Back in the 1930s, Walt Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston established 12 basic principles of animation (a tribute to them in the Pixar film The Incredibles is pictured above).
Just as other creative spaces have established rules, animation is no stranger to established fundamentals.
In the video, below, these 12 principles are presented in this animation primer:
12 Principles of Animation
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“The 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the ‘old men’ of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. Of course they weren’t old men at the time, but young men who were at the forefront of exciting discoveries that were contributing to the development of a new art form. These principles came as a result of reflection about their practice and through Disney’s desire to use animation to express character and personality. This movie is my personal take on those principles, applied to simple shapes. Like a cube.”
Well done, Cento Lodigiani, well done.
You can also find individual slides of each principle in animated GIF form here.
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