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Design Course
Pose to Pose Animation
Digital Animation
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Vajra Pancharia
IDC, IIT Bombay

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1. Introduction
2. Technique
3. Exercise
4. Video
5. Contact details
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Design Course
Introduction
Pose to Pose Animation
Digital Animation Pose-to-pose is the key method used in hand drawn traditional animation and as the name suggest it’s different
by than what we saw in the previous module ‘Straight-ahead Animation’.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Vajra Pancharia
IDC, IIT Bombay In Pose-to-pose, the animator draws only the required key drawings to animate the action. It is a very structured
and planned way of approaching animation where thumbnails are first made related to the action being animat-
ed.

The important steps involved in pose-to-pose animation are its key poses. If key poses (key drawings) are strong,
then the animation will look rich and believable. In pose to pose we draw the first key pose and then the extreme
key pose and then we come back and do the in between frames.
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Pose-to-pose is often used for animations that require good acting, where the posing and timing are crucial.
introduction

1. Introduction
2. Technique
3. Exercise
4. Video
5. Contact details
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Design Course
Technique
Pose to Pose Animation
Digital Animation The technique for ‘Pose-to-Pose Animation’ method is as follows:
by • Draw your thumbnails for planning the action
Prof. Phani Tetali and Vajra Pancharia • Drawing the key poses, breakdowns and then the in-betweens.
IDC, IIT Bombay • Check the line test and comeback to the animation if more frames are needed.
Important Notes to follow while Animating:
• ARCS:
In character animation ‘ARCS’ are very crucial. In basic human motions like - A head rotation, a walk or any other
action, our body does not move in a linear fashion, it follows an arc all the time.
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technique Also, principles are the key part of animation without which your animation would look lifeless. So principles like
anticipation and adding cushion at necessary places in your animation is important. Remember no human action
start or stops abruptly, it always starts with anticipation at the beginning and eases or settles down as it ends. So
1. Introduction adding a few frames to give a cushion to the actions helps the action look smooth and believable. Also one can
play with squash and stretch in a character if necessary.
2. Technique
3. Exercise • Maintaining Volumes throughout the Animation:
To keep a check of your volumes keep flipping (as explained in the video).This not only helps you check the vol-
4. Video
ume but also gives you a quick feedback of the motion.
5. Contact details
• Refer to the videos for further practical details.
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Design Course
Exercise
Pose to Pose Animation
Digital Animation
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Vajra Pancharia
IDC, IIT Bombay

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exercise

1. Introduction
2. Technique
3. Exercise
4. Video
5. Contact details

Exercise 1:
Pose-to-Pose Animation:
• Animate a Batsman striking the ball using pose-to-pose method.
• Try to be innovative while posing the character and play with the anticipation action of the character.

Exercise 2:
Cleanup Exercise:
• Clean up the above mentioned exercise using consistent line thickness and do a line test to check the volumes
and the line quality.
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Design Course Video

Pose to Pose Animation
Digital Animation
by
Prof. Phani Tetali and Vajra Pancharia
IDC, IIT Bombay

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video

1. Introduction
2. Technique
3. Exercise
4. Video
5. Contact details
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Design Course Contact Details

Pose to Pose Animation
Digital Animation This documentation for the course was done by
by Vajra Pancharia at IDC, IIT Bombay.
Prof. Phani Tetali and Vajra Pancharia
You can get in touch with him at
IDC, IIT Bombay
Email: pvajra[at]gmail.com

You could write to the following address regarding

suggestions and clarifications:

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1. Introduction Mumbai 400076
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