Disney - The Magic of Animation

A look at the 12 principles of animation developed by Disney to give life to an image.

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Limes x Kendall Miles - Good Morning
H E R B - Possible
Kendall Miles - 24/7

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00:00 - 12 Principles of Animation
1:32 - Squash &Stretch
2:42 - Anticipation
3:33 - Staging
5:27 - Straight Ahead / Pose to Pose
6:57 - Follow Through / Overlapping Action
7:44 - Ease In / Ease Out
8:35 - Arcs
9:18 - Secondary Action
10:10 - Timing
11:06 - Exaggeration
12:00 - Solid Drawing
13:13 - Appeal

[hydragonal]

Wtf the editing of this was masterful. The isolated animations, sketched animations over the normal ones, the transitions. Maybe that's why Kristian was gone so long?

[WhatIveLearned]

Halfway through I was more interested in how to edit like Kaptain rather than how to animate like Disney

[ishaankhemani]

"Animation has all the possibilities of life without any of its limitations"

[Frosty]

Unlike Walt Disney, kaptainkristian has returned from his cryogenic sleep to create beautiful works of art.

[jillustration]

Professional Animator and Animation teacher here. This is, without a shadow of a doubt, the single best video on the 12 principles of animation I have ever had the privilege to slap my eyeballs onto.

I am showing it as an introduction video, in every single lecture on animation I give, I send it to my students and encourage them to rewatch it a couple of times, I shared it with most of my fellow animator friends and animation nerds, and I thank you from the bottom of my animation filled heart, for this gorgeous, beautifully edited, concisely, accurately and well written, soothingly performed and executed piece of video essay art.

It is an absolute privilege to have this in my arsenal as a means to explaining animation to peeps.
thank you. <3

[GoldeneyeDoubleO]

Your channel is the definition of quality over quantity. The fact that you haven't uploaded for a while but people still diligently waited for you is proof of that.

[jarvis]

I can’t believe my sub box. Welcome back king

[AthanCondax]

Dude, your videos are unreal. Majority of people pay attention to the content you're talking about (animation) but the video itself is incredible. It tells the story you're trying to tell in such a mesmerizing way that it's easy to get lost in the world you're fabricating. I can't imagine how much time it takes for you to do whatever rotoscoping or keying and key framing to put this together but holy crap you have a gift. The video animation is pretty much imperceptible and I can only commend you on your excellent skill and abilities for putting these together.

[JelloApocalypse]

The info in your videos is great as usual, but I always find myself mesmerized by your editing. It's just SO smooth and SO cleaver that it all flows together like butter and you can't help but get a little lost in the bones of the video itself. Top notch work.

[tangentyes]

A KaptainKristian video is almost like a Frank Ocean album. You gotta wait, but when you get it, damn. This video is a 10.

[KeshArt]

As an artist who draws cartoon, I gotta say, you have broken down some the core principles of cartooning and animation AND explained it really well. Takes a good eye to break this down and understand it

[Ben_RmZ]

I wonder how many people actually appreciate, (or even realize), the time put in to mask out all those characters and put this whole thing together....
This is not an easy project to undertake but I am very glad you did.

[lindsaymccutcheon]

Welcome back Kap! Top quality video as always.

[gjDNT]

The wait felt like thousands of





[Edit] It was worth it tho.

[JSevion]

Is it weird to want to tear up at the sheer production quality of a YouTube video? Extremely stellar work, man. Absolute perfection.

[WindRises]

I've found your channel a few weeks ago, this video is unlike anything I've seen on YouTube. I feel like I've found a well made documentary that's been pirated onto YouTube. Incredible work, can't believe this was free!

[MemeInsider]

>kaptainkristian has joined the server.

[izzysilv]

Once in a while, you find a gem on this platform. This is one those videos that will be forever remembered as one the greatest.

[mattvoiceman]

This is probably the most polished, accurate, well edited video on YouTube. Thank you.

[GermaphobeMusic]

I thought you pulled an Every Frame a Painting.