Doug's Intro
Animator/Illustrator/Student Director
A drawing is an idea. As an animator, I turn ideas into stories.
I am currently a junior at the Kansas City Art Institute. It's been a blessing and privilege to be a student there after earning my AFA at the Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, IL. I keep this as a journal of my latest projects and explorations in animation.
Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/user4679231
DeviantArt - http://drmeloche.deviantart.com/
Monday, September 27, 2010
Bouncing Ball
Bouncing Ball from Douglas Meloche on Vimeo.
At long last!! It's finished, at least for the time being. The major issue I ran into was compensating for the change of force in the bounces whenever the ball changes direction. I had to make it believable while maintaining enough momentum to keep the ball bouncing for the allotted time. I ran into some issues while importing the video from the "Lunchbox". I kept getting these odd skips and pauses during the process. So, I tried my best to edit them out.
I did have to make considerable changes to the under layer when it came to how many frames each bounce would be. Since I wanted to experiment using varying speeds, I had to continuously adapt to how the movement progressed.
Another project I fully intend to revisit (when I'm really, really, bored).
MAJOR ISSUE= I just noticed this, the video stretched my ball vertically. The first squash and the ball in resting position are very distorted. I'm not sure what happened to cause this distortion.
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GET RID OF the shadows that appear on the walls!! Nice idea, but it looks unintentional. Keep the shadows on the ground where they belong.
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