SAG 105L Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Heavy Object, Bowling Ball, Beach Ball
16 Nov 2016
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Sag 105l4 lecture 13 timing and weight. Animators need to have a good understanding of the key animation principles in order to make an animation dynamic and fluid. This is something that will only improve with practice. This is an area where all novice animators struggle. It is as important to an animator as it is to a musician: a simple arm movement will look wrong if it is too fast or too slow. To get better at timing, use a stopwatch: start by observing movement and timing how long things take. If there are too many pauses between poses, then the animation will look wooden and robotic. It is the animator"s job to find that happy medium. Different objects will move differently according to their weight: a beach ball, though relatively the same size as a bowling ball, will not have the same properties.
