Introduction

Hey everyone, My name is John Q. I am a student at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), who is an Arts and Technology (ATEC) major , concentrating in 3d animation .

I have a background in traditional arts and now making most of my artwork digitally. With this blog I plan on introducing some basic principles that can bring an animation to life.

Here are some examples of animation in action:

John Lasseter © 1986

Disney © 1999

The 3d pencil test is a good example. The animator uses the stretch and squash principle well. As for the 2d pencil test theres good follow through with the animation.

I will elaborate more on stretch and squash and follow through on my future updates.

If you have questions or suggestions you can always leave a message or comment.