12 Principles

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Squash and Stretch

This is squash and stretch in which coyote is smashed by a boulder

Anticipation

This shows anticipation when Tom is running to catch the pool ball.

Staging

Staging is used a lot in The Pink Panther, using simple backgrounds to draw attention to the characters.

Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose

Straight ahead is when you start from a point and continue to animate frames from there, where pose to pose is starting at the beginning and end, and places in the middle and working in from there.

Follow Through and Overlapping

The characters follow the laws of physics and gravity.

Slow in and Slow out

Slow in and slow out when Jerry and the duck start running.

Arcs

Both the fish and the penguin move in arcs instead of linear movements.

Secondary Action

Secondary action, Tom’s tail reacts to him running.

Timing

Shows timing to set emotion and speed.

Exaggeration

In this they exaggerated how fast Tom was going.

Solid drawing

Takes weight and volume into account as a 3d space instead of just a 2d space.

Appeal

Appealing to an audience with simple characters and no set plot or story.

Principles

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Balance

This is a good example of symmetrical balance because the railway is the same on each side.

 

Proportion

This is an example of proportion by displaying a different scale.

 

Repetition

This is an example of alternating patterns in repetition.

 

Emphasis

This is emphasis because the flower stands out from the dark background.

 

Unity

 

 

This represents unity with close colors and blending in.

 

Contrast

This is the most common contrast art, just simply white and black.

Direction

This is an example of direction of the stairs heading in an upwards direction to a point.

 

Economy

 

 

Economy also means the simplicity of art such as this simple drawing.

 

 

Elements

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Color

Color, a specific color or hue.

 

Line

This  is an art piece example of lines.

 

Mass

Volume, or solid objects, like these shapes in the image.

 

Motion

Art that represents movement or motion without actually moving.

 

Space

Size that is determined by other objects in the image, like how this ship shows the size of the character and the landscape in the background.

Texture

The surface of an object that you can see.

 

Typography

Visual communication, such as fonts.

 

Value

Lightness or darkness, or a grayscale image.