FMX 238

I enjoyed this assignment even though it was a little tedious. The work got tedious when I got to the point of making the wrecking ball swing back and forwards until it came to it's stop. I decided to do a wrecking ball because I thought the weight would make the swinging a little different compared to just a pendulum. Since a wrecking ball is heavy I wanted the weight to reflect in the swinging, which means I had to add more frames towards the ends. I added the chain because I thought the wrecking ball would seem heavier with the chain not curving very much. It definitely came out better than I thought!

For this assignment I decided that I wanted my ball to be shot out of a cannon. First I realized that I had too many frames, which made the startup slower than I wanted. By removing some of the frames I was able to make the ball shoot out much faster. I used a guide for every time the ball hit the obstacles, as well as a guide for the floor once the ball starts rolling. It got very tedious towards the end because I wanted the ball to roll to a stop. I wish I could have filled out some of the space in the background, other than that, I'm pretty satisfied with it!

Hi! My name is Naomi Ogidan and I am a senior at the University of Tampa. My major is Film and Media Arts and my passion is Directing and Cinematography. This is my first animation class so I really don't know much about it, but I'm excited to learn and to practice my animation skills! If I have any...