Study Task 8 - Squash and Stretch

Animation 1

I wanted to create a ball that wasn't naturally a ball, but was held together with magic or some other force. The vertical motion of the ball was effective, losing energy as it bounced, but the squash and stretch didn't emphasise the liquid 'feel' of the ball. I could've had it ripple slightly.

Animation 2

Rough: 

Final:

I animated the lateral bounce with perspective, to experiment with speed of approach and increase in bounce frequency. The perspective worked well, but I feel I didn't put in enough bounces.

Study Task 7 - Exaggeration

Sound 04

When I heard this my first thought was bubbles. But then I heard a slight echoing in the background hence the second circle within.

Sound 08

This was an abrasive sound, so I put some masses scraping against each other then applied the CC Kaleida effect. Could've been improved with some grainy textures.

After After Effects:

Before After Effects:

Sound 09

I imagined jaws of a machine but the sound was 'soft', so I made it curved lines that glow (on Photoshop).

Sound 10

Made using cel animation, I animated this on twos but the faster bits were animated on ones at 24fps using a dope sheet. 

Sound 12

I visualized a growing, rippling and shrinking mass, which I created using magazine cut-outs. To limit the colours, I used an adjustment layer on Photoshop to keep it a green hue. The motion of the mass could've been improved by distorting it non uniformly.

(Below is the pre-adjustment video)

Study Task 6 - Solid Drawing

Google Drive link to the PDF file

My first few drawings involved trying to build a skeleton/line of action and then adding features.






As I continued sketching, I began focusing on weight, volume and line of action.












In some sketches, I concentrated on the gestures, leaving out the hands and feet.

This one (left) was made while I was moving so I had to make my strokes very fast and precise. This meant that the drawings lacked depth - I could've focused on sketching the blocky shapes instead of the gesture.

Study Task 5 - Arcs

A wrecking ball swinging without obstruction/collision. It was particularly difficult to anchor the wrecking ball and cable on the crane arm using only a photoshop video layer and so it wobbles slightly but the ball remains in the arc. The fact that the ball is a bit too symmetrical and uniform is slightly unnerving to the eye.

A gif showing my rough poses and more importantly the arcs used. I liked how the animation looped along the y-axis so that's it's clear and comprehensible. At first, the swing wasn't working , I realized that the movement along the arc had to be faster than usual at first to account for the speed gained from free-falling.