Appeal – The Last Principle | Principles Of Animation

APPEAL – In this topic, we will now discuss and learn the last principle of the 12 principles of animation, appeal.

The 12 principles were introduced by Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, both of which are Disney animators who wrote this in their book called The Illusion of Life: Disney.

The point of this last principle is to make the character stand out or as the name says, appealing.

According to AnimationMentor, this suggest the use of stylized art form or in general, make the character more presentable.

This also suggests distorting your characters but still keep the proportions you leaned in your anatomy class.

While the other eleven principles are used to make the animation more believable. This one, on the other hand, adds style or flair to the animation or the character.

For example, if you want to make a large brute, try making the head smaller and the torso bigger or if its a small elf, the head should be larger, the ears are pointy and the body a wee bit tiny.

Here is a simplified video of the last principle, again by Alan Becker, the creator of the famous “Animator vs Animation” series.