FREE ball animation rig for Maya
When first learning animation and specifically character animation we need to learn the basic principles of timing, weight, squash and stretch etc. One of the best ways is to animate a bouncing ball. So I have created a versatile ball animation rig for using in Autodesk Maya.
This ball rig has all the controls you need to make a believable animation including squash and stretch controls that you can move and rotate the pivot.
Also, you can choose between a variety of different ball types, from a soccer ball, basketball, beach ball and more.
Watch the tutorial on how to use this rig, and the video where I show how to animate it.
DOWNLOAD the rig using the form opposite
Read the full article on How To Animate a Bouncing Ball here. With two full walkthroughs videos and an intro to some animation principles like Squash and Stretch
See how the ball animation rig works in this short video
If you find this free rig and animation tutorials useful please consider a small donation to help support my work, buy buying me a coffee,
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Thanks I’m glad it was useful. I would love to see what you animated with it, you can show me in the private Facebook group: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/animatorartistlife/
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Downloading now. Planning to use in a FaceBook animation challenge (non-commercial). Thanks David!
That’s great! I’m happy it’s useful. I’d love to see this animation challenge and what people do with my rig. I’m happy to give feedback 🙂
I also made two free lessons and how to animate bounces. thanks
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Thanks Alessia, did you manage to animate with it ok? Come and show your animation in the private Facebook group: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/animatorartistlife/
Outstanding! Thank You 🙂 !
very helpfull