#scad professor

[true-intha-blu]

Yesterday marks the week that has gone past since I lost my beloved Mentor Troy A. Gustafson. My heart still morns but I shall use this sadness to fuel me to become the better animator he thought I could be. He was one of the toughest SoB you ever met, swore often, and took no shit. But he had a golden heart full of that magic we all believed in as children. He enjoyed and loved life. For those of us who were his students, to honor him, we must continue to observe the little magic and learn to bring it back into the world with love. God Bless you, Troy.

[sketchesandsavingthrows]

When painting, animating or drawing folds I think of what type of fold it is; Spiral, Zig Zag, Half-Lock, Pipe or Drapery. They all have unique attributes and can often be found in specific locations.

[sketchesandsavingthrows]

The biggest trick to remember when working on the bouncing ball assignment is to remember it’s not just about the “vertical spacing”. BUT also about the “horizontal”. If you ignore this you’ll find your animation will ‘stall’ at the top of the arc...and then ‘pop’ forward as it falls. This is not what actually happens.

The trick is to have the bouncing ball ease in to the top of the arc VERTICALLY but the HORIZONTAL either decelerates, accelerates or is constant.