4. Straight Ahead & Pose to Pose - 12 Principles of Animation

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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".
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[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

This is like a free college education for animators. You are a great teacher.

[@ranbeersinghchauhan3683]

Welcome to The Becker's College!

[@daanvandongen1422]

My teacher made me watch these in college

[@kaungsattthar7693]

@Daan van Dongen Really?

[@alanaflynn8878]

Literally watched these videos in class two or three times in one semester because different teachers played them for their classes lol

[@mariadanielalavia8877]

I'm watching these in my college class right now lol

[@DigitalSalt]

Alan, this entire series is not only very enlightening and educational but actually really enjoyable to watch. They are very well made all around so thank you for the time and effort you put into them!

[@andreafishman7835]

Digital Salt YOU ARE SO RIGJT AND I AGREE WITH YOU

[@Tekli_paket]

hey hi, from which program do you make animations?

[@theenergeticturtle9489]

I am seriously glad I found this I always use frame to frame and it ends up licking ass but with pose to pose it looks like you actually have a idea of how long each action is

[@giannajakosalem395]

The Energetic Turtle ya man I’m tired of using the method I use for animating

[@sun-zw7vn]

U rite

[@DK-fd3fi]

“Licking ass” 😂😂😂

[@Dianimations_]

i have the stupidest smile on my face watching these lessons, like i already know everything i need to know about those principles, but the way he explained them isannoyingly beautiful ! am so happy watching this ! it's so perfect !

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

Pose to pose saved me a lot of fucking time when animating, back then I eventually run out of motivation when animating straight ahead as it feels like it will never end, but with pose to pose I felt like there's an end and therefore giving me hope that I could finish it on time PS: pose to pose will most definitely never work in stop motion, you're better off doing straight ahead

[@Jaitiso]

Wow, I never realized how indepth these tutorials where, I just skipped through and missed the 12 principles. Then I got bored, and decided to watch one, this has really helped me animate :D thanks bro. GL with future projects

[@CrypticNova39JaydenParker]

The series is incredible with all extremely good examples, thank you!

[@navypinkdesign]

These are really excellent video essays. Such clarity 👌🏽

[@scorp1578]

This is truly the best animator lessons all around the web! Thank you so much for providing this to the community for free! You're awesome! (y)

[@AkumaNoRobin]

You have no idea of how thankful I am that you made explanation videos for the 12 principles!! Thank you very much!

[@theresaworden8130]

i feel like such a smarter animator after ive seen the first four parts i cant wait to see the rest.

[@josh11735]

Very helpful tutorial! Thanks for the info Alan! :D

[@thecmonster93]

I'm taking 3D animation and these videos will come in very handy for me. You're very clear and concise. Thank you so much for posting!

[@toonybrain]

Your animations are so simple, but move so well. Fine job.

[@WyattCroucher]

Great explanation! Been trying to find a good breakdown for this principle for a while, never understood it until this video. Super helpful.

[@danceISmyCALLING]

Bless your soul for making these so coherent. I'm teaching a little kid the principles of animation, and these really help her grasp the ideas.

[@absolute.aep7]

don't go to a simple guide to make your animations smoother, go to an alan becker's tutorials to make them smooth.

[@DrawCuriosity]

This is brilliant and very helpful. Thanks for explaining!

[@dakellymon]

Loving this stuff. It's like you're reading my mind.

[@babsarts8282]

i tend to use a hybrid of both methods of animating, and i really like that because you can do the main poses first, and then go back later and fill in the inbetween poses.

[@1sonicthe]

YOU AWEASOME ALAN!!! I love this series!

[@Sp4d313]

This is very, helpful thanks for having this available!

[@vernkessinger3007]

THANK YOU THIS PLAYLIST SAVED ME

[@BlondoWoman]

Thank you for the video, very helpful in understanding what Straight Ahead means :)

[@abridgedversion3952]

This series is fantastic. Thanks!

[@Mostacherino]

Best videos about animation principles i have ever seen. Good job

[@ksalarang]

I'm stunned by such quality, brevity and beauty

[@kaycgrocks]

Im starting my animation subject tomorrow and watching these as preparation, I'm loving them so much!

[@konraddobson]

These videos are great. Thanks so much!

[@kamilziemian995]

Thank you for that great series.

[@silkiirose]

These tips are actually really helpful!

[@slicknick4444]

Great job alan, love your vids and am subbed to three of your channels, YIU are amazing with animation and I love to see what you can do

[@cantrememberwhatimdoin]

Im so glad that pose to pose is a thing. Imagine how hard it would be if you had to do it all in straight ahead

[@euphony93]

Such an insightful video!

[@fatimaal-qahtani7106]

you're the best teacher ever. this is so helpful. thank you so much.

[@dontlookatmychannel4193]

Hey, this is a really good video that i found very helpfull. THANKS!

