Enhance the differences the weight change makes! Things to keep in mind:

Any of the above exercises using a very heavy character/object next to a very light character/object. Opening the “world’s best gift” and reactingĥ1. Opening a cupboard and removing something insideĥ0. Sleeping character startled by alarm then returning to sleepy stateĤ8. Run across screen with change in directionĤ7.

A single piece of paper dropping through the airĤ6. The full process of brushing one’s teethĤ5. Pressing an elevator button and waiting for it Level 4 ExercisesĤ3. Starting to say something but unsure of howģ9. Scared character peering around a cornerģ5. Stirring a soup pot and tasting from a spoonģ4. This usually happens because an attached, lo. Overlapping action Different elements of an object or body, come to a stop of different times. Character lifting a heavy object (with purpose!)Ģ8. Close up of hand picking up a small objectĢ7. Close up of open hand closing into fistĢ6. Character being hit by something simple (ball, brick, book)Ģ5. Reaching for an object on a shelf overheadĢ1. Change in Character emotion (happy to sad, sad to angry, etc.)ġ9. Flour Sack kicking a ball Level 2 Exercisesġ2. Flour Sack falling (loop or hitting the ground)ġ1. Character head turn with anticipation Preparing a motion by first going into the opposite direction to build up momentum is called anticipation. So be like them! Get out there and do animation!ĥ.

Masterpieces like the dwarfs dancing in Snow White or the terror of the Monstro scene in Pinocchio. And some would argue they created some of the greatest animation to ever be seen. They learned via the age old art of hands-on training, experimenting and discovering as they went.

Here were a group of animators (before being an animator was even a thing) who HAD no books to read, or websites to visit, or even experienced animators to ask. Maybe you still need convinced of how important the “Art of Doing” is? Look no further than the early days of animation, especially at the Disney studio. Today we’ve compiled a list of exercises, like animation push-ups, that will get your art skills buff and toned. Articles, tips, mentors, and study will never get you as far as rolling up your sleeves and getting down to work, be it animation or any other skill. It’s a simple bit of advice that rings with absolute truth.

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