1st animation - ball bounce

[3dMatt]

wassup

I havent posted here in a while.
This is my first animation in Maya. We have to do a ball bounce animation, but this is just a test.

let me know whats good and bad about it.

thanks.

http://mttjss.tripod.com/cgi-bin/ball_bounce.mov

[Wolfe]

Good start. The ball should stretch out as it falls and squash at impact. Right now your ball is going back to a sphere before impact, looks off.

[TheOnlyAaron]

I would agree with Wolfe, it is prettymuch doing a pre-emptive squash on hitting the ground. just another key could change that around . Otherwise looks good.

[martimus]

hey i would agree with the above,

tell me what sort of course are you doing?

i just wonder cos ive never used maya, and am thinking of starting to learn

[3dMatt]

thanks guys.
I have fixed the ball from returning to a sphere before impact, but I need to render it out again. I also fixed the beginning so it has a little bit of a stretch before it hits the ground the first time.

martimus - right now it is a basic my animation class. we are learning the basics of keyframing, deformers(squash and stretch) and eventually a little about fluids. I had a basic nurbs modelling class before this one. Hope to learn alot more on my own time as well.

I will post the update tonight and show you the basics of my animation.(This ball bounce was just a test to get the basics down.)

[3dMatt]

Thanks for the help guys.
I have started the animation for the project.
the ball bounce was just the test.
Here is a playblast of the music scale version.
I know there is something not right about it so thats why I am posting it here.
It is a tripos site so I apologize. I also dont have a mirror site for it.
Let me know some critiques! File is music scale


http://mttjss.tripod.com/my3d/

[3dMatt]

anybody have any critiques?

:D :D :D :D

[Huden]

The ball squeases itself before hitt the ground, thats seams to be a bit wicked :)

[spliney]

I love the music scale animation!! very funny :D

the comments on the other animation you already have: the ball is stretched before it hits the ground and it squashes relatively much considering its initial speed.. I'll try to create a similar ball movement here :)

Spliney