2/20/26

Demo: The Tail Ball

In this video, I'll be walking you through how to set up your tail ball animation. Be sure to watch the “Demo: Animating in Photoshop", and "Demo: Animation Plan Drawing" videos before starting this exercise. Feel free to use the timestamps below as an overview of this video, as well as where you can locate specific topics covered:


0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Using the Plan Drawing as Reference
2:08 - Setting Up the Animation
2:57 - Process Explanation
4:44 - Blocking Pass 1, Part A
8:15 - Breaking Down the Tail Ball
17:05 - Progress Check A
18:18 - Blocking Pass 1, Part B
22:27 - Progress Check B
24:45 - Progress Check C
25:35 - Blocking Pass 1, Part C
28:45 - Intermission: Joint Chains
32:28 - Progress Check D
32:55 - Blocking Pass 2
37:10 - Final Thoughts

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