Ball Bounce Exercises

Hi All,

Im new to these forums and I do not know if this is the right place for me to post my beginner level animations as i see a lot of showcasing of demo reels and experienced work. However Im just just starting off in animation and do not want to rush into the creation of a demo reel till I hav good knowledge of the basics. Hope someone can find the time to go through my videos and give a few suggestions. Also, Im currently located in Jersey City, NJ which is really close to NYC. If there are any animators or artists in or around this place who could provide any information about Art or Animation Institutes, Communities or Events, I would sure be grateful.

Im posting a few ball bounce exercises I have worked on.

Happy and sad character balls- the idea behind this exercise was to consider two balls of the same weight and size and alter their moods to see how it affects their weight and in turn their bounce. The happy ball is fast and appears to be lighter (more air time) as opposed to the sad ball which is slow and appears to be heavy (i hope) as it descends faster.

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9650250&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9650250&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA</a>

(if you want to see it from the side)

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9657585&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9657585&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA</a>

I have studied live action references for the following exercises and haven't added any squash & stretch to them.

Basket ball

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9650835&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9650835&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA</a>

Ping-pong ball

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9651090&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9651090&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA</a>

Beach ball

<a href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9657594&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9657594&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=01AAEA</a>

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank You!

-raG