Principles of Animation

Straight Ahead Action & Pose to Pose: Straight ahead action refers to the technique of drawing each pose, one right after another, which can yield a fluid animation style. Pose to pose refers to the animation technique where key frames are planned ahead of each other and then connected to each other afterwards. Pose to pose mainly leads to a more proportional animation that is convincing to the viewers eye.

Secondary Action:
In the physical world, we can view primary movement through the motion of a person walking or a bird flying. Secondary actions, such as a person swinging their arms as they walk/run or maybe even a birds’ feathers rippling in the wind, always help support primary movements. Even smaller actions, such as blinking, are also considered secondary actions. In any secondary animation, it is important that it doesn’t distract the audience from or dominate the main animation movement.