The 12 Principles of Animation EXPLAINED | DrawlikeaSir
Long-form16:09Howto & StylePublished Aug 22, 2026, 9:30 AM · 2mo ago
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Description
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The 12 Principles of Animation are some of the most important fundamentals every animator and artist should understand. I’ll show you all 12 principles (Squash & Stretch and Anticipation to Timing, Spacing, Arcs, Exaggeration etc)
and explain how they actually make animation feel natural, dynamic and alive.
Just everything you'd need for a good layout or genga!
Whether you're completely new to animation or want to improve your existing skills, these animation principles are a great foundation for understanding how and why movement works.
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00:00 The 12 Golden Rules
01:09 1 - Squash & Stretch
02:26 2. Anticipation
03:32 3 - Staging
05:19 SPONSOR
07:02 4 - Straight Ahead/Pose to Pose
08:05 5 - Follow Through & Overlapping Action
09:16 6 - Slow In & Slow Out
10:40 7 - Arcs
11:22 8 - Secondary Action
12:30 9 - Timing
13:34 10 - Exaggeration
14:16 11 - Solid Drawing
15:03 12 - Appeal
🎵 Background Music 🎵
Covers are made by KRADO
other music:
Sonic R - Options Screen.mp3SM64 - Cave Dungeon
Persona 4 COVER - Heartbeat Heartbreak - JoJo Tunes
Spider-Man 2_ The Game Pizza Theme
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Details
- Published
- Aug 22, 2026, 9:30 AM
- Length
- 16:09 (969 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- Howto & Style
- Audio language
- EN
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- C7M75FSwOsg
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