full bal and tail 3d

here is my animation of my 3D ball and tail. However there is a glitch at the end which i dont

understand. Trying to find out the reason

Untitled from jerome on Vimeo.

1st BnT in Maya (render test)

This small clip was really just a render test. However for my animation im gonna have two cameras and this clip would be for the 1st one.

MORE SCREENSHOTS! TRY OUTS WITH THE TAIL!

OK i have taken more screenshots but there was a stage were i was having trouble with the tail.

(Looking at the image above and below) What trouble i had with the tail was i wanted to lay it flat on the ground next to the tail. I wanted to create a relaxed position for my ball as it moved quickly in the previous fames. I was worried that i had broken the tail because the tail was no longer inside the rings. This was also another issue i had with other parts of the animation cause i wanted to make the tail do certain things ( creat esquirrel sitting. position http://zardoz67.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/squirrel.jpg) but unforantely it wasnt allow me to do so.

This screenshot is more a birds eye view. Also shows some of my graph editor

Here is another renderd screenshot

Ball across the screen (no tail)

OK!!! i should of uploaded this 1st but heck

Before i started my Ball and tail in Maya, i done a very short animation of a ball moving across a screen with a tail. I used a simple flat plane for my background and added a small amount of light so the scene wasnt to dark.

Screenshots of my ball and tail in maya

WOW THIS WAS A MISSSON!!! For my next part of my project i create a bouncing bail and tail in maya. I was given a bail and tail rig and a platform for it to move across

2D_FINAL_BOUNCING BALL

Here is the animation of the ball and tail , however without the tail.

2D_FINAL_BALL AND TAIL

In this video, i have finished the tail throughout the scene. i have also added inbetween drawings of the tail in certain sections to make it flow smoothly. Another thing i corrected was 'overlap'.

My tutor reminded me that when the ball is moving then stops, that the 'Tail' should still have some sort of movement.

test 1 with tail

ok, heres a test with the tail attached

here is the 1st test of my animation. However i still have to do some corrections to the speed, then add my tail

Squirrel Fail

Although this is a very funny video. i do like the movement of the squirrels tail and its body when it was going to jump

Here is a drawing of me plotting out my ball and tail animation.

ball with tail video test

Here is a little test ive done in toomboom. i didnt focus on the bounce of the ball but the movement of the tail

here are some drawings i've done to experiment with different tails for my ball

HERE ARE IMAGES FOR MY BACKGROUND FOR THE BALL AND TAIL!

I will be using the image above

SOME IMAGES I HAVE FOUND RELATING TO TAILS!

NOW THE NEXT STAGE!!!

ok, after understanding the fundamentals of the a bouncy ball i can move on to a ball with a tail.

For this i need to gather some reasearch via,

- Images

- Video footage

- Drawings

- Experimentation

(1) TEST 2!! (2) FINAL TEST

(1) A SECOND TEST WITH IMPROVEMENTS!!!

(2) A final test

MY TEST 1!!

Using my guides i gain from my video footage, this is my first test

this image is my drawing imported into toomboom. Following my guide lines i am drawing my circles to induct my ball in the animation