::19 Nov 2012::

Today we've learnt about the principles of animation. Some of my friends  presented n shared  their topic (that we have to choose b4 this). After that, Dr Jamal discussed the principles with details..

Some  of the principles of animation that have been highlighted:

1. SQUASH AND STRETCH
 This action gives the illusion of weight and volume to a character as it moves. Also squash and stretch is useful in animating dialogue and doing facial expressions.



2.SLOW-OUT AND SLOW-IN
 As action starts, we have more drawings near the starting pose, one or two in the middle, and more drawings near the next pose. Fewer drawings make the action faster and more drawings make the action slower. Slow-ins and slow-outs soften the action, making it more life-like. Or Ease in Ease Out



3. EXAGGERATION
Exaggeration is an effect especially useful for animation, as perfect imitation of reality can look static and dull in cartoons.The level of exaggeration depends on whether one seeks realism or a particular style, like a caricature or the style of an artist.pendek kate kita panggil dia 'over'


4. FOLLOW THROUGH AND OVERLAPPING ACTION
Follow through and overlapping action is a general heading for two closely related techniques which help to render movement more realistically, and help to give the impression that characters follow the laws of physics. "Follow through" means that separate parts of a body will continue moving after the character has stopped. "Overlapping action" is the tendency for parts of the body to move at different rates (an arm will move on different timing of the head and so on).

Other principles:
-Anticipation
-Staging
-Straight ahead action and pose to pose
-Arcs
-Secondary action
-Timing
-Solid drawing
-Appeal

Dr Jamal also gave us time to try to do the principle of squash n stretch using flash.

This is a video from youtube..Explaining about the principles





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