Soft VS rigid
This animation focuses on squash and stretch from two perspectives. The bouncing ball is a much softer material while the figure on the right is more hard and rigid. Similar to a swing lamp the birds body conceives in words when squashing and outwards when stretching. Notice the use of overlapping action on the head. Also the use of anticipation as the head goes down then shoots back up. along with the rest of the body.
This experiment shows that squash and stretch can be used on rigid objects or characters. For example robots or a wooden puppet.
Squash and stretch is very important for exaggeration however good timing is crucial.
overall the balls elongation could be more exaggerated however the bird came out nicely you can feel the life when the character lands rest there feet then takes off. The use of timing is also well applied the body contacts with the ground for a fair amount of time.
The squash and stretch of these two objects works very well. The bouncing ball is powerful as it is clear that the texture is quite soft and rubbery. The dinosaur has a nice element of anticipation in it as it jumps and lands adding both timing and weight to the character. The timing of this animation is important in getting across the dynamics of motion but you have effectively managed to incorporate good timing with your exaggerated characters giving them both a sense of realism and a sense of cartoon animation.
ReplyDeleteGood work :)