Animation Emphasis

Learn and apply the 12 principles of Animation:
1. Squash and Stretch
2. Anticipation
3 Staging
4 Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
5 Follow Through and Overlapping Action
6 Ease In and Ease Out
7 Arc
8 Secondary Action
9 Timing
10 Exaggeration
11 Solid drawing
12 Appeal

Intro to Animation
Week 1: Ball Bounce  (Squash & Stretch, Arc, Timing, Solid Drawing/Volume)

Week 2: Flour Sac; Pose Sketches + Animation with background

Don't worry about "Cleaning Up" your drawing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMr5p3iWW4Q

Week 3: Walk Cycle

Example Walk Cycle from 2:51~2:55

Aaron Ludwig Animation Demo Reel 2016




Week 4-5: Dialogue
Use model sheet to animate a dialogue

Example Model Sheets

2D Animation (May want to act out and film video reference)

Week 1: Boulder - Show a character trying to lift something heavy

Week 2: Double Take/Using model sheet - Animate a double take using a model sheet of a character designed by someone else

Week 3: Mail - Show different emotions reflected in the character's walk to the mailbox and after seeing the mail reaction.

Week 4-5: Entering and Sitting down - Show personality and/or emotion through the way character enters and sits down.

Exclusive: Big Hero 6 Character Studies


Samples of Famous Animators:
Glen Keane


James Baxter 


Miyazaki Hayao



Pencil Test Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_2yfDbWKJw&list=PL6F0C769FF5F42373&index=1