"Animation is all in the timing and in the spacing" - these are the words of well-known animator and director Grim Natwick. Yeah, that means that timing and spacing are the most important things in animation. That's why I've decided to dedicate my very first class on traditional animation to these things. This class is for beginners who want to start to learn animation but don't know where to start. In this class we'll cover these topics:

1) Timing and spacing

In this part we'll talk about what these things are and why they exist

2) Working methods

In this part you'll know how to actually animate. You will learn what the basic methods of animating are and which and what each of these methods are for.

3) Timing charts

In this part we'll talk a little bit about one technique that makes an animator's life easier.

At last I'll show you how to apply those principles in practice. I am going to animate a bouncing ball with two different methods.

Kirill Zaytsev

Animator, content-creator

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