Basic Animation Exercises: 2D

Back to the basics! I learned a ton doing these simple exercises, squash and stretch, anticipation, arcs, timing, overlap, follow through, slow-in slow-out, etc.. Since doing these, I think I have a more sturdy foundation for 2D animation and its principles as I keep working and doing more things. All these exercises were described by StefanLipsius at 11secondclub.com, you can view the original post here: http://www.11secondclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19597

1: Looping Ball bounce: First and Last frame are at the top of the screen
2: Bounce in place with a settle to a stop: First frame is at the top, last frame is on the ground.
3: Bounce across the screen with the same height each bounce.
4: Bounce across the screen, each bounce shorter than the last, eventually coming to a stop
EXTRA. practice working with a pendulum (Not included in the original) 
5: A pendulum swinging, eventually coming to a stop.
6: A pendulum hits the ball, causing the ball to hit a wall, bounce a few times and come to a settle, all the while, the pendulum comes to a stop as well.
7: Rubber Pencil: Overlap and Follow through exercise.





Now that that's done, Merry Christmas Time!!!!

Daily Update #6: 3 Different Weighted Balls

Hi there everyone!

Here's what I did today:

I complied all my demo reel animations so they're ready to go into the reel!

I also added arms to the surf sesh animation so that's completed! Yay!

Disney World in less than 5 days, Reel released in 4 days or less. Everything is going great!

Except that school starts 15 days............. I'm not sure if I'll continue these daily updates but not to worry, there's still 15 more daily updates :D

Have a great day and I'll talk to you tomorrow

Cartoony Animator

Daily Update #3

Hi there!

Not much today, didn't do any drawing. Just spent a lot of time outside just enjoying summer.

I did manage to do some quick ball bounces:

The first and third are off but I think I got it with the 2nd one. That one will probably go into the reel though.

See you tomorrow with a longer update!

CartoonyAnimator