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Animation exercises
Here is a collection of exercises to practice animation.
It is ranked by level.
I really encourage you to master it before moving to the next one.
You can do it on your side? That is great!
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01 - Bouncing Ball - One Axis
![Level01.webp](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/16f87a_8e93df640d434933b5c0393568e70014~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_157,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Level01.webp)
With this first exercice you will learn:
- To set Maya properly
- To use the graph editor
- Timing and Spacing
02 - Bouncing Ball - Two Axis
![Level01.webp](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/16f87a_8e93df640d434933b5c0393568e70014~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_157,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Level01.webp)
With this second exercice you will learn:
- to work on two axis
- basics of physics
03 - Bouncing Ball - With obstacle and rotation
![Level01.webp](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/16f87a_8e93df640d434933b5c0393568e70014~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_157,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Level01.webp)
With this third exercise, you will learn:
- To work with rotations
- To break tangents properly
- Follow through
04 - Bouncing ball - Cartoon
![Level01.webp](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/16f87a_8e93df640d434933b5c0393568e70014~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_157,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Level01.webp)
Introduction to stretch and squash. Starting to add a personality to the ball with non physical movements.
05 - Bouncing ball - Weight
![Level01.webp](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/16f87a_cb155883555f443eb35b697913c3bce7~mv2.webp/v1/fill/w_157,h_75,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Level01.webp)
Understand how to animate different weights.
How does it work? What is inertia?
More next week
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