Basic Principals of Animation
book, is an example of squash and stretch. To take this principle a step farther, Richard William (director of Who Framed Rodger Rabbit and author of The Animator's Survival Kit) advises you to have contact in the animation before the squash (94). This is a great practice because "...we're getting more 'change' - more contrast - straight lines playing against curves... We can use straight lines and still get a lumber result." (Williams 95). I tried this method out myself with a simple ball bounce, letting the ball make contact with the 'ground' before stretching it out. (The video is above).
Does adding contact before exaggeration make that big of a visual difference on the animation?
Coplin, Ansleigh. Williams, Richard. The Animator's Survival Kit. Farrar, Stratus and Giroux, 2009.
Hey Ansliegh! This is a interesting concept you are looking at, but to answer your question, I do think that by making the appearance of the ball more stretched, it seems make a great difference in the animation.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I thought so too!
DeleteInteresting post. I have never really thought about this before, but yes - I think the stretch-look in the ball does make the entire thing appear more animated.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see that the little details in this field can make a big difference.
DeleteHi Ansliegh, I have to say that I do think the squashing and stretching makes a very big difference in the animation. By the way, I hope you're having fun with this topic, I found it very interesting when I was learning about it.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am having fun with this topic, it encompasses many different skills. I like it a lot!
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