In this challenge video, we invite you to combine the Principles of Appeal, Exaggeration and imbue this floursack with life. Knowing how to make the audience empathize with an angry floursack, or to recognize how happy it is, will be difficult. Learning which controls to move, how to adjust the camera, comes with practice and time.
(reverberating cymbals)…- [Instructor] Okay, now that we've learned about…the principals of appeal in solid drawing, et cetera.…I'm going to give you an assignment.…And, it's all going to be about posing,…and making this character look great.…First, I want you to make the floursack look very happy.…He has just seen, maybe, the cutest baby on the planet.…And, he is just so, so, excited.…I want you to focus only on one frame.…Don't move the camera, don't move the ground plane.…Just focus on him.…
And, feel free to move him around a little bit.…But, just one frame.…Next, I want our floursack to be angry.…What would he look like?…And, what kind of relationships between all the lines,…and the camera, can you use?…Remember, focus only on one frame and on nothing else.…This challenge should take you, say about, 15 to 20 minutes.…Okay.…Good luck.…
Author
David Andrade
Released
10/24/2016Animation has evolved tremendously in the last century, but some principles always stay the same. This foundation will serve you for a lifelong career.
- A history of character animation
- Squash and stretch
- Anticipation
- Staging
- Pose-to-pose animation
- Secondary action
- Timing
- Exaggeration
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome34s
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1. An Overview
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2. Squash, Stretch, and Anticipation
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3. Staging
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Principles 3: Staging1m 21s
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4. Straight Ahead and Pose-to-Pose
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Principle 4: Straight ahead5m 10s
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Principle 4: Pose-to-pose3m 48s
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5. Follow Through and Slow In and Out
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Principle 6: Slow in and out2m 13s
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6. Arcs and Secondary Action
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Principle 7: Arcs3m 8s
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7. Timing
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Principle 9: Timing4m 50s
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Principle 9: Spacing2m 26s
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8. Exaggeration, Solid Drawing, and Appeal
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Principle 10: Exaggeration2m 36s
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Principle 11: Solid drawing4m 40s
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Principle 12: Appeal1m 53s
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Conclusion
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Next steps55s
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Video: Challenge: An exercise with a flour sack