12 Principles of Animation

[NobleStriving]

Very helpful and well done, thanks for this!

[misterosom]

Cool! whos music did you use for this presentation?! =)

[gmoorisson]

@misterosom

I actually composed the songs myself using a variety of loops.

[HeatherCourtney19]

Thank you, gmoorison for putting this up on YouTube, in fact, yesterday, during Period 4 (Multimedia), my teacher said that this video is on YouTube (My most frequent site) and that gave me an idea to learn more about animation and sh*t.

[gmoorisson]

@HeatherCourtney19

I think that's great! What school do you go to?

[HeatherCourtney19]

@gmoorisson Oh, the school I attend is John Forrest Secondary College. Why do you ask?

[gmoorisson]

@HeatherCourtney19

I do presentations in regards to animation, but it don't think that school is within my range =(

[TheDemonicDestroyer]

there is hardly any reference to animation using 3D polygonal meshes... 

[krishnakhanna27]

awesome..beautiful explained!!!

[keetor13]

nice. quick and clear. thanks

[camilo101]

Great video! I want to ask about Pose to Pose: Would you say it's better used for slower scenes with less movement? Like for scenes where the motion is very subtle (e.g. body language)?

[MikethePencil09]

I am not sure if the examples match the challenge of the individual principles. I suggest to use real character animation on feature film level instead of what is used here to illustrate the principles.

[gmoorisson]

@MikethePencil09

Yes I agree! This is nothing more then a class assignment from 1 year ago to display my knowledge of the principles. This video is not sufficient enough to be used as a material for a detailed study of animation, I do believe that it is useful for a quick reference however via the reason I uploaded it. I can only apologize for the lack of illustration in this video and I plan to remake it in the future when I am a much more skilled and educated animation enthusiast.

[SparkyMK3]

I would put the principles in this order (the first five being the most essential principles) 1. Solid Drawing: Your work needs a solid foundation to be built on. Squash and Stretch and all those other principles are just accessories--not the main course. 2. Appeal 3. Staging 4. Timing 5. Exaggeration Other 6. Straight Ahead Action & Pose to Pose 7. Anticipation 8. Arcs 9. Squash and Stretch 10. Follow Through and Overlapping Action 11. Slow in and Slow Out 12. Secondary Action

[sbisschoff]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing :-)

[gmoorisson]

@sbisschoff You are welcome! Hope it comes in handy!!

[litilimp]

hey its nicely presented

especially with the examples :)

thanks

[gmoorisson]

@litilimp you are most welcome!! :D

[Elsid1111]

This is fantastic, thank you.

[gmoorisson]

@Elsid1111 your welcome I hope you find it useful!!

[SkittlekittenNG]

neato