Although its a straightforward exercise and youve probably seen it a hundred times on the web and in other books, the bouncing ball is a perfect. Figure drawing books stick figure drawing doodle drawings cartoon drawings doodle art doodle people stick art cartoon people sketch notes. With bold graphic illustrations sure to delight young readers, this picture book follows the adventures of the bouncing ball through colorful. This book is also fantastic for learning the principles of animation. Bouncing ball physics is an interesting subject of analysis, demonstrating several interesting dynamics principles related to acceleration, momentum, and energy. During this chapter i will take you through two things the equipment needed to make a. Animation principles such as the path of action, arcs, momentum, timing, key drawings, inbetween drawings, weight, speed, and the substance of an object are included in this simple exercise. The overall process will involve making a path of motion for reference, duplicating and positioning the ball to represent each frame, to finally creating and exporting the animation from photoshop.
The first couple chapters touch on the basics of movement and use the example of a bouncing ball, a common animation exercise. If you like this i make flipbook compilations about my works. How to create a bouncing ball animation in flash adobe. Analysis create a timing sheet from your movie files of the bounce. The main tutorial page is here theres a walk cycle tuturial, and ill be adding. We are going to create a ball that bounces up and down.
Create and specify precise attributes for a vector shape. If you want to learn more about character animation. The motion of a bouncing ball obeys projectile motion. This classic example is an excellent tool for explaining basic animation processes in 3ds max. This drastically reduces the amount of waypoints and also. To play the animation we simply navigate down to the bottom of the screen and click the play button. The bouncing ball was very successful, along with stick figures playing ball, or getting knocked out by a ball.
A color ball is placed inside the launcher at the bottom of the play area, while the next ball will also be displayed. These controls can be moved so that the stretching happens anywhere on the ball. As the name suggests, it is where we will control time within animations or time sensitive demonstrations. One student did an animation with two stick figures playing catch and then the ball transformed itself into a puddle with the stick figure walking into it and disappearing into the puddle. It accepts two argument, width and height, which is used to set the dimension of the the drawing canvas, via callback method. Preston blairs book advanced animation is one of the best books on the subject. The great thing about tonys book is that its dense and easy to read. We are in an era where there are probably more books about animation than. You will fi nd in my other books adequate descriptions of the varying types of bouncing ball eff ects, so i wont go over them again here. The world of bouncing balls an introduction to java game. While a bouncing ball may seem simple, theres a lot of important techniques and principles to learn from this exercise. This trick is quite easy to learn and this tutorial will take you through all of it, step by step. When the game starts, multiple rows of color balls will slowly move downward from the top.
Introduction to animation keyframe animationbouncing a ball no matter where you study animation, youll always fi nd the classic animation exercise of creating a bouncing ball. The css top property refers to the upper edge of the ball. You will be surprised with how even something as simple as animating a ball bouncing can teach. Animate design interactive vector animations for multiple platforms. The bouncing ball animation in flash is usually the first assignment covered in an animation class because it demonstrates some of the most basic principles of a line across a stage.
In general, one has to use newtons second law taking all forces into account to analyze the balls motion. Once you master this animation, you will find it much easier to create more complicated ones. For example, once we have a ball that bounces how wed like it, we can later add rotation to the ball so it spins through the air and bounces then, as the bounces decrease, the ball can roll to a. The same principles you used for the ball bounce can all be applied to any other animation you do, no matter how complex, and thats how the simple ball bounce is the foundation for all animations. This will set the timeline in motion and we can see whatever animations weve created. In the case of our bouncing ball, the first frame will be pose 1, and the last frame we will call pose 2. Create a gif animation of a bouncing ball using photoshop cc 2015. Try to keep up with the bouncing ball as it travels down the street, between cars, into a gutter, down a storm drain, and more. Search, discover and share your favorite bouncing ball gifs. In this tutorial i will take you through the steps to create an animated bouncing ball that you will be proud of. We also acknowledge previous national science foundation support under grant numbers 1246120, 1525057, and 14739.
We can repeat the same bit of animation over and over again, and it can play infinitely. The libretexts libraries are powered by mindtouch and are supported by the department of education open textbook pilot project, the uc davis office of the provost, the uc davis library, the california state university affordable learning solutions program, and merlot. It is the text animation resources drawing course is based upon. This tutorial also introduces some basics of animation. Pencil animation tutorial 1 bouncing ball pdf book. The bouncing ball includes many aspects of animation that an animator uses everyday in every scene on which he works. At the end, you will be ready to start with the more complex stuff. I created this ball rig for my upcoming animated short, but it could be used for some basic bouncing ball animation exercises as well. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Although well be using maya in this course, youll be. Apply all the principles learned in the bouncing ball as well as anticipation. Download pencil animation tutorial 1 bouncing ball book pdf free download link or read online here in pdf.
How to make a bouncing ball animation in java spiderlabweb. It is possible to make a simple bouncing ball animation without using a lattice object but with the lattice we can do more than just bounce the ball. When blair put the book together in 1947, he used the characters he had animated at disney and mgm to illustrate the various basic principles of animation. Bouncing a ball a bouncing ball is a common first project for new animators. Almost everybody, at some point in their lives, has bounced a rubber ball. This tutorial will go over how to animate a bouncing ball in 2d using photoshop cs3. Animation will contain the bounce of a heavy ball baseball and a light ball rubber ball. Developing ideas characters and layouts in your sketchbook pdf for free, preface. In the arcade classic of bouncing balls, your goal is to form groups of 3 or more balls of the same color so that they can be destroyed. Computer animation can be very detailed 3d animation, while 2d computer animation can be used for. Download this stick figure people kids playing vector illustration now. Use photoshops gradient editor to define a radial gradient move and position the gradient relative to the shape. Shift click to highlight all the keyframes, and add a classic tweenlabel and lock the layercreate 10 total bouncing balls.
If youre unfamiliar with all of the principles of animation, be sure to. The bouncing ball by deborah kelly penguin books australia. Adding gravity to a ball from my previous simple physics with friction as3 example this script creates a ball and makes it bounce around in a container, as a real ball would. Our bouncing ball will be a cycle, which means is that the first frame of our animation is also the last frame of our animation. Each chapter works like its own masterclass where youll get a bunch of exercises and a final working project. Today, most animations are made with computergenerated imagery cgi. Editor on these existing keys to produce a sm ooth bouncing ball animation. This involves creating several waypoints and adjust them to match a parabolic movement in time and space use the interpolation parameters of the waypoints when they are set to tcb interpolation. It will use the bouncing ball template pictured below as a starting point.
All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. The bounce of a ball article pdf available in american journal of physics 673. Suffi ce it to say, let us assume that we are going to work with a standard bouncy, rubber ball, the kind that any kid will kick around in their house or yard. With synfig there are four ways to create a bouncing ball. In this bouncing ball tutorial for maya 2016 you will learn how to create a. Many forces act on a real ball, namely the gravitational force f g, the drag force due to air resistance f d, the magnus force due to the balls spin f m, and the buoyant force f b. Suffi ce it to say, let us assume that we are going to work with a standard bouncy, rubber ball, the kind that any kid will kick around in. The ball slows down over time and comes to a stop due to friction and gravity. To to get the bouncing effect we can use the timing function bounce in easeout mode.
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