1. Squash & Stretch - 12 Principles of Animation

This is my video series highlighting each of the 12 Principles of Animation as described by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their book "The Illusion of Life".

[Jayzelnut]

My teacher used these videos in my animation class

[MrKiraBR]

I'm an indie game developer and am animating a human right now. That helped a bunch! Thank you!

[professorparks]

This is probably the best contemporary explanation of the 12 principles I've come across. Short, clear, and entertaining. I'm flipping my intro to animation class and this is what I assign students to watch. They come to class ready to animate! Thanks for making my job easier!

[MizzFujin]

really appreciate these, thank you. I've been an animator for 4 years and ive struggled getting to grips with these principles, you've made them easier to understand and also shown the common errors that people tend to fall into.

[GusineroGusi]

Hi Alan! Very nice video, im from Spain and im a fan of you work since Animator vs Animation 1. pelase continúe with your good Job :)

[timobricko]

Great series here! using all these principles really helps adding realism and fluidness to any animation!

[o]

Absolutely love this technique. It makes the animation so satisfying.

[sameerabdulqader]

When I first saw this playlist I thought, 'Oh gosh, another list of things to memorize before trying this out.' Unlike EVERYTHING I simply wanted to try, I did not have to go through a complicated list of things I needed to know to perfect it. You make these pretty fun to watch, and they were so interesting I went through all of them in one day. You explained all the necessary details in a no-nonsense way, some I have never experienced. You do pretty good at presentations and REALLY good at animations. I always wanted to try animating but am still yet to have the necessary tools to do it. I saw your 10-year Animator Versus Animation video, and you have amazing story.

I first created my channel on August 20th, 2016, but have been using YouTube for some years. Now that I have a Google account, I can finally do all the things a regular community user can do and not simply watch videos. I can finally speak my mind through comments and say the things I wished to say for a long time. I'm mostly here to do that, but I am planning on putting a video together where I take a picture of myself every day and put them all together one by one. Though I'm not much of a video person, do expect to see my comments pop up in a lot of my favorite places here. I'm still pretty invisible as of August 26th, 2016 due to low activity, but you can always click on one of my comment icons to go to my channel. See you!

[johndeggendorf]

If anyone one wants a crash course in the essentials of animation, this is the place. Excellent.

[wenyiguo]

every single animation teacher I've ever had in every level of education starts the class by showing us your video, that's how good they are.

[Shelbimouche]

Thank you for making these videos! I have heard many people tell me to look up the 12 principals of animation to help me become a better animator. All 12 videos explained the principles very well! Thanks again!

[TheSimpleGameDeveloper]

Really nice videos, Im a game designer and honestly I always struggle with animating characters, mostly 3D but with this tutorials Im starting to feel less scared of animation.

Thanks mate.

[dominiccq]

BIG thanks for making this! The way you explained this rules, was really simple, informative, convincing, funny and of course very well animated. Thanks again!

[grasshper]

[:3] My cat just watched 3 of these videos in a row!!

She's 1 year old and this is the SECOND time she has ever watched anything!!!
The first time was when she watched the entire opening scene of La La Land.

Further, I'm 90% certain she learned about the concept of frames from watching this series. Whoah.

Phenomenal to watch her learn from it too.

Oh, plus I really really loved it,
fantastic teaching + presentation.
AAA+

Will prob watch them all 5 more times.
YouTube at its best.

~ p e a c e ~
~ keep up the great work & heart! ~

[kantovirtualstudio]

This guy is awesome at making concise nuggets of really helpful and interesting lessons and uses great examples. This is inspiring me to try harder.

[MetaNight]

I have a digital animation class and my teacher would show us these videos so we could have a better understanding of how the principles work, and I love watching them :)

[katethecrafter]

Thanks so much! I've known the basics since before I even started, but It's so helpful when it's broken down like this. Maybe now I can improve my animations and eventually work my way to a professional level.

[gingerfloofy]

I needed this guide for our finals project in one of our major classes in animation. THANKS~ ; v ;

[Skimknight]

This is probably one of the most efficient and entertaining tutorials, i love this.

[winstondjcastle]

I really love all your tutorials, I'm starting with animation, so there are some concepts involved in it that I was missunderstanding!, so I really appreciated to find your tutorials!, thanks dude