The Twelve Basic Principles of Animation is a set of principles of animation introduced by theDisney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation. The main purpose of the principles was to produce the illusion that the characters where adhering to the basic laws of physics, making them appear more lifelike and realistic.
The principles as also deal with more abstract issues such as making the character appear to have emotions and giving characters appeal.
The 12 principles are listed below and throughout the course i will post a blog on each one, with examples from other people as well as myself
- 1 Squash and stretch
- 2 Anticipation
- 3 Staging
- 4 Straight ahead action and pose to pose
- 5 Follow through and overlapping action
- 6 Slow in and slow out
- 7 Arcs
- 8 Secondary action
- 9 Timing
- 10 Exaggeration
- 11 Solid drawing
- 12 Appeal
Hallucination Rain 