This was an exercise in iteration. I made the loop on the left, and then used it as a reference to make the loop on the right. The second loop is a lot less stiff and closer to the motion I originally had in mind, but the downside was that I had to put in twice the work. With that said, it was a good exercise and gave me some stuff to think about.

I've put these and the previous few gifs into a gallery! I'll add to it over time.

I'm probably overdue for making a gif of Ernest.