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.
