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Principle 5: Follow through

Principle 5: Follow through

From the course: 12 Principles of Animation for CG Animators

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Principle 5: Follow through

- [Teacher] The principle of follow-through in overlapping action is all about the extra movements that happen because of the main movement. For example, let's check out this woman who's jumping up in the air with her hair bouncing all over the place. This is a really classic example of follow-through. Let me show you right about here. If we zoom and we draw a line right about where her hair is every few frames, you'll see what I'm talking about. All right, now we have a few lines, and we can kinda study what's going on here. You'll see her hair wave down as she goes right up, and then when she hits the apex of her jump, her hair starts to go above her head. It looks a little bit like a wave. This is a very classic example of follow-through and overlapping action. Another good example of follow-through is a car as it stops. Now if you're paying attention, you'll see the wheels lock up 'cause he's trying to grip the ground. And you'll see the car is really tilted forward. Watch what…

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