Learn how to make your animation more believable.
One of the most important elements of high-quality animation is believability.
For something to have believability, it should move in a way which appears convincing and doesn’t distract the viewer. Believability shouldn’t be confused however with the word realistic.
Unlike realistic motion, believable motion doesn’t need to accurately follow the laws of physics and can, instead, be an exaggerated version of what happens in reality.
This is what enables the best animation to be both convincing and entertaining.
Whilst the goal may not be to exactly replicate reality, the creation of believable motion does require that we start by studying what happens in the real world.
It’s only by understanding the details of what happens in life that we can successfully pick and choose what to include when creating a caricatured version of it.
To demonstrate how to put this into action, I discuss the way that different balls bounce in the latest lesson of my Into Motion course.
