Lynda 2D Animation Principleswith Dermot O’ Connor

Lynda – 2D Animation Principleswith Dermot O’ Connor
Genre: E-learning

Bring a cast of characters to life. By following the basics principles of animation, you can build characters that interact naturally with their environments, convey realistic emotion, and talk and walk convincingly.
These lessons are designed with Flash in mind, but work just as well with any other 2D animation program.
Topics include:

Creating gesture drawings
Comparing storyboard styles
Squash, stretch, and volume
Comparing timing and spacing
Using anticipation, overshoot, settle, overlap, and follow-through
Creating eccentric walks
Building stock mouth shapes for dialogue
Creating thumbnails

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