Month: November 2025

I was advised to rotate the ball backwards and forwards on the x-axis to create a head bobbing effect

On Friday with Ting, we looked into hand poses. We discussed the importance and hand poses, and the stories the poses can tell. Just like the body, it is important to have golden poses for the hands as well. She mentioned that having bad hand poses is the easiest way to identify a junior animator. We also went through different rule of thumb for hand posing, such as grouping, cupping and leading finger

George gave us feedback on the bouncing ball animation. He pointed out that the ball rotated too many times after it bounced a few times, which should not be happening as the ball is losing momentum.

On tuesday, we looked anticipation as a principle of animation. We discussed out how important anticipation is in making an action look believable, as it prepares the viewer for an action about to come. George also gave us feedback on the pendulum animation. He told me that joints are moving forwards to quickly and I should offset the further

On Friday, Ting gave us feedback on our bouncing ball falling animation. She pointed out that the spacing in my fall was off and the empty juice carton should not have enough momentum to bounce as many times as it did.

George gave us feedback on our ball with tail animation. He described mine as a good start, but I needed the tail to bounce off the ground.

On Friday, Ting gave us feedback on the blocking on our juicebox acting as well as the golden poses. For the juicebox acting she suggested I add more range to the motion, as my character looked back the exact same way three time. She did not have any notes for the golden poses, she said she liked the arcs and the fact that there was clear difference between the left and right side