Croquet

This exercise was set after I had been taught the basic animation tools that Soft Image possesses.  The task was to animate the mallet making contact with the ball and thus sending it through the posts.  I used this as a chance to experiment, so even though a croquet ball does not deform in any way, I knowingly made the ball squish slightly on impact to see what the outcome would be, and how effective it would be also.  Another aspect of animation that this exercise made me take into account, is weight and speed.  I tried to convey weight through the mallet swing.

Soft Image Croquet exercise from Johnathan Sigalas on Vimeo.