Okay, so I wanted to make this cool “balloons” effect, and I figured I’d share how I went about it. I didn’t really have a solid plan, I just kinda dove in.
First, I needed something to, you know, be the balloons. I’m no artist, so I kept it simple. I just grabbed some basic shapes online – nothing fancy, just some ovals and circles. I figured I could mess with the colors later.
Getting Things Moving
Next up, I needed these things to actually float. This is where it got a little tricky, I won’t lie. I started messing around with some basic animation settings. I wanted them to move upwards, obviously, but not all at the same speed. It looked super weird at first, all uniform and robotic. Yuck.
So, I spent a good chunk of time tweaking things. I made some balloons move faster, some slower. I also added a little bit of a sideways drift, just to make it feel a little more natural. It took a lot of trial and error, I kept playing and replaying the thing, adjusting, replaying again… It was probably way more tedious than it needed to be, but hey, that’s how it goes sometimes, right?
Adding Some Randomness
To spice things up, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool if the balloons spawned at random spots?” So I did just that. Instead of having them all start at the bottom, I made it so they could pop up anywhere along the bottom edge. Much better!
I also played with the colors here. I didn’t want them all to be the same *,I made a random color from a * makes the balloons more vivid.
The Final Touch
After all that, it was looking pretty good, but something was still missing. Then it hit me: shadows! A little bit of shadow can really make things pop (pun not intended). I added a subtle drop shadow to each balloon, and boom! It instantly looked way more…real? I guess? Anyway, it looked better.
So, yeah, that’s pretty much it. It wasn’t some super complex project, but it was a fun little experiment. I learned a few things along the way, mostly about how many times I can replay an animation before I go crazy. But in the end, I got the “balloons” effect I was going for, and that’s all that matters!