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by Nathan Conger 3/04/20
Storyboard
Storyboard
The man lays on his bed, tossing a ball up into the air. However, all is lost after he makes one miscalculated toss.
Arcs
Arcs
Clearly seen when he throws the ball and meets his unfortunate end.
Overlapping Action
Overlapping Action
The secondary action were his legs moving as he was throwing the ball. They jiggled up and down and adjusted positions.
Pose to Pose
Pose to Pose
Although not clearly seen, I used motion paths for the motion of the ball as he throws the ball up and down. The curves for the paths were created by going frame by frame, placing points where the hand is. Then for each frame, placing the ball where I desired and then manually moving the curve points to the center of the ball.
Anticipation
Anticipation
The man lowers his arm to throw the ball up. Also noticeable as the ball is about to explode.
The Video
The Video
Miscellany Notes
Miscellany Notes
The Models
The Models
The bed and figure were not from online. I fully modeled, textured, and animated them. The man was one of the most frustrating parts of this project, crashing Maya on more than one occasion. Everything else came from online.
The Explosion
The Explosion
This was not necessarily a built in effect. I used something called MASH to make the explosion possible.
Unused Ideas
Unused Ideas
Death: I really wanted to make the man explode as well. However, working with over 3000 polygons on a screen straight up murders my laptop when I try to do anything with them, especially when they all try to move at once.
Hair: He was going to rock those bangs, but my laptop did not agree. (It crashed).
Early Concept
Early Concept
Since I play tennis, I initially planned on having two figures play a match, being as accurate as I can with technique. However, after seeing how much of a hassle making this figure was, there was no way I was gonna try animating two of them.
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