First Animation - looking for critique please

kojo

Hi everyone!  I'm just getting started in animation and would love any feedback on my first animation.  It's a ball bounce off of a wall, modeled on reference that I shot.

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/520ea0f1e1c6/

Thanks!

tholmes3d

This is a great first animation! Here are a few notes to help polish it up:

• I noticed a little hitch at frame 34, where it goes up but doesn't continue the horizontal motion as I'd expect
• Then the first half of the arc around frame 54 has less horizontal velocity than the second half of the arc, making the ball look like it speeds up in mid air.
• The angle that the ball stretches on frame 49 should be in line with the direction it's travelling.
• The spacing around the impact of frame 50 feels a bit intense for how much energy the ball has at that moment. It seems to slam down harder that I'd expect. It's not way off, but I think you could smooth that over a bit.

Looking forward to seeing the next iteration or your next animation. Good luck!

kojo

Thanks so much for the feedback, that's exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for!  .  I'll take that on board and post an updated shot shortly.

kojo

Here is the updated shot, after trying to take the above feedback into account:

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/520ea0f1e1c6/      (second video is the updated shot)

svrart

What are you trying to accomplish?  Shading?  Movement? Aesthetics?

Overall I think it looks good. 

kojo

Thanks for the comment!  I'm beginning to learn animation so ideally I am looking for technical feedback relating to the animation in each shot.  The shading / aesthetics are just thrown together to make the shot look a little more appealing, while learning a bit more about maya.