Everything happens for a reason right?

I joined my school's volleyball team and we have practice everyday until 6. The thing I am worried about though is that maybe I won't have enough time to animate things. But I need exercise and it is fun.

Hm.... I think it will be a good experience and I will meet more people and I will know how to animate those characters more because I know more characteristics of people and such. So I guess it won't be that bad.

I just feel bad if I don't animate to much.

I should start bringing around a notepad to draw stuff and right down notes... Hm.. I think a sketchpad will be better actually. I will start in the summer because I might be doing a lot in the summer. It depends if I get that intern at Mills James production or go help at a camp that I went to as a child.

Anyways... Lets see if I can talk about animation somewhere...

Oh ya right now I am animating a skate cycle of a rollerblader. I made a skip cycle too and it turned out decent. I think I did ok but I am not to pleased with it. It seems like the ball doesn't go down right when it is supposed to but I am working on it.

But one thing that I recognize when you animate you want to keep it like a beat. Well not always but for walk cycles or skip cycles etc. Because I was animating the skate cycle and it didn't seem right when looking at it. Then I tried it myself there is a steady beat because I rollerblade so I know what I am doing and the reference was steady too.

So then I looked at the skater. Then I realized that even though the steps are spaced evenly the timing of how the leg swings for one of the legs was going faster than the other! And now it looks pretty good.

Same with the skip cycle one leg was swinging to fast compared to the other leg. It doesn't have to be exactly the same ofcourse but it can't be completely different either in my opinion.

Also I have to watch out when to move the hips down so it won't look like the character is floating.

These are what I am getting through my experience and the rules I am making for myself. But like in animation "You make rules to break them" I know when to break the rules that I made up to! Which I am pretty proud about.

Like if a rollerblader wasn't that good and was kinda new. There steps won't be smooth and fluent. Maybe they will balance on one leg more than the other because they are going to fall down that way like to the left.

And for the skip having the skips evenly spaced. Just imagine him swinging one leg real small with a small arc and then when it comes back it makes the other foot swing reaaal far making a big arc to the side.

I am not sure what type of person will do this because it is just an idea.

Anyways thats enough babbling right now

Cye