This week’s assignment was a two parter. We had to animate a ball with squash and stretch and anticipation through an obstacle course of our choosing and a pose of Stu conveying “devastation”.
I completely underestimated the obstacle course. The frame restrictions (keep it within 60-120 frames) forces you to think of ways to reach compromise with what you want and what you can do with your animation, which is a good lesson in itself. My original planning didn’t work out as I liked so I had to come up with some alternate solutions quickly, mid-week. Thankfully, I had a lot of great feedback that steered me in the right direction.
I had a difficult time finding reference poses for devastation. I noticed that all the photos and movies I scanned tend to focus on the faces of their subjects in devastation…and rightfully so: humans tend to look to the face to read emotions. I ended up using video reference and method acting to come up with poses. It was fun seeing what I could come up with using personal experience as my guide. I can’t wait until we get to the acting classes!
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