~51 Animation Exercises~

Taken from here!

1. Ball Bouncing in place, no decay (loop)

2. Ball Bouncing across the screen

3. Brick falling from a shelf onto the ground

4. Simple Character Head Turn

5. Character Head Turn with Anticipation

6. Character Blinking

7. Character Thinking

8. Flour Sack Waving (loop)

9. Flour Sack Jumping

10. Flour Sack Falling

11. Flour Sack Kicking a Ball

12.Change in Character emotion (happy to sad, sad to angry, etc.)

13.Character jumping over a gap

14. Character Standing up from a chair

15. Walk Cycle

16. Character on a pogo stick (loop)

17. Laughing

18. Sneezing

19. Reaching for an object on a shelf overhead

20. Quick Motion Blur

21. Taking a deep breath

22. A tree falling

23. Character being hit by a ball

24. Run Cycle

25. Close up of open hand closing into a fist

26. Closeup of a hand picking up something small:

27. Character picking up something heavy:

28. Overlapping action

29. A character painting

30. Character hammering  a nail

31. Stirring a soup pot and tasting from a spoon

32. Character blowing up a balloon

33. Character juggling

34. Scared character peering around a corner

35. Starting to say something but unsure of how

36. Zipping up a jacket

37. Licking and sealing an envelope

38. standing up from the ground

39. Pressing an elevator button, waiting for the elevator

40. Character eating a cupcake

41. Object falling into a body of water

42. Two characters playing Tug-of-War

43. Character dealing out a deck of cards

44. The full process of brushing one’s teeth

45. A piece of paper dropping thru the air

46. Running across the screen with a change in direction

47. sleeping character startled by an alarm, then returning to a sleepy state

48. Opening a cupboard and removing something inside

49. Putting on a pair of pants

50. Opening “The World’s Best Gift” and reacting

51. Any of the previous exercises using a very heavy character/object next to a very light character/object. Enhanced masses really makes a difference!