Week 11 Lab 2

1) Why is squash and stretch so useful in animation?

Without squash and stretch, the animation will not look real. For example, if you want a football in an animation, without the squash and stretch, the ball will jus look like a metal ball. The squash and stretch is a natural effect on balls such as basketball/soccer ball.


2) Think of a situation in which extreme squash and stretch could be applied to a character
When a cartoon character has been knocked down by a car, it will be squashed and stretched.

3) Think of an animation example where squash and stretch would NOT be appropriate

When there any very solid hard object, such as metal(e.g dropping a hammer on the floor), it does not really have the squash and stretch.

4) If squash and stretch doesn't really happen so obviously in real life, why do you think is it so effective in animation?

Even if squash and stretch doesn't really happen so obviously in real life, it still give animations a very realistic look and it would show a difference between different balls, whether it is a metal ball or a rubber ball, both would show a great difference just by adding a squash and stretch to the rubber ball.