13 / Hand-drawn Animation / 2024
Bowling Motion Study
Two compact hand-drawn bowling exercises exploring slow-in motion, collision timing and character reaction.
- Role
- Key poses, breakdowns, cleanup & timing
- Deliverable
- Timing & impact study
- Tools
- TVPaint · Photoshop · Premiere Pro
- Production window
- Animation exercise
The brief
The challenge
Make a simple ball-and-pin setup feel weighted and expressive using only line, spacing and a fixed camera.
The response
The approach
The action was separated into readable anticipation, contact and recovery beats, then adjusted through spacing and held reactions.
Why it matters
Value in practice
Short motion studies isolate fundamentals that carry into character acting, effects work and more complex production scenes.
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