# Jim Shaveron 11 Oct 2007 at 12:28 pm
Cool. By the way, I found it quite easy to arbitrarily switch directions, especially after reading that the animation is actually “a two-dimensional image that is simply shifting back and forth.” Knowing this, force yourself to expect the girl to rotate counter-clockwise to the right, with her left leg stretching out toward the screen. When she reaches 180 degrees of rotation, so that her left leg is pointing to the right, assume that she quickly switches her pivot foot from her right foot to her left foot. Then she swings back clockwise to the left, with her right leg stretching out toward the screen. You can then watch her spin half-circles back and forth, changing her pivot foot each half-cycle. You’ll also see her right and left arm positions switch with the direction of rotation. She’s really quite graceful.
Interestingly, it’s much more difficult for me to see her rotating half-cycles back and forth facing away from me rather than toward me. I think that’s because I’m more of a breast man than a butt man, but I can’t speculate about which side of my brain is responsible for that preference.