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Apr29 1

Flour sack anticipation test part one

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation, Flipbook

Followed by the jumping test I did last week, I wanted to experiment more with anticipation. I know the poses I chose to use are quite cliche, but I think overall it does the trick. The amount of things I learn every time I test something in flipbook is amazing. Therefore I am aware that not everything can be flash as I’d like it to be. In animation we can always push our poses furthermore. I guess what I am trying to say is its better to take it bit by bit and making sure that the...

Apr29 1

Some revisions and more of the infamous bouncing ball

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation, Flipbook

Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to find the time to give me some feedback on my overlapping tests I did last week. I really appreciate it. Below are the revisions I did based on the comments I was given. Simple ball bouncing on the spot with a tail: Simple ball bounce with a tail: Next thing I decided to tackle is a simple ball falling off a step and changing pace and energy. Falling Ball with no Squash and Stretch: Falling Ball with Squash and...

Apr26 1

Ball bounce with a tail part two

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation, Flipbook

Here is the second part of the tailed ball bounce test I started yesterday.

Apr25 2

Ball bounce with a tail part one

Posted by Avner Engel in Animation, Flipbook

Today I continued practicing another few fundamentals of animation which are drag, overlap and follow through. I kicked start my experiment by watching the Jason Ryan‘s overlapping tutorial (I highly recommend to sign up for the newsletter- it’s pure gold!). While I was watching the tutorial, I was taking notes of some of the important things he mentioned like making sure your follow through is following an arc for example. My next step was pretty simple; I was asking myself what do...

Apr25 0