while playblasting it would be nice if you hide the curves.. simply go to Show menu top  of the viewport and uncheck NURB curves .. to make this good .. i think its good to start from ball bounce in maya.. and understand how 3D works ..
.. where can i find that Rig.. i been surching for that..

I do agree with coolbird! Just start with the basics before you try to go into anything extreme for awhile. I've been doing this for six months now and I'm just starting to finish up my walk cycles. It will take you a bit, but you will get the foundations down and that's what really matters.

Ditch the squash and stretch, or ball resting for now. Just animate one single bounce, yeah just one bounce and get it done. Loop, and post it over here.
How do you loop an animation? Select the ball or whatever you are animating with, go to the Graph Editor, then the Curves menu, Post Infinity and click on Cycle.

Good Luck.

Last edited by cyborg47 (04-08-2012 7:00 pm)

This one is without ANY squash and stretch what so ever:

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Agreed with fakepivot... maybe take a look at this tutorial and see how the arcs effect the timing of the bounce. You're doing good so far though, just keep going at it!

http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/2010 … ll-part-1/

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K, will do.

I can't rotate the hips w/o rotating the entire body on that rig though. Should I still rotate the bod?

Also, is there anything to change with my ball bounces?

here is the video minus the title cards:

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Last edited by Cartoonyanimator (04-09-2012 9:18 pm)

K Thanks for the chart/graph

How is this?

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basically:
- while in the air; your arcs need to look like UPSIDE U's
- while bouncing; your arcs should look like V's

To me.. that is perfect. Now all you have to do is translate that movement to your graph editor to get the same type of motion.

Your motion is much better but your timing is all even. We don't need to see your motion trails in your playblasts though.

As it goes up it will slow down because gravity is pushing on it and as it goes down it will speed up.
The peek of the bounce should be very tight, how tight depends on the weight of the ball.