Learning 2D Animation Principles

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Dermot O' Connor

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00. Introduction

01. Welcome.mp4

00:51

02. Using the exercise files.mp4

00:51

01. Design

01. Understanding appeal and design.mp4

04:03

02. Comparing body types.mp4

06:27

03. Understanding silhouette.mp4

01:52

04. Creating gesture drawings.mp4

02:50

05. Tying down the drawing.mp4

02:57

02. Staging, Storyboard, and Layout

01. Comparing storyboard styles.mp4

05:08

02. Understanding shot composition.mp4

04:36

03. Demonstrating lighting.mp4

04:08

04. Understanding the 180-degree line.mp4

04:18

03. Technical Issues

01. Understanding X-sheets (dope sheets).mp4

03:25

02. Comparing frame rates.mp4

04:39

03. Creating sweatbox notes and preparation.mp4

05:04

04. Animated Physics

01. Understanding arcs.mp4

07:38

02. Squash, stretch, and volume.mp4

04:59

03. Comparing timing and spacing.mp4

06:05

05. Anticipation, Overshoot, and Settle

01. Using anticipation, overshoot, and settle.mp4

04:02

02. Breaking and loosening joints.mp4

02:44

03. Leading action.mp4

03:19

06. Drag, Overlap, and Follow-Through

01. Understanding primary and secondary action.mp4

04:14

02. Using overlap and follow-through.mp4

06:00

03. Applying lines of action, reversals, and S-curves.mp4

04:34

04. Moving holds and idles.mp4

05:03

07. Walks and Runs

01. Understanding walk and run cycles.mp4

05:24

02. Creating eccentric walks.mp4

06:50

03. Animal locomotion.mp4

03:38

08. Dialogue

01. Finding dialogue accents.mp4

02:42

02. Creating dialogue through body movement.mp4

02:46

03. Creating stock mouth shapes.mp4

05:04

04. Using complementary shapes.mp4

03:59

09. Thumbnails, Acting, and Animating

01. Creating thumbnails.mp4

04:31

02. Comparing straight-ahead and pose-to-pose animation.mp4

04:37

03. Adding breakdowns for looseness.mp4

04:00

10. Conclusion

01. Next steps.mp4

02:09

Description

Bring a cast of characters to life. By following the basics principles of animation, you can build characters that interact naturally with their environments, convey realistic emotion, and talk and walk convincingly. In this course, Dermot O' Connor shows how to design a solid character and stage and storyboard your animation before you begin. He'll examine principles like anticipation and squash and stretch, which provide characters with a sense of weight and flexibility, and show you how to animate walk cycles and dialogue. Finally, learn how to thumbnail scenes from start to finish, so you can sketch out the action before you commit to fully rendering it.

These lessons are designed with Flash in mind, but work just as well with any other 2D animation program.

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