Character Animation: 2D Skills for Better 3D, 2nd Edition

chapter 4

timing, anticipation, over-shoot, follow-through and overlapping action with an animated character

chaptersummary

•timing •anticipation how much anticipation force acting and anticipation double takes! speed and surprise anticipation during a move varying the amount of anticipation other ways of using anticipation •follow-through follow-through of inanimate objects follow-through of animate (living) objects •overlapping action or overshoot •vibration •exercises the string and stick in 2D the string and stick in 3D the dive in 2D the dive in 3D

timing

This is probably the most difficult thing to teach and learn about in animation. Timing makes a movement witty or touching or relevant. It is central to any form of film making, ...