Constructive criticism welcome.
Left leg went stiff on the swing. Normally, a baseball hitter would lift his leg up abit before making Impact on the ball.
OK here’s an updated version (oops should have started this in a WIP thread. maybe somebody can move it?)
Seems like you got going pretty good… I’m seeing his weight shifting to his backleg… and some of the other subtle moves hitters do. In some ways the ball comes maybe too early… He kind of touches his shoulder with the bat and then brings the bat into a “ready position” but its almost like he should be set up in that ready postion a shade longer, before the ball comes whizzing by.
Thanks for the critique. Here’s another update.
It would be easier to critique this without the camera move. Also, rendering with frame numbers helps us to be more precise with our comments.
In general, you need to work on making the weight shifts more believable.
Also, the actual hit seems too fast. This is due to a lack of overlapping motion at the end. Are you working from video reference?
Looks nice! I’d like to see more or the motion driven from the pelvis. Pelvis starts turning, drives spine, drives shoulders. This can be exaggerated somewhat in toony animation particularly.
It seems like no power in the hit comes from the torso, so maybe a bit more reaction there? Other than that, it’s looking excellent to me