Advanced Animation - Exercises

04/22/2024 - //2023 / Week 1 - Week 14

Hayato Saito / 0350466

Advanced Animation / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media 

Exercises  

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INSTRUCTION

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Exercise 1 - Bouncing Ball

Our task was to make animation of 5 different balls bouncing using real physics and make 1 cartoon animation of soccer ball bouncing using stretch and squish.

Fig.1.1 week 2 learning how to animate the ball

by using the blender file sir provided, we learned how to make the basic bouncing ball.

References:

Beach ball - https://youtu.be/5QjTIKHlNsk?si=2dnaAcdZy3Ux3vIo

Soccer ball - https://youtu.be/01cm7H1QoJg?si=J9skHTE1Z2B9llBY

Bowling ball - https://youtu.be/8eejc0p7nCM?si=8bVZUkQZQX9Dcjuu

Pingpong ball - https://youtu.be/gTsx5eW2eLU?si=PUBkGbpb_XEdAufU

Final Outcomes: 

I changed the size of all balls based on the actual ball sizes.

Fig.1.2 beach ball

Fig1.3 Soccer ball 

Fig1.4 soccer ball stretch

Sir taught us how to make it stretch and more bouncy and look cartoon look in the class. We used the soccer ball bouncing. I made the stretch less and less as it bounce less to make it more realistic.

Fig.1.5 Bowling ball

Fig1.6 ping pong ball

Feedback: He said it looks good so I didn't have to change anything.

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Exercise 2: Pendulum

Our task was to make animation of pendulum swinging using real phisics.

Fig.2.1 Progress

in the class sir asked me to make the tip swing more when its stopping so I changed it and submitted. 

Final Outcomes: 

Fig.2.2 Pendulum Final Outcome 

Feedback: He asked me to swing the tip more to make it more realistic when its stopping.

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Exercise 3: Emotion Poses

Our task was to make 4 different poses based on the emotions that lecturer provided which are happy, sad, angry, and scared.

Fig.3.1 Week 5 Class

We downloaded the blender character file and played around with it during the class to get to used to with how to control the joints and everything.

References:

 

- Happy

Fig3.1 Happy References

- Sad

Fig3.2 Sad References

- Angry

 

Fig3.3 Angry References

- Scared

 

Fig3.4 Scared References

Fig.3.5 Progress "sad"

I put the reference image in the blender to make the process easier.

Fig.3.6 Progress- face expression

After the first pose, I realised its easier to do face expression first bc its straight still so after the first pose, I started with face expression.

Final Outcome:

I used different colors for the background and lighting to enhance the effects of the feeling I'm trying to deliver.

Fig.3.7 Scared pose final outcome

Fig.3.8 Happy pose final outcome

Fig.3.9 Sad pose final outcome

Fig.3.10 Angry pose final outcome

Fig.3.11 Final Compilation (PDF)