12 Principles of Animation in Maya

The 12 principles of animation are the tools animators need to master in order to create great animations.

Have you ever imagined incredible scenes of animated characters, but you struggle to get your animation to match what you see in your mind? In this course, 12 Principles of Animation in Maya, you'll learn how to improve the quality of your animation. First, you'll explore the foundation principles to understand how to design movements that have acceleration, deceleration, and believable trajectories. Next, you'll discover intermediate animation principles that focus on performance and body mechanics. Finally, you'll dive into advanced animation principles that focus on presentation, communication, and design. When you've completed this course, you'll not only have a more thorough understanding of the 12 principles of animation, but also how to apply them as solutions to problems you encounter in your own work. Software required: Maya.

• Course Overview 1min
• Basic Principles: Timing, Spacing, and Arcs 25mins
• Inertia, Flexibility, and Articulation 47mins
• Performance Principles Part 1: Anticipation, Pose to Pose, Straight Ahead 77mins
• Performance Principles: Part 2: Secondary Action and Exaggeration 36mins
• Principles for Design: Staging, Appeal, and Solid Drawing 24mins