diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67d672d..1a72bbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ Three.js powered Minecraft skin viewer.
 		width: 600,
 		height: 600,
 		skinUrl: "img/skin.png",
-		capeUrl: "img/cape.png",
-		animation: skinview3d.WalkAnimation
+		capeUrl: "img/cape.png"
 	});
 
 	// change the skin and cape
@@ -38,14 +37,17 @@ Three.js powered Minecraft skin viewer.
 	// enable the mouse control feature
 	let control = new skinview3d.SkinControl(skinViewer);
 
-	// pause the animation
-	// skinViewer.animationPaused = true;
-
-	// change the animation speed
-	// skinViewer.animationSpeed = 8;
-
 	// disable the 'right click to play/pause' feature
 	// control.enableAnimationControl = false;
+
+	skinViewer.animation = new skinview3d.CompositeAnimation();
+
+	// add an animation
+	let walk = skinViewer.animation.add(skinview3d.WalkAnimation);
+
+	// set its speed and some others
+	walk.speed = 1.5;
+	// walk.paused = true;
 </script>
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/animation.js b/src/animation.js
index 646f906..7f53b04 100644
--- a/src/animation.js
+++ b/src/animation.js
@@ -1,3 +1,60 @@
+function invokeAnimation(animation, player, time) {
+	if (animation instanceof CompositeAnimation) {
+		animation.play(player, time);
+	} else if (animation instanceof Function) {
+		animation(player, time);
+	} else {
+		throw `Not an animation: ${animation}`;
+	}
+}
+
+class AnimationHandle {
+	constructor(animation) {
+		this.animation = animation;
+		this.paused = this._paused = false;
+		this.speed = this._speed = 1.0;
+		this._lastChange = null;
+		this._lastChangeX = null;
+	}
+	play(player, time) {
+		if (this._lastChange === null) {
+			this._lastChange = time;
+			this._lastChangeX = 0;
+		} else if (this.paused !== this._paused || this.speed !== this._speed) {
+			let dt = time - this._lastChange;
+			if (this._paused === false) {
+				this._lastChangeX += dt * this._speed;
+			}
+			this._paused = this.paused;
+			this._speed = this.speed;
+			this._lastChange = time;
+		}
+		if (this.paused === false) {
+			let dt = time - this._lastChange;
+			let x = this._lastChangeX + this.speed * dt;
+			invokeAnimation(this.animation, player, x);
+		}
+	}
+	reset(){
+		this._lastChange = null;
+	}
+}
+
+class CompositeAnimation {
+	constructor() {
+		this.handles = new Set();
+	}
+	add(animation) {
+		let handle = new AnimationHandle(animation);
+		handle.remove = () => this.handles.delete(handle);
+		this.handles.add(handle);
+		return handle;
+	}
+	play(player, time) {
+		this.handles.forEach(handle => handle.play(player, time));
+	}
+}
+
 let WalkAnimation = (player, time) => {
 	let skin = player.skin;
 	let angleRot = time + Math.PI / 2;
@@ -11,4 +68,4 @@ let WalkAnimation = (player, time) => {
 	skin.rightArm.rotation.x = Math.cos(angleRot);
 };
 
-export { WalkAnimation };
+export { CompositeAnimation, WalkAnimation, invokeAnimation };
diff --git a/src/skinview3d.js b/src/skinview3d.js
index c986907..cffcaab 100644
--- a/src/skinview3d.js
+++ b/src/skinview3d.js
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 
 export { SkinObject, CapeObject, PlayerObject } from "./model";
 export { SkinViewer, SkinControl } from "./viewer";
-export { WalkAnimation } from "./animation";
+export { CompositeAnimation, WalkAnimation } from "./animation";
diff --git a/src/viewer.js b/src/viewer.js
index cef1ffd..1af5839 100644
--- a/src/viewer.js
+++ b/src/viewer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import THREE from "three";
 import { PlayerObject } from "./model";
 import { OrbitControls } from "./orbit_controls";
+import { invokeAnimation } from "./animation";
 
 function copyImage(context, sX, sY, w, h, dX, dY, flipHorizontal) {
 	let imgData = context.getImageData(sX, sY, w, h);
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ class SkinViewer {
 			if (!this.animationPaused) {
 				this.animationTime++;
 				if (this.animation) {
-					this.animation(this.playerObject, this.animationTime / 100 * this.animationSpeed);
+					invokeAnimation(this.animation, this.playerObject, this.animationTime / 100.0 * this.animationSpeed);
 				}
 			}
 			this.renderer.render(this.scene, this.camera);