The 12 Principles of Animation
Bring Your Animations to Life
The 12 Principles of Animation bring life and magic into your animation ✨ The principles were developed in the 1930s! but they still hold true today—thank goodness 😅 The video below, made by Cento Lodigiani, is a brief and animated overview of what you can find in The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation, a book by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
Cento Lodigiani’s take on the principles.
There is a fantastic Skillshare class on the topic by Emanuele Colombo. It’s called The Art of Animation: How to Create Lifelike Movement. For more animation posts and classes, check out the animation category, as well as all the amazing animation classes on Skillshare.
