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Principles ofAnimation Dr. Midori Kitagawa University of Texas at Dallas Arts and Technology Program Created by animators at the Walt Disney Studios in the early 1930’s Helped to transform animation from a novelty into an art form? Still today Guide production and creative discussions Train young animators better and faster Applicable to 2D/3D computer animation as well as traditional hand-drawn animation Principles of animation From Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Ollie Johnson and Frank Thomas Squash and stretch Anticipation Staging Straight ahead action and pose to pose Follow through and overlapping action Slow-in and slow-out Arcs Secondary action Timing Exaggeration Solid drawing Appeal Principles of animation Principles of animation Squash and stretch Follow through Timing Slow-in and slow-out Secondary action Arcs Anticipation Staging Physics Aesthetics Presentation of action Production methods Straight ahead action and pose to pose Exaggeration Solid drawing Overlapping action Appeal Physics Squash and stretch Follow through Timing Secondary action Slow in and slow out Arcs Principles of animation While many real world objects, e.g. a rock, have little or no flexibility most organic objects, e.g. a human body, have some flexibility in their shapes When an object moves, its movement indicates the rigidity of the object Squash and stretch No matter how squashed or stretched out an object gets, its volume should remain constant Squash and stretch Termination of action Nothing stops at once When the main body of a character stops all other parts continue to catch up it, such as arms, long hair, clothing, floppy ears, and a long tail Follow through Follow through Timing, i.e., the speed of an action, gives meaning to movement, both physical and emotional meaning Timing affects the perception of mass of an object ? Timing Timing gives meaning to movement A character looks first over the right shoulder and then over the left shoulder. Varying the number o