This blog post is about bouncing ball animation in MAYA.
It’s a great way of demonstrating the “squash and stretch” principle. The Animator’s Survival Kit states that the ball stretches as it falls, flattens as it collides with the ground, and then returns to its normal shape on the slower part of the arc.ted Survival Manual states that the ball stretches as it falls, flattens as it collides with the ground, and then returns to its normal shape on the slower part of the arc.
The image below is taken from the example in the book.
At the same time, to make the movement of the small ball more dynamic, the book has also made improvements. The change occurs only the moment the ball touches the ground, then disappears, finally showing a perfect ball movement.
According to what the teacher taught in the class and the content of the book, I tried to do bouncing ball exercises in the first week to consolidate the basics of animation and check for deficiencies.
My YouTube link is here: https://youtu.be/998F7gFE9TU