Forum #3: Animate!

 

Anticipation: I think each frame tackles anticipation in its own way. When you're walking, you anticipate specifically with setting down your foot firmly, while picking up your other. Well, that's also what happens with my character model, being Tom Nook.

Exaggeration: As pointed out by the Professor, when we walk, our body goes up and down just a bit because of our legs bending and straightening out. So it would only make sense for the body to do the same, although being that this is a cartoon in a way, it would make more sense for the body to bob up and down, in a more cartoonish and "exaggerated" way.

Solid Drawing: With the animation, it's important to establish Tom Nook not only as a character but as an accurate representation of whatever he stands for. And in this case, it is important that his body moves in proportion to his limbs and head. And although this isn't specifically represented, I must know how a spine works, how anatomy looks, and how that can be shown in the art without explicitly drawing it.

Secondary Action: This sort of bleeds into exaggeration a bit. The main action is Tom Nook's limbs moving back and forth to symbol motion. But the secondary action would be Nook's body moving up and down as well.

Arc: With Tom Nook's model, his limbs follow a kind of arc. The action of lifting his foot up and stepping back down is in itself an arc. Using the knowledge of arcs and the book, I can view other animations and take inspiration from that as well to clean up any unnatural bends that a normal body would not make.