Your First Animation: The Bouncing Ball
Free Live Workshop
Discover why timing and spacing are the first big steps to believable animation in this free live workshop with DreamWorks character animator Robyne West.
Using a classic bouncing ball exercise in Maya, Robyne will demonstrate how to create distinct senses of weight, speed, and personality. You’ll see how subtle changes to curves translate into more convincing motion, and how understanding these fundamentals sets you up for every shot you animate later on.
The session will include a live Q&A so you can dig deeper into concepts, workflow questions, and how to apply these ideas to your own work.
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Date: Friday, July 31st
Time: 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p BST / 8:30p IST
Platform: Zoom
About the Speaker
Robyne West
Robyne West has been a professional animator since 1994 and is currently an animator at DreamWorks Animation. She has also worked at Disney and Blue Sky Studios. Her credits include Zootopia 2, The Wild Robot, Kung Fun Panda 3 & 4, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, and many more top films.
Robyne mentors students in the Animation Basics course at Animation Mentor.
You can see her full credits here.
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- A Conversation with Disney Legend Andreas Deja
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- Acting Craft for Animators
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- The 12 Principles of Animation
- Push Appeal & Clarity in Your Posing
- Transitioning from School to Pro Game Animator
- Getting Started in Autodesk Maya
- 2D vs 3D: What’s Different & How to Transition from 2D to 3D
- Breaking the Rules: When & How to Push Animation Beyond Reality
- Storyboarding for Animators: How to Plan Your Shots Like a Director
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