Today we continued with the basics of Ae. We covered shape path animation, layer parenting, masks, easing and the graph editor.
I have a clearer direction for my final video however we have yet to cover topics I am unfamiliar with so I spent the day little bored again. However, towards the end we did do some squash and stretch exercises, and while the technical skills were not new, I enjoyed giving the little ball some character.
We also looked into the 12 principles of animations briefly and basically said ‘yeah some of this is important, but also f*** it.’ Very in character of me to be a Disney hater, but yes, I do appreciate the emphasis on learning the ‘rules’ in prder to break them intentionally.
I will use my free day on Thursday to block out most of the animation and on Sunday I will do some touching up in preparation for feedback next week. I want to stylize the the textures so I will be looking up how to change stroke styles.