One of the best sources for learning perspective is by Andrew Loomis in his book Figure Drawing For All It's Worth. Check it out here:
http://alexhays.com/loomis/
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Friday, April 1, 2011
Bowling Ball, Basket Ball and Balloon
Another exercise from my former professor, Steve Segal at AAU, this teaches proper timing to express the characteristic of the mass of an object.
Animate a bowling ball, a basket ball and a balloon being dropped and bouncing a few times. You may add any interesting business you can come up with.
Here is my solution to the exercise:
Animate a bowling ball, a basket ball and a balloon being dropped and bouncing a few times. You may add any interesting business you can come up with.
Here is my solution to the exercise:
Saturday, March 26, 2011
New LiveStream channel on Drawing, Animation and Old Masters' techniques
I have a LiveStream channel which was devoted to old masters' painting and drawing techniques, so I have decided to add an animation channel too. Check out MartindeMadrid's channel on www.LiveStream.com. (Right now there is nothing on it, but I will be correcting that as soon as I get a new video camera.) The URL will be:
http:\\www.livestream.com/crazy4animation?t=510960
http:\\www.livestream.com/crazy4animation?t=510960
Friday, March 25, 2011
Flour Sack Jump
This problem was inspired by one given to the Animation Principles and Pipelines class at AAU by Steve Segal.
Squash-and-Stretch
This problem is designed to help you understand the animation principle of "Squash-and-Stretch." If you do not know what that means, Google "Squash and stretch" + animation.
Using a simple half-filled flour sack as the only character, make it jump onto, then off of a box. You may include any other kind of business you wish. You are encouraged to push the envelope in what happens as long as you keep the character a simple half-filled flour sack.
Send me your video at mshellabarger@hotmail.com. BE SURE TO PUT "ONE MINUTE ANIMATION SUBMISSION" AS YOUR SUBJECT LINE IN THE EMAIL (IN CAPS) SO I CAN SEARCH FOR IT!
You must not exceed one minute running time (1440 frames at 24 fps on "ones", or 720 if shot on "twos" or an intermediate number of frames if a combination of ones and twos -- just so the total running length is not more than one minute -- it can be less if you wish).
DO NOT send .AVI files, they take up too much space! I suggest you put them into QuickTime (my preference), Flash or MPEG 3 format.
If you have questions, write me at the same email address (mshellabarger@hotmail.com).
Squash-and-Stretch
This problem is designed to help you understand the animation principle of "Squash-and-Stretch." If you do not know what that means, Google "Squash and stretch" + animation.
Using a simple half-filled flour sack as the only character, make it jump onto, then off of a box. You may include any other kind of business you wish. You are encouraged to push the envelope in what happens as long as you keep the character a simple half-filled flour sack.
Send me your video at mshellabarger@hotmail.com. BE SURE TO PUT "ONE MINUTE ANIMATION SUBMISSION" AS YOUR SUBJECT LINE IN THE EMAIL (IN CAPS) SO I CAN SEARCH FOR IT!
You must not exceed one minute running time (1440 frames at 24 fps on "ones", or 720 if shot on "twos" or an intermediate number of frames if a combination of ones and twos -- just so the total running length is not more than one minute -- it can be less if you wish).
DO NOT send .AVI files, they take up too much space! I suggest you put them into QuickTime (my preference), Flash or MPEG 3 format.
If you have questions, write me at the same email address (mshellabarger@hotmail.com).
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