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Learning the 12 Principles of Animation is the biggest hurdle all animators must overcome. But how can these principles remain constant in a medium that is constatly changing? This is the untold story of the 12 Principles of Animation and why they will remain. Forever.


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00:00 The Rules of The Game
00:54 The Origin of The Principles
02:15 #1 Squash and Stretch
02:34 #2 Timing
02:56 #3 Anticipation
03:12 #4 Staging
03:30 #5 Slow In & Slow Out (Spacing)
03:44 #6 Arcs
03:57 #7 Pose to Pose
04:08 #8 Overlap & Followthrough
04:19 #9 Secondary Action
04:29 #10 Exaggeration
04:40 #11 Appeal
04:51 #12 Solid Drawing
05:29 Animation Changed Forever
07:20 Taking Them to the Limit
08:39 Richard’s Masterpiece
10:50 Character Animation Crash Course
11:05 Enter Computer Animation
11:20 Why They Remain Unchanged
12:48 We Are The Next Link

Since I started the channel, it was my dream to also make documentaries on the things I'm passionate about. One of them being the history of 2D animation, which I’m obsessed with, so I wanted to give myself a chance to explain the origin of the 12 principles. Hope you get inspired by what these unsung heroes did, we’re standing in the shoulder of giants!

Remember: "Every line you draw, you are one line closer to your dream!"
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