For this assignment the student would be animating a pendulum swinging back and forth on a cycle but the arm of the pendulum will be flexible as though it was made of string.
Purpose and Principles Involved
This assignment will allow the student to create a much looser looking swing to the pendulum similar to the type of action found in the arms and legs of a character walk. The overlapping pendulum combines and adds to the information learned in the pendulum and seaweed assignments.
This is a slightly more complicated assignment than the pendulum swing and is given to allow to allow the student to continue to get used to all these basic principles:
• The Effect of Gravity
• Realistic Timing
• Use of Arcs
• Weight
• Slo-in and slo-out
• Use of the Repeat Cycle
• Spatial Relationships
• Accuracy in Drawing
• Reading and Following a Timing Chart
• Maintaining Volume and Proportions
• Flipping Drawings
• Overlapping Action
• Different Types of Paths of Action
