From the course: Applying the Foundations of Animation
Unlock the full course today
Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.
Exaggeration and plussing
From the course: Applying the Foundations of Animation
Exaggeration and plussing
- [Instructor] One thing to remember is that you can always improve things. It used to be called plussing. It's just going that one extra step. Some of the changes that you can make are simple and some are a little less simple. So let's look at a simple one that we can make. One of the things that struck me on that overshoot was it was a little mushy, but it could use a bit of punch-up. So I thought, well, the simplest punch-up I can do is just here, you see it in red, it's just to let go a little further than what we had and this is the result. Even something as modest as that has already begun to make a change. Let's look at some of the feet stuff. This is a point where I thought, well, let's see if we can do something with that foot, maybe like this, because if you look at this original foot, I was being a bit lazy. So, I just took that symbol and moved it up and down. But wouldn't it be nice if you could just…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.
Contents
-
-
-
-
(Locked)
Pose to pose the primary keys4m 8s
-
(Locked)
Timing and spacing2m 27s
-
(Locked)
Anticipation, overshoot, and settle2m 2s
-
(Locked)
Plot arcs4m 4s
-
Squash and stretch3m 31s
-
(Locked)
Silhouette, line of action, and reversal3m 11s
-
(Locked)
Opposing actions and counterpose4m 19s
-
(Locked)
Leading action and breaking joints2m 51s
-
(Locked)
Breaking down the action2m 14s
-
(Locked)
Secondary, overlap, and straight ahead3m 38s
-
(Locked)
Exaggeration and plussing3m 41s
-
(Locked)
Planning the scene3m 21s
-
(Locked)
-