Principles of traditional Animation
• Early animators worked from scratch to analyze and improve upon silence live action films.
• Anticipation• squash and strech• characters move at
differerent speeds • lines of action• secondary actions • follow through• staging• inbetweens
Anticipation
• Anticipation• Means before the character
commits himself by moving in one direction, he first draw back in the opposite direction.– It is used in all motions
in animation-big and small.
– The result is more emphatic motion.
– During anticipation the whole body gets into anticipatory movement.
– Train your eye to look for anticipation when you watch cartoons.
Squash and stretch• Human bodies squash
and stretch when performing different actions.
• Heavier characters Squash more than thin ones.
• Squashing and • stretching gives the
character a sense of weight.
characters move at different speeds
• Tall guys move slowly than short guys
• fat characters slower than thin ones.
• Small characters will have to take more steps to keep up with taller characters.
lines of action
• Each figure has its own direction.
• To strengthen your poses, begin by drawing the line of action as a guide.
secondary action- follow through
A secondary action is like a chain reaction.Secondary actions are a beat behind the main action.
secondary action- follow through
Follow through is when a secondary action runs its course. For example the pooch with long ears leans forwards and stop but the ears continue swinging back and forth.
Overlapping Action
• Stage your action in modern stylistic surroundings.
• Research for info.on styles.