[Four] Pose to Pose & Straight Ahead - 12 Principles of Animation

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The 12 principles of animation... Not sure why I haven't covered these until now, but here we are! This mini-series was a lot of fun to put together. Hope you enjoy it, and maybe learn a thing or two along the way.
Special thanks to Animate With Alex for voicing all the animation quotes in this series (channel pending)!
If you have any questions, or get stuck, let me know in the comments below and I will do my best to help you! If you would like me to critique your work, head over to Patreon, where patrons get 2 animation reviews per month!
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[@Mrsmifff]

Interesting fact! There's actually a third method which is a combination of both, it's mentioned in the animators survival kit by Richard Williams.

[@kurtholus]

This is a cute refresher series to review these concepts, much appreciated

[@bardiakenway]

So it doesn't matter witch one to choose? Because sometimes I use pose to pose and sometimes straight ahead, even mixture of both, but in pose to pose I understood that it's a bit hard to make in betweens because it might not be like next key pose and I would have harder job at spline, however, I believe straight ahead is kind of my method because I can block it exactly with reference and have easer job in spline with graph editor and I can make overlap or anticipation easer and make it feel more organic.

[@SkittyAnimates]

It doesn't matter! Some studios may have a workflow preference, but at the end of the day your works quality is what they want. How you get there can be individual. I prefer the pose to pose method myself, but I don't block in stepped, so I don't find it difficult to make breakdowns. Even so, there are instances where I will approach a shot with straight ahead, or a mix of the 2 as you do. Its beneficial to know both, but stick to what works for YOU!

[@dhairyavijay2006]

Please make a video on follow through and overlapping action, seriously it is very confusing and hard to animate...
Please if you have time, do it ...

[@SkittyAnimates]

Thats the principle for next week ;)

[@dhairyavijay2006]

Great@@SkittyAnimates