line of action
Chosen pursuit path
A line of action is a planned course or sequence of steps to achieve a goal: We need to decide on a line of action before the meeting.
In animation and figure drawing, the line of action is an imaginary curve through a figure's pose that captures its primary movement or gesture, giving the drawing energy and flow.
Communicative body movement
- arcCurved line segment
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- spineColumn of vertebrae
curve · sweep · pose · rhythm · thrust · force · weight · energy
Way something faces
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- approachWay of handling something
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
course · pathway · agenda · tactics · execution · objective · priority · guidance
Strength or compulsion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- accelerationRate velocity changes
thrust · impulse · vector · kinetics · mechanics · inertia · propulsion · torque
Communicative body movement
- contourBounding line of shape
- figureOutline or numeral
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
proportion · anatomy · composition · form · stroke · rendering · charcoal · pencil
gesture
Communicative body movement
- arcCurved line segment
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
spine · curve · sweep · pose · rhythm · thrust · force · weight · energy · direction
direction
Way something faces
initiative · course · pathway · agenda · tactics · execution · objective · priority · guidance · framework
force
Strength or compulsion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- velocityDirected rate of motion
acceleration · thrust · impulse · vector · kinetics · mechanics · inertia · propulsion · torque · equilibrium
gesture
Communicative body movement
silhouette · proportion · anatomy · composition · form · stroke · rendering · charcoal · pencil · life drawing
- animationanimation, animator, animators, cartoon, cartoons
- figure drawingfigure drawing, life drawing, figure study, figure model, life model
- gearsgear, cog, spur gear, worm gear, worm gears
line of actionindecision
Failure to decide
indecisiveness · inaction · paralysis · vacillation · dithering
line of actioninaction
Deliberate nonmovement
inactivity · passivity · inertia · doing nothing · static
line, lines, lined, lining, liner, liners, lineal, linear, linearly