What does a tennis ball, billiard ball and a golf have in common?
Absolutely nothing! hehehehehe Today, as part of my attempt to push my fundamental animation skills, I thought it will be challenging to try and animate three different bouncin balls (this time with out having a look at the Animator Survival Kit that pretty much tells you where to set your keys). For reference I bounced these three balls on a concrete surface. The tennis and billiard balls were quite easy to block in terms of key poses and timing, the golf ball however was a bouncy basterd! I...
Read MoreFinal revision for March 11 second club
Ok, so after the inspiring class I had last weekend I decided to tackle this March piece I submitted for the 11 Second Club one more time. This time I went for the “less is more” approach. I tried to act within the poses or in other words just simplify them. The amount of gestures my character did was ridiculous so I toned it down as well as adding subtle attention to the eyes and the hands. Overall, it just felt like my piece was going in the right direction but it was overacted...
Read MoreFlip that bouncing ball
The more I spend time working in Flipbook, the more I realize and understand how hard this animation business actually. It’s funny cause since I decided to embrace Jason’s workflow, it feels like I want to spend as little time as possible in Maya. The main problems I have are my terrible drawing skills, it seems like it’s taking me forever to get things right in terms of proportion, squash and stretch. The other thing I am struggling with is the fact I don’t feel like I...
Read MoreJump revision
Just a quick update for the Flipbook jumping test I started a few days ago. The timing could be pushed a little further I suppose. I incorporated Amrit’s suggested poses into this pass, they look pretty good, I think he helped me pushing it further (and also taught me how much I need to learn and practice my poses more!). Anyhow, here is the...
Read MoreOh what a class
The last two days were very very special and inspiring for me. I attended the Andrew Gordon animation workshop and it was everything I expacted it to be and more. Learning and going through the fundamentals of animation is always good, but doing it with someone from Pixar makes it so much better. It was brilliant to look at examples from Andrew’s personal experiences. Overall it was an enjoyable two day class which left me not only overwhelmed but very hungry to do animation.
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Hi, my name is Avner, and I am addicted to animation!
Welcome to my work in progress animation workbook. Feel free to share ideas, thoughts, feedback or anything else that can help me evolve and further my learning. 
