The Principles Of Animation

Exaggeration

Exaggeration in stop motion is when you exaggerate the actions, facial expressions, and moods of a character thing. You create dramatic expressions and scenes in your animation.

Solid Drawing

Solid drawing is creating 2-D cartoon animation into 3-D animation by adding value and shading to create a 3-D elusion.


Appeal
You animation has to look appealing and unique to attract viewers and have visual personality of its own.
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Timing

Timing is having a smooth nice action or effect, to create something great with patience and the right timing.