This week, I studied basic ball bounce animation principles, focusing on motion, timing, and physical behaviour. I practiced using Maya’s Reference Editor, motion trails for visualising movement, and the Graph Editor to refine animation curves.
I created a short animation of a ball falling, bouncing, and rotating. During the process, I fixed an issue with incorrect rotation direction and adjusted the motion using visualised trajectories and curve editing to improve accuracy and clarity.
I also improved my animation planning by refining my drawing-based timeline, which helped structure the animation more effectively before working in Maya.
In addition, I created a falling juice box animation. I recorded reference videos of juice boxes with different weights being dropped and used these references to study and replicate variations in falling speed and physical behaviour.
Animate two juice cartons falling:
One empty carton
One full carton
I studied the principles of timing and spacing in animation, including linear spacing and slow-in/slow-out, and applied them to adjust the motion rhythm and enhance the clarity and realism of the animation.
I record a reference.