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12 Basic Principles of Animation

The document discusses the Twelve Basic Principles of Animation introduced by Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life. The principles were developed based on the work of leading Disney animators in the 1930s onward and aimed to produce realistic animations that followed the laws of physics. While originally intended for traditional hand-drawn animation, the principles still apply to modern computer animation. The principles include techniques like squash and stretch, anticipation, staging, follow through, arcs, secondary action, timing, exaggeration, and appeal.

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12 Basic Principles of Animation

The document discusses the Twelve Basic Principles of Animation introduced by Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life. The principles were developed based on the work of leading Disney animators in the 1930s onward and aimed to produce realistic animations that followed the laws of physics. While originally intended for traditional hand-drawn animation, the principles still apply to modern computer animation. The principles include techniques like squash and stretch, anticipation, staging, follow through, arcs, secondary action, timing, exaggeration, and appeal.

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12 basic principles of animation

The Twelve Basic Principles of Animation is a set of principles of animation introduced by the Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation.[a [1 Johnston and Thomas in turn based their book on the !ork of the leadin" Disney animators from the 19#$s on!ards% and their effort to produce more realistic animations. The main purpose of the principles !as to produce an illusion of characters adherin" to the basic la!s of physics% but they also dealt !ith more abstract issues% such as emotional timin" and character appeal. The book and its principles ha&e become "enerally adopted% and ha&e been referred to as the '(ible of animation.'[2 )n 1999 the book !as &oted number one of the 'best animation books of all time' in an online poll. [# Thou"h ori"inally intended to apply to traditional% hand*dra!n animation% the principles still ha&e "reat rele&ance for today+s more pre&alent computer animation
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