Ping pong animation — Always learning
Probably the hardest thing I have ever done. But so worth it.
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A short animation from a School of Motion Bootcamp course—and the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. But worth it. So worth it.
What’s this?
The premise: use every principle covered so far—timing, spacing, oscillations, bounces, follow-through, squash and stretch. I love motion, but this was HAAAAAARD. And so much fun.
The learning
This is probably the piece that taught me the most about how I learn motion.
That moment where you feel yourself growing, where things click and you know you’re on the right track—this was it. (Music’s muted by default. Didn’t want to drive you mad.)
The outcome
I know it isn’t a live project—so what’s the outcome? Think further back. There’s a learning phase that feeds the next version of the work, and of yourself.
Here, the value was getting through it—and being genuinely impressed with myself. That built real confidence in motion. More of this creativity in the work is where the numbers go up.
Thinking forward
Doing more of this—using motion, selling in ideas, pushing the creative—is where the added value comes from. It makes you far more confident going forward. Learning compounds.
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