12 Principles of #Animation in 120 SECONDS explained
Long-form2:59Howto & StylePublished Aug 29, 2026, 9:00 AM · 7w 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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The 12 Golden Rules
1 - Squash & Stretch
2. Anticipation
3 - Staging
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4 - Straight Ahead/Pose to Pose
5 - Follow Through & Overlapping Action
6 - Slow In & Slow Out
7 - Arcs
8 - Secondary Action
9 - Timing
10 - Exaggeration
11 - Solid Drawing
12 - Appeal
🎵 Background Music 🎵
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Details
- Published
- Aug 29, 2026, 9:00 AM
- Length
- 2:59 (179 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- Howto & Style
- Audio language
- EN
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- bWXdiavWcfg
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