The Most Important Drawing In Your Animation

Summary by Krater

An animation tutorial demonstrating how to plan and time keyframes, breakdowns, and in-betweens for dynamic character motion, using examples in Animation Paper.

From the video

Answers: How do you animate dynamic character movements using keyframes, breakdowns, and in-betweens?

• animation keyframes and extremes
• animation breakdowns and body mechanics
• anticipation and energy distribution in animation
• onion skinning and flipping in 2D animation
• animation arcs and spacing

What it concludes

• Keys represent the overall action, while breakdowns solve body mechanics and the journey between keys.
• Placing an intermediate pose directly between keys can create a robotic transfer of energy.
• Using two breakdown poses helps handle wild movements and complex changes in body parts.
• Flipping drawings and using arcs improves motion liveliness compared to relying on onion skin.