Squash and stretch is debatably the most fundamental principle. Look at what happens when a ball hits the ground. The force of the motion squashes the ball flat, but becaus… See more

Imagine you’re about to kick a soccer ball. What’s the first thing you do? Do you swing your foot back … See more

When filming a scene, where do you put the camera? Where do the actors go? What do you have them do? The combination of all these choices is what we call staging. Staging is … See more

These are two ways of drawing animation. Straight-ahead action is where you draw each frame of an action one after another as you go along. With pose-to-pose, you draw the ex… See more