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Cartoon Animation

A working guide to the principles of cartoon animation, written for design-entrance candidates who need to convey movement and weight in their drawing-section answers. Goes beyond a Disney-12-principles recap and shows how to apply each principle to a static sketch under exam time pressure.

The drawing sections in NID DAT and UCeed Part B reward candidates who can suggest motion in a single frame; this guide is built to make that second nature.

Cartoon Animation

What's inside

A look at what you'll get

  • The twelve principles, each with a "how to fake it in a single sketch" note
  • Squash and stretch on simple forms: ball, character, cloth
  • Timing and spacing: showing speed without drawing a sequence
  • Anticipation, follow-through and arcs for natural-looking motion
  • Weight: how to draw something that looks heavy vs light