Friday, February 3, 2012

Week 5!! Squash and Stretch

Looks like the journey is Getting started I got a little more busy than the Previous week. But I will try to post Every time I have time.

So this Week we had Shawn Kelly Explaining us about squash and Stretch... Squash and Stretch help in Giving life to the Character. Even to a Ball or to a Human Bi-ped Character.. Every thing squashes and stretches.. It Can be used to give anticipation in a Motion. Anticipation is very imp without anticipation the Animation looks Odd. and Don't Think that there is no Anticipation in real life.. Every thing anticipated before doing a action.. For Example if you want to jump your are going to go down a  bit before you go up. If you want to Throw a Ball you have to move your hand back and then throw it Front..

Anticipation is Very imp.It brings Life to the Character like all the other principles it is also imp and necessary.. Anticipation tells the audiance that the character is going to do something and how strong the next action is going to be..Anticipation can also be used to add Comedy in our animation like having the Character anticipate as if he is going to hit hard or run very fast then then not to make him Go fast or hit hard.. This also looks nice because the audience would be Expecting something else and you give them something else..but not in all cases.. Sometime Anticipation is very subtle is not seen on the animation but just felt like the ball going a little back for one frame and then going front.. this is not seen but felt in the animation. All these small changes really make some Changes in the animation.

 "Tell the Audience that you are going to do something. Do it. Then tell them you did". -Charlie Chaplin

And Then My assignment for this week was to animate a Obstacle Course with Squash and stretch and also Create a Pose Showing Devastation. and yup like always Planning them before animating them..its is very imp to plan before you animate. I must agree Obstacle is the best way to learn Timing. You should definitely try it It made me crazy for some time..

here's what I submitted..









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