While technology usage is essential in today's animation production, it is really the creativity of the people that makes the particular work a roaring success.
The principles for good animation remain the same when Disney first came out with a hand drawn and two-dimensional Mickey Mouse cartoon about 70 years ago.
"Animation is done like a flip book concept and the principles very much remain the same. Although innovation seems to be going towards hi-tech, it is actually very much grounded on basic principle that Disney animators came out years ago."
To be successful in the industry, one needs to be able to combine technology with creative skills, the language of animation and storytelling.
Animation is special because it tells a story that distorts reality. And if you watch cartoons that go back 50 years such as the original Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry and Looney Toons, you can still sit back and laugh for half an hour.
I apply these set of principles to all my animation works and everything turns out looking good. Enjoy the Foxy Lady animation, and we'll discuss the 12 principles in a future post.
Animated by Dimeji Ajibola. Feb. 2009
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