Creative Tips & Practice Ideas
Sometimes, the hardest part is just knowing what to make. Here you’ll find practical exercises, bite-sized projects, and creative prompts that help you build skills while keeping the fun alive. From your first bouncing ball to quirky short scenes, you’ll have a constant stream of ideas to keep your animation muscles active.
How a Simple Bouncing Ball Can Supercharge Your Animation Skills
Sometimes the most powerful lessons come from the simplest exercises. In animation, that exercise is the humble bouncing ball. At first glance, it seems basic—almost too easy. But give it five minutes of focus, and you’ll quickly discover it’s a masterclass in motion, timing, weight, and character. Why the Bouncing Ball Is a Beginner’s Super Tool The bouncing ball is like the musical scale of animation. Just as pianists practice scales to train their fingers, animators use this exercise to train their eyes and timing instincts. It helps you see how squash and stretch bring life to an object, how…
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