- Fairy Tale (Final as a .mov or mpg4 file, uploaded to google drive in fairytale folder)
- Stretch and Squash Animation exercise-ball bounce
- Stretch/Squash/Anticipation exercise-simple character
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Nov 26, 2013
Projects due:
Sunday 17 November 2013
Animation Exercises, Principles of Animation
Principles of Animation
See this link for a visual representation of the twelve principles of animation.
We will focus this week on the first principle of animation, Stretch and Squash. Stretch and Squash is the concept that objects have weight (light or heavy), and that weight shifts through movement. It is essential to understand this principle in terms of applying it to character animation.
Look at the 3 images below. They start with an example of the bouncing ball, which is a foundational exercise for all new animators. It lets animators explore motion, timing, spacing and weight.
The second image demonstrates the principle in a character animation.
Lastly, we see the principle in frames from a sack exercise, another foundational exercise in animation.
Assignments (Nov 18th week):
For this, and other animation exercises of the next two weeks, please upload to the Animation Exercises shared google drive.
See this link for a visual representation of the twelve principles of animation.
We will focus this week on the first principle of animation, Stretch and Squash. Stretch and Squash is the concept that objects have weight (light or heavy), and that weight shifts through movement. It is essential to understand this principle in terms of applying it to character animation.
Look at the 3 images below. They start with an example of the bouncing ball, which is a foundational exercise for all new animators. It lets animators explore motion, timing, spacing and weight.
The second image demonstrates the principle in a character animation.
Lastly, we see the principle in frames from a sack exercise, another foundational exercise in animation.
Assignments (Nov 18th week):
- Using Photoshop animation (frame by frame), you will create a bouncing ball with 3 bounces, and an eventual roll off the screen. This will be exported as a quicktime movie using QuickTime conversion, h.264 video compression.
- Using Photoshop apply the concept of stretch and squash to the simple jumping of a character such as person, animal, insect, fish, bird, inanimate object that you personify. You must show stretch and squash in this simple animation. In a jump we will assume your character is joyous, happy, excited, etc. Show this emotion through a simple jump. This can be accomplished at 12fps, and the jump can be 3-4 seconds. So 45-60 total frames meets the requirement for time. You must show squash when your character comes down, and stretch as it jumps up, a full jump starting with feet/paws/bottom on the ground to highest point in the air, and back to ground. Show the shifting of weight through this movement. This will be exported as a quicktime movie using Quicktime conversion, h.264 video compression.
For this, and other animation exercises of the next two weeks, please upload to the Animation Exercises shared google drive.
Wednesday 13 November 2013
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