Bouncing Ball

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Ball Under Layer

Golf Swing Sequence

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Pendulum

KCAI ANIM: Pendulum from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Incremental #1

I've never done figure drawing in any sort of formal manner before. Today was a real education, especially given our short time limit. We had to completely capture the form and/or movement/gesture in a minute or two. It was particularly difficult from my vantage point. The overlapping action overlapped a bit too much, such that it became unclear where one form begins and another ends. I drew two little maps to assist me in discerning the jumbled shapes later. Exhausting. It reminded me of a Simpsons joke about having tried to do a live animated show, but the animator's hands kept cramping up.

Incremental Sample #1

Metamorphosis

KCAI Anim Metamorphosis from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

I very much enjoyed animating this sequence. Playing with perspective was fun, but time consuming. At first, after seeing others' work during the week, I felt as though I had gotten carried away with the first transformation. Exciting ideas kept popping into my head, which kept me committed to that lengthy sequence. I was really excited to just let the animation flow, but I'm a planner. I will be doing other metamorphoses. Hopefully a lack of bookends will allow me to let loose. All my worrying aside, when I saw the sequence completed, I was very satisfied with how smooth it was.