PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION-2023

This principle gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves.

• Squash and Stretch

• Anticipation

• Staging

• Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose

Preparation for an action, indicating what is about to happen next.

• Anticipation

• Squash and Stretch

• Staging

• Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose

Presenting an idea so that it is unmistakably clear, directing the audience's attention.

• Squash and Stretch

• Anticipation

• Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose

• Staging

Involves drawing frame by frame from start to end.

• Straight Ahead Action

• Pose to Pose Animation

• Staging

• Squash and Stretch

Involves starting with drawing a few key frames.

• Pose to Pose

• Straight Ahead Action

• Follow Through and Overlapping Action

• Slow In and Slow Out

Termination of an action, and the tendency of parts of the body to move at different rates.

• Slow In and Slow Out

• Follow Through and Overlapping Action

• Arcs

• Secondary Action

The movement of the human body, and most other objects, needs time to accelerate and slow down.

• Secondary Action

• Arcs

• Slow In and Slow Out

• Timing

Most actions in life have a slightly circular motion, following an arced trajectory.

• Arcs

• Secondary Action

• Timing

• Exaggeration

An additional action that reinforces or adds depth to the main action.

• Exaggeration

• Timing

• Secondary Action

• Solid Drawing

The number of frames between two poses, influencing the speed and rhythm of an action.

• Solid Drawing

• Exaggeration

• Timing

• Appeal