- Anticipation is a mechanical build up for force.
- It’s important to understand now that all movement is created by forces, either external or internal. Anticipation is the most natural way to build up internal force in order to execute dynamic motion.
- Bill Tytla, legendary animator, says “Any animation consists
of anticipation, action, and reaction.” - “An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted on
by an unbalanced force.” - This Law applies to everything in the universe, including us.
It’s precisely because of this law that anticipating left before
walking right results in a conservation of energy
- anticipation is the key to describing how much strength and force go into a movement, while squash and stretch is the key to selling the physical believability of an action.
1.0 Tail
Planning:
- Study the form of tail energy accumulation.
- Draw the key pose.
- Add intermediate frames.
- Note the S shape.
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