SQUASH AND STRETCH — ARTICLE REPONSE

                   


                                                              — Article Response —


                  The twelve principles of animation are most certainly the basis for every
                  aspiring animator, and keeping the most important one— squash and 
                  stretch in mind, is a lifeline to animating. The article written by Chris Hurrt
                  on the importance of squash and stretch illustrate how essential it is to
                  demonstrate a characters personality, and maintain smooth, flexibility. 
                  
                  Hurrt begins by speaking of the imperative to displaying elasticity and life flow 
                  into animations. To give a 'fleshiness' and 'flexibility' to characters and objects
                  in order to further highlight motion and the laws of gravity. Hurrt also warns the 
                  readers to maintain volume, and not change the proportions of the object. The
                  author explains how squash and stretch not only help with flexibility, but also
                  personality within characters. A perfect example Hurrt uses, is the Disney Flour 
                  Sack character sheet. Multiple images show the flour sack displaying emotions
                  based on the squash and stretch of the character, making it come to life and
                  show much more emotion and quality character traits. These simple steps are
                  necessity to show squash and stretch, a basic principle of animation.

                  Disney's Twelve Principles of Animation are a staple guide to any animator, one 
                  of the most important qualities being 'squash and stretch' as Chris Hurrt showed 
                  in his article: Squash and Stretch, the basic principles of animation. He explains 
                  how maintaining volume, showing emotion, and displaying flexibility are all 
                  crucial factors when animating objects and characters.

                  My own views on Squash and Stretch follow the same; absolutely crucial to
                  any animator, aspiring or professional. Following these laws will make your 
                  character much more vibrant, and I agree whole heatedly with Chris Hurrt.
                  I learned a little more about the physics and follow through that should go 
                  along with squash and stretch, which was interesting to explore! Making sure
                  to align any turns, twists, and extra motions with the squash is important; and 
                  a factor I have missed in the past. It was nice to see in writing how I made my
                  mistakes in past animation, and grew from them.

                  I did not have any disagreements with Chris Hurrt, I believe he was correct and
                  factual when bringing about the topic, and all around had an absolutely perfect
                  claim about the importance of squash and stretch, and things to keep in mind
                  while animating. Keeping things professional with your style may be rough, but
                  the twelve principles of animation are there as a guideline to help grow your 
                  own style in my personal opinion.