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Published: 2008-10-04 14:44:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 18248; Favourites: 1503; Downloads: 353
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My entry for [link]This is the first and most important principle of the classic animation. All 12 principles were invented by the leading Disney animators from the 1930s in their efforts to produce more realistic movements.
The purpose of "squash and stretch" is to convey a sense of weight and flexibility. It can be applied to simple objects, like a bouncing ball, or more complex constructions, like the musculature of a human face. In realistic animation, however, the most important aspect of this principle is the fact that an object's volume does not change when squashed or stretched.
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Frame count -- 146
Color count -- 25
Time -- 15 x Monsters Inc. OST
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No problem. Glad you like it anyway.
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Ahh the squash and stretch.
First thing I ever learned in Animation.
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hahaha i like how he's wearing the mickey hat. squash and stretch was the first thing i learned in my animation course~wot would we do without it?
this is brilliant and totally cute! congrats on the dd!
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Thank you! I guess it's not a real 2D if it doesn't squash & stretch...
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lol I love this. Every animation book I read must mention it xD
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Soo cute... I like it 
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I'd be glad if it helps any.
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honestly, it's good, but imo not good enough to be a dd. there should be some bounce-up effect after the last bounce, due to the sense of elasticity and flexibility you get from watching it.
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I guess you're right about the bounce-up effect. I was actually willing to revision it later on but I wasn't sure if I was allowed to alter my entry, once it was submitted to the contest...
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Haven't read the whole book yet, but it's on my night-table and I'm slowly progressing through it...
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Ha, now there's a great book!
And this is a great emoticon.
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Thank you!
And +1 about "The Illusion of Life"!
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so many people forget or don't know that rule. Brilliant : D
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Well, a couple of years ago almost everybody was convinced that the 2d-animation was over, so no wonder that most people don't use it anymore...
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eh they better bring it back. 2d is so much rewarding since it's much harder to do.
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wow it's so freakin smooth @_@
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no prob at all!
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Cute and funny... but it's the little things, like straightening the Mickey Mouse hat at the end, that set it apart. Well done!
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Thank you kindly! I'm glad that people notice these tiny details, because they've always been very important to me.
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Haha this is so cute!! Love the hat!!
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Haha nice! 
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It's very cute! But is it supposed to stretch on the way down? I thought most of the stretching occurred after it'd squashed and then was coming back up.
Then again, I've never animated anything in my life so... I should probably shut up now!
Congratulations on the DD!
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No, it's OK. Actually, you're right to a certain extent - if one pursues more natural movement, the second stretch, right before the contact with the ground, could be ignored. Adding it though, makes the bounce more exaggerated and more cartoonier. It all depends on what type of animation you're leaning to.
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Very, very cute!
What program did you make it on?
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Glad you like it. I made all the parts in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and the assembled them in ImageReady.
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Is imageReady a program , or a website??
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A program. I think it comes along with Photoshop but I'm not entirely sure.
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