Reflecting on the 12 principles of animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0GgaPBTfQ


   Reflecting on the 12 principles of animation, i tend to see them at play a lot more. Things such as the subtle movements, the follow through and overlapping action and the secondary actions are now far more noticeable than they were this time last year. I have started noticing the principles at play in the real world. Anticipation, follow throgh and obviously appeal (due to various people's character traits) are all at play in the world around us. When it comes to my animation, although timing is still my weakest aspect, i feel that i have managed to get much better at noticing the differences between good and bad timing. When watching 2D and 3D animated films, the inspirations that are drawn from real life can be identified and things such as anticipation and exaggeration are more noticeable. Squash and Stretch is one such example of how exaggeration can play out. The more exaggeration in the squash and stretch, the more effect one will have on the overall realism or cartoonish style of the animation.  I have been thinking more about how the 12 principles can be incorporated into a story in order to make a more realistic, identifyable or netter understandable piece of animation. Slow in and slow out is one principle that I practice with in order to perfect timing, (using the graph editor) this is good as it helps with my technical ability as well as buid a better understanding of how various animation principles compliment each other.

     In conclusion, I believe that my animation ability has gotten better over the past year and my animation principle understanding has developed further also.    



Video: Indianeers,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0GgaPBTfQ,  
published 25 October 2015