[@thalessousa9380]

Really helpful, thank you very much!

[@morphious86.]

I like the fact that he combined the animations at the end.

[@lm193]

Thank you SO much for putting this together. You explained it so much better than my textbook.

[@TheBlazerGurl]

My animation lecturer decides this to be the video we revise on for our assignment and I could never have been happier to learn from you

[@rexel666]

Great videos. Keep 'em comin'!

[@victorchigozie9121]

2018 and i still find it very educational. Thank you for this

[@AnimatedTdot]

These quick tips are great,thx!!

[@MultiBryce101]

You are the best thing I have found on KZbin

[@cosmicroar1277]

This one is a bit more difficult to grasp than the others, but I'm glad i'm learning some valuable information

[@void8808]

best video to watch about animation thank you dude :) i learnd alot from your videos :D

[@ericpasquelot5451]

Man these videos are so great ! Tx !!!

[@MultiBryce101]

These tutorials are made so we'll keep it up please!!! Amazing

[@meryvdem6772]

super nice explanation!

[@BluXi]

I love your Turorials !

[@vscapetv2937]

Hey man. Thanks for these animation tutorials.

[@MegaCharlie]

Thank you for these!!

[@Dovahkiin02-nx5xi]

Thanks a lot Alan Becker, now I get to catch up on practicing my Animation skills

[@anonimosemasanimacoes1016]

Obrigado(a) por ter traduzido, me ajudou!

[@SpotlightNewMedia]

Great series of tutorials...

[@portafella6632]

wow this makes alot more scene

[@ljgv2]

Super very well the explanation.

[@adrianadrillano2474]

i love all your videos

[@AWPWN1]

Very helpful once again!

[@Eskchat1]

Very helpful tutorial!

[@BOUBAKR1]

انت هنا

[@vanessamenezes4895]

OMG this is perfection

[@layzrabbit]

wow so much of gyan to digest. you are awesome !!!

[@obesefrogman]

2:45 It looks like the guy who is jumping caused the water splash

[@NormalGuy-on7js]

"There are no accidents"

[@aggeblue8136]

Just subscribed your videos are amazing!

[@Dragunnitum]

THIS IS PERFECT!

[@KrzysztofKotarba]

I always do key poses first, extremes, then if I need I put some inbetweens (or breakdowns) and when fun part ends... struggle starts for real ;]

[@miahansen8942]

You are fantastic, thank you so much

[@carandachevaisman4776]

Thank you for great gift!!!

[@herpderp4776]

Nice Alan!

[@song1960]

I really enjoy these tutorials

[@Noobbutnoob]

This video is so useful

[@lucasvarela9088]

thanks a lot! this was reeeeeeeeally useful :)

[@tegamblero]

these videos are dope

[@superinvinciblebrothers9137]

1:17 That looked cool!

[@monkeychief1904]

These are so helpful

[@xxXMonsterfighterXxx]

*Watching this video fills you with determination...

[@TheMarivasc]

Thanks you so much D: i was doing my fist animation on straight ahead and it was killing me lol

[@lemoss9564]

Nice video, bro

[@IdentityEvolution]

these tips are very helpful

[@navyam660]

Thank you so much for this 😭

[@marcelloascani]

really good

[@comecsans]

Great guide thanks alot!

[@diegorojaslaluz962]

So interestiing!!! :)

[@MaxiIel]

Most useful thing to know about animation for beginners.

[@ChadTothEbonEproductions]

yea good job on these

[@shadowbunny7892]

I could watch these all day.

[@goldenretriever6440]

The way my software Moho works is its kind of a combination of straight ahead and pose to pose Basically it's telling the software where you want a character or object to be at what time the computer basically does the rest But when I do a walking animation I typically do it step by step for optimum control

[@mattcb9864]

that was so useful thanks

[@annilincastanero6462]

I love this vid it helps me to much

[@johnnyho5833]

Nice!

[@JonakSwinn]

you are a wizard thanks a ton man!!!!

[@kingpen]

There was a phrase we learned in 2d Animation, "Not everything, all at once." Meaning do the primary action, then the secondary, tertiary, etc. Like this animation I'm working on has a woman dancing, since she's standing in one spot, I'm animating her trunk first, then I'll animate the legs, arms, hair, and so on.

[@AlexisRivera3D]

Thank you!

[@snakefate9888]

SO for pose to pose do I do the perfecting in a different layer

[@CrashKandicoot]

this helped so much

[@mikailahfeinamn4963]

I want to to get into animation, and am unsure what I need. Any recommendations?

[@wickgirl12345]

I have a question, how much space should you leave when doing pose to pose?

[@moularaoul643]

Thank you!!!

[@HippyDipps]

ahh thank you this helps a lot even 1:37 will help me when doing sonic's quills

[@HenryAnimationz]

amazing