Weekly Fun Stuff

I hope you all are checking out this blog each week. Keep an eye out for any updates as they could be the most amazing thing in the world.

So this week, we're hoping you guys will spend a bit of time and surf the web each bring and bring One (1) artist and One (1) animation you guys find to club each Thursday. This is just to get us all looking at other peoples work, which is always a good way to learn and improve. And it's fun. We get to learn what we each like and what others like as well.

This week, I showed you guys a couple of things:

Comlock.Net
You all should check this guy's stuff out. He's a frequent poster on AnimationForum.net and his work is really amazing.

Low Oxygen
A beautiful short from a guy down at Calarts. That link is also his art blog, something we encourage you guys to get and use.

We'll update a post that is just a link of art blogs/personal art sites we all come across and want to share. Same goes with animations we find.

-Lisa. Over and Out
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Hey all, this Chad.

This weeks animation is a continuation of the bouncing ball. You had Lisa's awesome lecture on spacing, timing and such. Try to incorporate that into this animation. Play with the ball. Experiment. What happens if I slow the movement down here, or speed it up here. Remember to PLAN OUT YOUR MOVEMENT before you start drawing the ball. That movement path is very important to keeping your animation smooth and consistent.

ALSO! Sketchbook pages. Do 2-3 pages of spheres. This exercise is to help you see that 2-D plane and see it as 3-D space. Remember to start light until you have the shape you want, then pin it down with the darker line, Colin, I'm watching you.

HAVE FUN!!
~Chadio