Bouncing Ball

Ethan Estrada

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Hey all, here is my first animation project as promised. It is (drum roll) a bouncing ball! I know it is not terribly exciting and, like a said before, my work is of amateur level right now (which makes sense since I am just starting out). However, animating a bouncing ball is a good first exercise for someone learning animation as it teaches principles of timing, spacing and squash & stretch. Instead of focusing on draftsmanship a student can just focus on motion and animation. At least, that is what the people who know tell me and I am inclined to believe them.

6 comments:

  1. Rebekah V. March 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM

    does this little ball of yours have a name? he is awfully cute and bouncy.

  2. Ethan March 8, 2010 at 7:09 PM

    He does not have a name. You may name him if you like.

  3. Joel March 8, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    I name him Darwin.

  4. Ethan March 9, 2010 at 8:15 AM

    Darwin seems a good name. By the next animation sample he will have evolved into a sack of flour. Really, he will.

  5. hectorscout March 15, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    So, this reminds me a lot of the first programs I wrote. They’re super lame by most standards but, because you made them yourself, they’re freaking awesome! Looks kind of like animated “Hello World.”

  6. Ethan March 19, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    That is a great way to look at it. And the fact that I am in a computer science class right now makes it seem even better of a comparison.