I spent hours and hours trying to make this simple animation in Blender but couldn’t figure out how to rig it properly in an armature. So I decided to do it in code (HTML5 SMIL). However, I still would like to learn how to make this exact animation in Blender. Thus my question pertains to the obvious. How can I make the exact animation above in Blender?
While I was at work I thought about hooks and was able to make the animation with hooks instead of an armature. (I added the blend file of the animation with hooks)