Today with Matt I animated a bouncing ball after I took reference from Pixar’s Luxo Jr. I learnt how to use the graph editor in the animation editors. This ball bouncing was used to use the Squash and Stretch which gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves. I hope to add something that makes the bounce of the ball a bit smoother in the coming weeks.
After watching the animation I realized how good it was for the year that it came out in. The ball animation was especially good because of the use of one of the principles of animation: Squash and Stretch, which gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves. Also, the wire movement is very well executed by moving, twisting and turning as the lamps move. Also the use of ARCS are great in the lamps to show the fluent arc motion when the lamps move or look in a different direction. This much detail suggests that a lot of time and effort went into this project. Throughout the whole animation all of it was fluently smooth and had a great flow.
Luxo Jr – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4NPQ8mfKU0
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