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1. Ah Fai was a chief animator for McDull’s animated features. He’s super cool. Ultimate senpai. 

2. Previous post on breakdowns right here 

Some thoughts on acceleration and force

I presented this in the order of how I slowly understood the trick of delivering force - first an abstract concept of impact taught by Ah Fai, then a more complicated discovery on the acceleration pattern, last back to a more abstract concept of breakdowns. 

Like I’ve previously stressed, 2D animation is everything but one single approach. There’s no one rule that rules them all, but interchangeable ideas with math, or physics, or music, etc. There’s no “perfect” animation either, but what is perceived as organic and dynamic. E.g., using the Fibonacci numbers to animate didn’t bring me a perfect animation! On the other hand, a tiny change in the pattern could already make the feeling of force so much more powerful. 

Favourite animators: You Yoshinari (吉成曜)

Learn/watch more:

Introduction to You Yoshinari’s style

You Yoshinari’s amazing artwork

Sakuga: The Animation of Anime pt.11 -  You Yoshinari: Gainax & Trigger Superstar

Some of the scenes animated by You Yoshinari: part 1, part 2, part 3

List of anime he’s worked on + sakuga wiki

Don’t forget to click the gifs for the titles and additional notes!