Friday, October 19, 2012

Introduction

Welcome to the Lessons about Animation-At Home blog!

Since the beginning of animation to the 3D movies of today, animated films have captured imaginations around the world.  Besides being entertaining, watching animated movies can also be a learning experience, especially for art and animation students who are looking to improve their skills, whether they are in school or not. Trying to learn on your own can sometimes be very difficult. This blog will provide some education and guidance to help a student of art or animation learn from the films they love and have fun at the same time.


What is this blog about?


This blog is geared towards teaching people what to look for in animated films that they can learn from and apply to their own work. This blog will provide information about:
  • Analyzing and understanding animated movies
  • Understanding art and animation principles 
  • Applying this information to your own work 


What can I expect from this blog?


Each post will have one of the 12 Principles of Animation as a theme (Two posts each week). These 12 principles were created by the Nine Old Men, core animators during the early days of Disney [1]. These principles are:
  • Squash and Stretch
  • Anticipation
  • Staging
  • Strait Ahead Action and Pose to Pose
  • Followthrough and overlapping action
  • Slow in slow out
  • Arcs
  • Secondary Action
  • Timing
  • Exaggeration 
  • Solid drawing
  • Appeal
 These principles were refined and published 32 years ago and are still the foundation for animation today. 


Each post will also include examples from quality animated films, both traditional (films such as Disney's Beauty and the Beast) and 3D (films such as Pixar's Brave). In addition to these film examples, Edmond the Llama will help further explain the information and illustrate examples provided in the blog.

Thank you for joining, and please tune it to the future posts on the blog!


Sources:

[1] Atkinson, David. Animation Notes #5 Principles of Animation.  Retrieved from http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_principles.html.


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