Basic Principles of 3D Animation

You will start knowing the basics of traditional animation and you will learn to obtain references from the real world, through observation, in order to apply them to your animations.

Hugo will teach you how to differentiate the key poses from the breakdowns -to define the trajectory and morphology of the animation- and the inbetweens -objects and intermediate movements generated between the initial position and the final position of the animated element.

You will also learn to use the curve editor, an indispensable tool that will greatly facilitate the process when it comes to giving movement to your projects.

Then, you will get fully into the animation. The first exercise will consist of rotating and moving a ball.

Afterwards, you will add vertical movements and make it bounce, playing with the arcs. You will also learn to give different weights to balls of equal size; and you will play with squash and stretch.

Finally, you will perform an exercise in which you will discover how to play with the dynamics.