The Disney 12 principles of animation can be considered as a basis for all animation. These rules of animation may have been discovered decades ago, but they remain just as relevant today for ...

How do animators breathe life onto a blank canvas? How do they get us to laugh at Pascal, sympathize with Carl, and feel the longing of Ariel wanting to be part of your world? How do they make us ...

And now for a delightful reminder about the pure, unadulterated magic of moving line drawings. This little bouncer above is demonstrating the ol’ “Squash & Stretch,” one of the 12 basic principles of ...

Animation legend Genndy Tartakovsky sits down with Nic Guastella to discuss his groundbreaking series Primal, the art of squash & stretch, and the current state of animation. From storytelling to ...

To paraphrase Patrick Henry, Give me squash and stretch or give me death. As an outsider to the CG animation production process, I’m struck by how inefficient industry-standard software seems to be in ...

How do animators breathe life onto a blank canvas? How do they get us to laugh at Pascal, sympathize with Carl, and feel the longing of Ariel wanting to be part of your world? How do they make us ...