Just finished week two and 5 short animations and a bunch of perspective drawings. Fast pace but very happy I finally went back to school! I got to the basics I guess -slow and fast bouncing ball, falling flour sack and a heavy + slow flour sack interacting with a small + fast one. Now we are off to the ever exciting falling leaf animations!
Also has anyone here made -or know of- a very simple pencil test machine you can make? I figure I can use the video camera and maybe monkeyjam. My wife has a tripod but I can't see lining this up on the wall.
I know they have different equiptment for next semester so not sure -do any of you use pencil test machines at 'real' studios?
Other questions I have -any easy was to visualize sphere perspective? -for example I want to do the leaf animation and was wondering about drawing it in various poses as if it was wrapped around a sphere. I tried a simple lanceolate leaf and some are ok but when I look 'head on' they don't look curved naturally. I looked up sphere perspective on the net but it is crazy subject -just looking for any artists drawing 'tricks' other than 'just don't draw them!' I can probably wrap a 3d sphere with a texture but I'm looking more for a tip as leaves and blowing 'stuff' seem to be common secondary animations. I'm just looking to do more than the side to side blowing, would like to roll it towards the viewer (I want the secrets of Fantasia!) ... sorry learning lots of cool stuff but the result is very little sleep after work, classes, homework etc so I'm starting to act a bit odd like the old woody woodpecker cartoon.
Want to try some of my own stuff as soon as I get a break and alse see how this new info transfers to Moho.
