Animation Principles: Stretch and Squash

Last week we learned some basic animation principles, first out; stretch and squash. This is a very typical feature for cartoon, the exaggerated stretch and squash of a football that's hitting the ground, or any kind of object flying fast through the air, and so on. To make a good stretch and squash effect, it is very important to understand the timing and the weight of the object, and the understanding of the effect gravity has. To demonstrate this, we made a short movie if a football that bounce across the screen, and then a bowling ball. Here are my results.