Basketball bounce
From all the ball bounce videos I had made I was the most pleased with my basketball ball bounce. By no means it is great, but from all the animations that I had made – this is the one that I hated the least. I think like it looks like the ball has the right weight to it. It still has mistakes like the final bounce is probably a bit too high and a bit too fast. Other than that I am quite pleased with the result.
Ping Pong ball bounce
I used reference footage from the internet. It is not the best reference footage, I should have made my own reference videos but I hadn’t, because I did not have time for it.
About my ping pong ball bounce video – I think I have to address the quality of the video first, because there is a lot going on. I made my stop motion in a weird angle, because I could not get rid of the shadow of the tripod. Also you can see a shadow flickering on the right hand side of the video. It is not the best. The other issue is the disappearance of the ”floor.” I do not know if it was the software’s fault or the camera, but it has cropped the bottom of my video which is a shame, cause it did exist! At least on the screen it did. Not the greatest, I did struggle. I am not very pleased with it. Now when it comes to the actual ping pong ball bounce – it could have been a bit faster. I think if I had the whole animation a bit faster it would look more believable. Maybe it’s not even the whole animation that needs to be faster, but the beginning of it.
Beach ball bounce
My beach ball bounce attempt is a bit odd. I am not sure if you can tell that it is a beach ball, because at times it looks a bit too heavy for a beach ball. I think the issue with this animation is the way beach ball lands on the ground. I think it stays on the ground for a bit too long.
Bowling ball bounce
As bad as I am with the bar sheets, I should have made one for the bowling ball as well, but I did not. I thought that the bowling ball is going to be quite easy. ”As long as you can make it look heavy, you’ll be good” – that is what I kept telling myself and that is why it is not the best animation. First of all, I should have not used little white cap, because that killed the illusion even before you saw the actual movement. Next time I’ll definitely make a bars sheet and make sure to use the right props.
Maya
I attempted to do the bowling ball bounce animation in Maya but it did not go so well. I can not really get used to the software. Bar sheets and graph editor did not seem to help either. I gave it a go.