FMX 238 - Libby Divers

      For this assignment, we were required to create a sheet of gesture drawings for a flour sack. The character had to move and express emotion and clearly display the action we were trying to convey. The gesture is a rough sketch that needs to be informative and provide personality for the character while also keeping consistent size, shape, and proportions.       I chose to draw six flour sacks in different stances: casual, jumping, walking, bending backward, slouching, and a curious/cautious movement. The flour sacks keep the same general size and shape, while the proportions differ slightly to convey the movement. This assignment was very fun because it allowed me to be creative and make fun characters without too much difficulty. 

  For this assignment, we were required to animate a moving platform with a pendulum hanging from it that reacts naturally to the object's movements. The natural platform and the pendulum were needed to come to a natural stop, ease, overshoot, and settle without an abrupt stop.  For this assignment, I created a simple platform with a pendulum hanging from it. The platform moves across the screen, and the pendulum follows its natural movements. Then, the pendulum swings for a little bit before using up all of its energy and coming to a complete stop by simply handing straight. I enjoyed this assignment because it allowed me to create objects in motion, study how they would naturally occur, and apply that to my animation. 

  Final Product:  First Practice:       For this assignment, we were required to create a short animation of a bouncing ball with at least three obstacles that would change its speed and trajectory. We had to consider gravity, using squash and stretch techniques, and the weight of the ball and how that would affect the final scene.       I created an obstacle course for the ball to bounce through and fall out of frame at the end. The ball has sentience and begins the course with its own bounce. Then, it hits the blocks placed throughout the scene, speeds up as it hits them, and changes directions. A final block slides into view towards the end to send the ball through the middle and out of frame. I enjoyed this project and the challenge it brought on to create the natural way a ball would bounce through a course like this while also giving the ball its own energy. 

  Assignment Details:  Create a Series of short Animation Exercises in Harmony   These exercises will be focusing on the Timing/Spacing principle of animation.  They include the following: Linear, Ease Out, Ease In, Ease In and Out.