Monday, May 03, 2010

Animation Mentor weeks 4 and 5.


Weighted Ball Bounce and Obstacle Course from Matt Long on Vimeo.


Here is my animation from week 4 and week 5. The assignments were a heavy and light ball bounce (no squash and stretch enabled on the ball rigs,) and a ball capable of squash and stretch bouncing through an obstacle course. Both were limited to 120 frames. The obstacle course took longer than I anticipated, it's difficult maintaining those arcs and not going through the geometry while making timing and spacing adjustments.

Week 5 had a sketch/pose assignment due as well, we were supposed to show somebody feeling devastated. It kind of looks like he lost an eyeball now that I look at it, I should add one to his lower hand.



5 comments:

Raymond Santos said...

i really enjoy watching your videos in the nude... oooops i mean. great stuff matt! really cool.

Matthew Long said...

Hah, just don't go watching my videos while wearing a gimp suit. I hear they chafe.

Sal Lopez said...

Hey Matt, okay I guess I just found out you're doing Mentor. Very cool, I guess I'm hooked to your blog, although not in the nude ha.

How about some clever blog post names here are a few for free:

The Long Blog Post.
Long Time No Post.
Blog on a Matt.
Long, Matt Post

Very cool posts man!

Eric Royal said...

Great stuff Matt, reminds me that I need to post my stuff on my blog too. I love your week 5 assignment I couldn't figure out how to fit more fun stuff in there and keep nice timing, Great job.

Your 2d stuff is amazing!
See you in class.

Tal Moscovici said...

AHHH, MY EEYYYEEEEEE!!!

I was gonna say, pose 10 just looks like me when I ponder what to eat next. "Hmm, neighbor's newborn or Jehovah's Witnesses".

Personally I like pose 9; I think a variation of it (less vengeful perhaps) could have worked well, uhh, as well.