Bouncing Ball Assignment

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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.

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Flour Sack Action Assignment

For this assignment, we were required to create an animation of a flour sack character performing an action. The action could be anything we wanted, but it just had to start and end in the animation. We were allowed to do a sketch or a full character and a line to symbolize the ground or a full background. I chose to create a flour sack jumping across the screen. The character winds up, then jumps, and finishes the action with a little hop at the end to finish out the momentum going forward. Although the character doesn't have a face, the emotion is shown through his/her arms/ears moving with the action.

Weight Assignment

For this assignment, we were required to create a short animation of a character interacting with a heavy object. The animation needed to be straightforward and easy to read to understand the emotions of the character through the beginning, middle, and end of the story. The character's entire body was required to be present in the animation and show struggle/strain while interacting with the heavy object. I created a character standing next to a large, heavy ball for this assignment. He sees the ball and turns to try to pick it up, really struggling. Then, he leans back to try to get it to budge, but it is too heavy and never moves. He gives up and turns back to the front with a disappointed face as he fails to do anything with the heavy object. My animation has a beginning, middle, and end as the character sees the ball, interacts with it, and then leaves it alone after he failed moving it. There is also emotion as he struggles with ...

Introduction

My name is Libby Divers. I am from Hot Springs, Arkansas, and I am a New Media major with a Computer Science minor. I am very excited about this class because I am eager to learn more about the different animation softwares and work more in-depth with technology. I expect this class to throw new challenges I have not seen before because I have little animation experience, but I am excited to face them and continue learning and growing through the process.

FMX 238 - Libby Divers

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