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Animation Foundation / Blog / Lecture Notes February 1, 2020
READ MOREI talk about our brains and perception a lot in class. Animation is just a weird thing. It’s like real life, but twisted and distorted in a colorful wonderful way. That’s a lot for our brains to handle and when images are whipping by at 24fps, the more help we can give our audience, the […]
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Animation Foundation / Blog / Lecture Notes January 19, 2020
READ MORESifting through the intertwining principles of Anticipation, Follow Through, Overlapping Action, and Secondary Action
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READ MOREThere’s a time and a place to flip the classroom, and I think teaching the animation fundamentals is one of those times. First off, Alan Becker has created a series of videos that explain the classic 12 principles of animation very well in a non-Disney way. I have a whole 90 minute lecture on these […]
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READ MOREBasic stopmotion exercises that introduce concepts of timing and spacing in animation.
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READ MOREFlipbook assignment will get students animating with minimal equipment.
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READ MOREDiscussion assignment to introduce animation vocabulary.
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READ MOREThe first day of class sets the tone for the semester. What do you show on the first day?
