• Squash and Stretch
Squash and stretch is a very common animation technique used on many different things, from complex characters to very basic objects. The main purpose of the 'Squash and Stretch' technique is to provide an almost cartoonish feel by completly over exagerating something to the point that it would not be physically possible, but at the same time provide realism for more organic type objects and materials as when they interact with anything else their surface deforms depending on the force of the object.
When using the Squash and stretch technique the animator must be very careful to not change the objects size when squashing or stretching it as this would give a very odd effect where instead of the surface of the object being spread out our squashed in it looks like it is just growing and shrinking.
one of the most widly used example of Squash and Stretch is of a bouncing ball. The ball's surface squashes when it hits the ground and stretches just before landing to give the illusion of the effect speed has on the object and after when it is bouncing into the air to show it forming back into the original shape.
An Example of Squash and stretch:
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