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Can you identify each animation principle?

The 12 principles of animation make a lot of intuitive sense on their own, but they can be hard to remember and apply. Can you match each principle of animation with its definition?

Animator using stop motion

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Moving objects speed up and slow down naturally

Slow in & Out
Solid Drawing
Squash & Stretch

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Using parabolas and curves to make things move in a natural way

Timing
Staging
Arcs

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Using knowledge of weight & proportions to make objects look like they exist in real space

Solid Drawing
Secondary Action
Exaggeration

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Over-emphasizing movement to make it bigger, more expressive, and more fun

Slow in & Out
Exaggeration
Anticipation

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Having characters preparing for or setting up an action that's about to happen

Squash & Stretch
Anticipation
Solid Drawing

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Using composition and movement to direct the audience's eye to part of a scene

Staging
Arcs
Timing

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Two animation styles that produce either more controlled or more dynamic animation

Ahead Action
& Pose to Pose
Follow Through &
Overlapping Action
Slow in
& Out

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Using physics to animate different parts of the same object more realistically

Squash
& Stretch
Ahead Action
& Pose to Pose
Follow Through &
Overlapping Action

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Condensing or expanding certain parts of an animation for more lively movement

Secondary Action
Squash & Stretch
Solid Drawing

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Using the correct number of frames to make a movement happen at the right speed

Staging
Anticipation
Timing

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Designing characters that are easy to look at and expressive

Staging
Arcs
Appeal

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Action that results from another action, like a ball bouncing after it's been dropped

Squash & Stretch
Secondary Action
Slow in & Out

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