Week 5 - Principles of Animation

Exercise #1 - Read the following article on the 12 Principles of Animation.  Once you have read the article, write a short explanation (in your own words) of the following animation terms.  Post your response on your Blog.

Principles of Animation

1. Squash and Stretch
2. Anticipation
3. Staging
4. Straight Ahead Acion 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

Exercise #2 - Movie Clips

• Create an animation of a car driving in to the scene and stopping, then driving out of the scene.
• You need to draw your own car
• The wheels on the car must spin, then stop when the car stops
• apply easing to your animation