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Principles of animation

The document outlines key principles of animation, including anticipation, staging, and timing, with a focus on the technique of squash and stretch. It includes a warm-up exercise for students to create a simple flipbook animation of a bouncing ball, emphasizing the application of squash and stretch in their drawings. The exercise encourages discussion on how these principles affect motion in animation.

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Principles of animation

The document outlines key principles of animation, including anticipation, staging, and timing, with a focus on the technique of squash and stretch. It includes a warm-up exercise for students to create a simple flipbook animation of a bouncing ball, emphasizing the application of squash and stretch in their drawings. The exercise encourages discussion on how these principles affect motion in animation.

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Principles of animation

Ingkar N. Zolotareva
Anticipation
Staging
Straight ahead and pose to pose
Follow-through and overlapping action
Slow in and slow out (ease in and ease out)
Arcs
Secondary action
Timing
Exaggeration
Solid drawing
Appeal
Let’s go for new…
Warm up exercise!!!

Materials Needed:
● Sticky notes or
small pieces of paper
● Pencils or pens
Exercise: Squash and Stretch Flipbook

Info:
Squash and Stretch: Objects compress (squash) when
they hit something and elongate (stretch) when they
move quickly.

Timing: More frames = slower motion, fewer frames =


faster motion.
Create a Simple Flipbook (6 minutes):
● Have students draw a simple bouncing ball animation on
8–10 sticky notes.
● Emphasize these points:
○ Squash the ball when it hits the ground.
○ Stretch the ball as it moves up and down.
○ Keep it simple: Use only basic shapes.
Flip and Review (2 minutes):
● Students flip through their pages to see the ball bouncing
with squash and stretch applied.
● Discuss briefly how squash/stretch and timing affected the
motion.

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