For week 7, I learned to create 3 bouncing balls consisting of different weights. I watched a few videos to familiarize myself with how each weight would react differently, these links can be found at the bottom.
I used this reference image provided on Blackboard to give me a better idea of timing and spacing.
The first bouncing ball I looked at was a bowling ball, I knew this to be a heavy and solid, and so the bounce to be firm with no squash and stretch.
After producing this video I was very pleased with the outcome, however if I were to improve this I would add expressions to the landing of the ball, adding a more cartoon feel.
I then moved on to a ping pong ball. The form of this shape was completely different, therefore it was able to be squashed and stretched. The spacing and timing also changed which made me figit about with positioning and angles. I’m very proud of how this turned out.
For my last animation I created a tennis ball. This last one I think came out the best. However if I were to improve this Id definitely add in expressions and possibly more details in the ball itself.
The next task was to read a section of ‘Advancing backwards to 1940’ from Richard Williams Animator’s survival guide. Within this chapter I learned:
- Timing and spacing
- Extremes and in-betweens
- The breakdown
- Easing in and out
- Artists such as: Eric Larson, Mitt Kahl, Frank Thomas and Bill Tytla
- Keys
- Straight Ahead/Pose to Pose and a combination of them both
Videos & articles:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43LS6PHJGg
- https://vimeo.com/93206523
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDqjIdI4bF4&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_MDprx3tOU&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8XHLakfV5U&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVQflnGcx4k&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWAwfXsYMrA&feature=youtu.be
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J4yJ3LNTPY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGTmza2RVM