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Principles of traditional animation applied to 3D computer animation

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SIGGRAPH '87: Proceedings of the 14th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques

Pages 35 - 44

https://doi.org/10.1145/37401.37407

Published: 01 August 1987 Publication History

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This paper describes the basic principles of traditional 2D hand drawn animation and their application to 3D computer animation. After describing how these principles evolved, the individual principles are detailed, addressing their meanings in 2D hand drawn animation and their application to 3D computer animation. This should demonstrate the importance of these principles to quality 3D computer animation.

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SIGGRAPH '87: Proceedings of the 14th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques

August 1987

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ISBN:0897912276

DOI:10.1145/37401

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