modifier - are too spiky (+ in mesh version deforms texture)
• Hooks and ShapeKeys - are correct in curvature, but this solution is not a real loop

Here a bit closer locomotion ...

I am curious how one would approach this specific snake motion in Blender as shown in the actual snake video examples found on YouTube below:

_{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJ2tBxaOUE}

_{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM6N9ME8kP8}

The position of the snake visibly remains almost static while the body parts quickly change their position.

So far I am getting unsatisfactory results that barely imitate this beautiful motion (without the attacking parts).

Using Curve and Armature Modifiers doesn't seem to help much and Soft Body Physics are difficult to control.

Any ideas or solutions how to create this animation in Blender is much appreciated.

I am curious how one would approach this specific snake motion in Blender as shown in the actual snake video examples found on YouTube below:

_{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJ2tBxaOUE}

_{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM6N9ME8kP8}

The position of the snake visibly remains almost static while the body parts quickly change their position.

So far I am getting unsatisfactory results that barely imitate this beautiful motion (without the attacking parts).

Using Curve and Armature Modifiers doesn't seem to help much and Soft Body Physics are difficult to control.

Any ideas or solutions how to create this animation in Blender is much appreciated.

I am curious how one would approach this specific snake motion in Blender as shown in the actual snake video examples found on YouTube below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJ2tBxaOUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM6N9ME8kP8

The position of the snake visibly remains almost static while the body parts quickly change their position.

So far I am getting unsatisfactory results that barely imitate this beautiful motion (without the attacking parts).

Using Curve and Armature Modifiers doesn't seem to help much and Soft Body Physics are difficult to control.

Any ideas or solutions how to create this animation in Blender is much appreciated.

I am curious how one would approach this specific snake motion in Blender as shown in the actual snake video examples found on YouTube below:

_{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJ2tBxaOUE}

_{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM6N9ME8kP8}

The position of the snake visibly remains almost static while the body parts quickly change their position.

So far I am getting unsatisfactory results that barely imitate this beautiful motion (without the attacking parts).

Using Curve and Armature Modifiers doesn't seem to help much and Soft Body Physics are difficult to control.

Any ideas or solutions how to create this animation in Blender is much appreciated.