cannonball v balloon

The second round of assignments in my traditional animation class had us take the same basic ball shape from our bouncing rubber ball exercise and modify the movement to show that it was something entirely different from a rubber ball – a cannonball and a balloon. Before watching my examples below, think about it – how would you move the same basic shape to…

bouncing ball – first animation assigment

Most animation books/classes start with the “bouncing ball” exercise, since it’s a great way to explore timing & spacing of the individual drawings without having to worry too much about the details of the thing you’re drawing. This is the first assignment for my traditional animation class – instead of using paper, though, I’m using my Wacom Intuous tablet and TVP Animation software. This…