Squash and stretch important ways to make things happen in animation

Animation is fun! It combines the skill and creativity of drawing with the movement and excitement of film.  Many of my students start out  in drawing classes and quickly go into cartooning and then animation! 
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Once you create a character design you can play around with the way that character moves
The principles of Animation help with this:
https://youtu.be/uDqjIdI4bF4
Squash and Stretch
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​                               HAND DRAWN ANIMATION
                                       Student examples
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q7GocB55Dswww.youtube.com/watch?v=4q7GocB55Ds   FLIP A CLIP INTRO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy53BaPzOh8