Chapter 2
Figurative Animation
When animating you need look no further than the human figure for inspiration and challenge. If you can master the human figure in all its forms you can master anything.
BEFORE WE BEGIN
In the first chapter we covered some of the basic principles of animation which we will be dealing with during this chapter on figurative animation. At this point it might be useful to place these into context before going further by looking at the nature of animation. I have broken animation down into four categories of movement in an attempt to understand animated movement more fully.
THE FOUR ‘A’S OF ANIMATION
• Acting
• Animation ...
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