More Planning

I also created a little flash animation made of the key

frames, to get the feel of this motion

I drew some sketches following the reference footage I shot on

flash and saved it as a j-peg for planning.  This became 

very useful to pose the character accordingly 

to dig motion of the clip.

Ref_Moom_Volley_ Dig / Planning

This give a close at the joints flexed 

within this pose.

I found this image to give an idea of the pose the 4th pose in the

is the one that fits my reference footage.

Using this reference footage I will attempt to replicate

this movement with the Moom character.

Bowling Ball 4th/ Final attempt

In this 5th and final attempt I think the timing is good and

I have gone back on the rotation and made it rotate slight

instead of what it was, it proves the less of it the better.

In this attempt the bounces are starting to a lot smooth

and more realistic and there is a slight change in the

rotation where I have alter so there is less. Still 

needs tweaking as it is a bit jumpy.

Bowling Ball 2nd/3rd attempt

In this 3rd attempt to make the bowling ball bounce the second

bounce looks better, but the rotation still needs tweaking as

it jumps quite a bit where more rotation

 to the bowling ball.

In this version its getting there, the second bounce is a

bit quick and the rotation needs changing 

as it jumps a bit inbetween. 

Bowling Ball Planning/ 1st attempt

This attempt show the drop which is  good start the other bounces

need to be tho, to give more impression of weight.

This chart I found on google shows the direction of the

 bounce the shear difference in weight

 I have to take in account.

This sketch I did is a plan that shows the 

weight and motion of the bounce 

so I have some to start from.

5th and Final attempt looped

After the previous version I mad a lot progress 

and tweaked to the max so this is my is 

final attempt of the shuttlecock bounce.

Shuttlecock 3rd/4th attempt

The general of the animation is looking a lot better, in terms of

speed and movement, changing the spin has made a  big

impact on this version, I think it needs more movement

that impression of how light it is.

In this my thoughts on the spin were its not working,

but it travels through lands fairly well a lot adjusting

to be done tho.

Shuttle Ref_ 1st / 2nd attempt

In this attempt the drop is quicker and looking bait better

not sure the direction the spin tho, don't think 

it working that well.

This attempt I animated the drop which needs to be quicker

and the direction needs to altered to make smoother, 

and at the end there a odd slight rotate that needs

to be taken out.


This ref footage Simon let me borrow, is useful towards the as
it bounce and you see the weight and movement of the
 Shuttlecock.

Shuttlecock Ref

Walk Cycle very nearly there

At this point my walk cycle is looking good, just the

a slight poping in the leg and the bob needs to be

adjusted so its not just up and down, so I could

consider a slight twist in the shoulders.

Tennis Ball 4th/5th attempt

In this 5th attempt I have made a breakthrough

the bounces work well and got rid of the 

rotation and stretch which makes it look

better just a bit timing tweaking to do.

This attempt shows the progress seems to be getting worse

the bounces are better, where I tried to stretch and rotate

its falling to pieces

Walk Cycle so far

This is a close up of the blocking of the arm swing,

this close up capture allows me analysis and make this

into a fairly good standard as it is still a 

working progress tho.

After making a lot progress in blocking out the lower

half the of the walk cycle, I was already ready 

to start blocking out the arms.

Walk Cycle Track of Progress

For my first attempt I mad some good progress so far, there slight leg

poping and foot roll that needs to be considered.

This is a screen grab of me posing the Moom character accordingly

follow the animation thumbnail drawings.

Animation Survival Guidelines for Walk Cycle

Richard Williams Animation Survival Kit

Guidelines

This thumbnail show the me the key pose I to take into when animating

the walk cycle to fit my Moom_ character in Softimage. The Contact poses

which 1,13 and 25 are fairly straight forward, but the crucial point are the

down and up pose as this creates the arc the walk cycle should follow.

This thumbnail sketch was very useful when 

it came to posing the arm swing after 

blocking out the legs first.

This allow to the counter acting of the

 arms right for my walk cycle.

I think following these drawing according made the walk 

quite straight forward to animate.

Tennis Ball 2nd/3rd attempt

This my 3rd attempt and the bounce is a bit quicker,

still a lot work needs doing I've it looks like floating

in this version.

This is my second attempt and the bounces need to be

quicker and there needs more impression that it is

dropping from a metre off the ground. The tennis

is stretched out of shape, a lot work 

to needs to be done.

Tennis Ball Planning/ 1st attempt

This is my attempt and there's a bounce, but 

the timing and second bounce

needs adjusting.

This image allow me to the direction, timing, height

of each bounce for tennis ball as this the 

movement I am trying to replicate.

This Reference footage is a varied types of ball bounces, 

but it was particularly useful when it shows the tennis ball

 bounce in the planning stage.

Bouncy Ball ex

Viewed at a angle with textured this view of my most 

recent attempt this me allowed to analysis the squash.

This a front textured view 

This a wireframe view of the bouncy ball this view allows

me to the changes I need to make as its very clear.

Croquet exercise edited

This is a quicktime of seperate captures consisting of close ups to

 portray the ball travelling down the shoot into the tray.

Ball Exercises

This is generally outline view of the ball exercise

making it way down the shoot into the tray.

The croquet exercise was achieved by Keying the impact and
 the contact of the ball being hit and adding in the rotation.

By learning how to position and rotate an object and blocking out an animation
I was able to Key frame the position and rotation to make the sphere
 look like it was going through a maze.

Mr and Mrs Potatoe head

 made up and posed front view