Arcs and Path of Action pt.1

Daniel — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:32:23 +0000

This week’s assignment is all about Tailor. w00t! My first character! We have to animted him jumping at least three times with [post=56 text="Squash and Stretch"] and [post=62 text="Overlapping Action"] with the tail.

Still not sure what I’m going to do. Stay tuned.

*edit* — Here’s the plan:

Overlapping Action – Pendulum

Daniel — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:33:11 +0000

This week’s lesson is all about overlapping action. One way to explain it: it’s the transmission of energy from a driving force to a driven object. For example, if you jump up and land, you’re entire body doesn’t just come to a stop. Your arms follow through with the motion, as well as your hair and clothes, and even fat (if you have enough of it).

Also, to animate the example, we are given a simple pendulum. Like so:

[qt:http://animation.redforty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/pendulum_04.mov 480 360]
Does it feel natural? No? Leave a comment and tell me!

And just so we can trip down memory lane and see the progress…
This was the second pass
[qt:http://animation.redforty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/pendulum_03.mov 480 360]

This was the first rough draft of the motion. Notice how needlessly complicated it was. I would not have had any time for the settle at the end.
[qt:http://animation.redforty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/pendulum_02.mov 480 360]

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Arcs and Path of Action pt.1

Overlapping Action – Pendulum