Bad Examples - The 12 Principles of Animation

Introduction

To further demonstrate my understanding of the twelve principles of animation, I have searched for a bad example of each. I have looked at animations that do not use, or poorly executes the twelve principles of animation. When watching bad animation it was clear when a principal was not being used, or was being used incorrectly, often a single animation would poorly use many of the principles, or not abide by any.

Squash and Stretch

This amateur ball animation is a perfect example of a poorly executed squash and stretch, in this short three second clip the ball can clearly be seen distorting in the wrong point. Because the size and proportions of the ball change from frame to frame, the ball seams to shrink and grow in size. In this animation the squash and stretch does not simulate the contact point of the balls bounce, but instead highlights the disproportions of the balls size and shape.