Snake animation with Lattice/Curve deform

I did these both in about 5 minutes just to see how they would look

Snake with lattice deform
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6271631151410614424&hl=en

Snake with curve deform
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4289114757402623493&hl=en

Not terribly artistic but I think you could apply the same method for someting much better.

The first one is very dark, I couldn’t see anything.

If you’re interested in animating realistic snake and lizard motions, check out www.rubberbug.com/reptiles.htm for a nice analysis for animators.