IN 3D!

▼Week 12 E-Learning

1) Why is squash and stretch so useful in animation?
It is very useful because it makes the effect on the object look more realistic and smooth. Squash and stretch can also be used to convey differences between the mass of the objects. For example the bouncing ball, if we just make it bounce without having it squash and stretch it will not look very real.

2) Think of a situation which extreme squash and stretch could be applied to a character - try to be original.
The situation I can think of is water or rain drops, where it will squash to the ground and bounce back having it to be stretched out to a different shape.

3) Think of an animation example where squash and stretch would NOT be appropriate.
The animation of a hard toy or anything that have a fix shape and size that cannot be changed. If they were to fall to the ground the size of it will be exactly the same, not changing to another shape.

4) If squash and stretch doesn't really happen so obviously in real life, why do you think is it so effective in animation?
It is so effective in animation because it helps to show the difference of what is happening to the object. Having the object to be squashed shows that it is hitting on something or landed on the ground, showing there is a impact of force acting on the object. As for stretch, it shows that there is a gravity pull acting and putting a force to the object like showing it is falling from somewhere.