Animation is a unique medium, it not only allows you as an artist to breathe life and feeling into a character, but it enables you as an artist to do anything no matter how crazy the idea.

An animated character can break every bone in their body and be completely fine, they can run across the map in two seconds flat, they can fly without wings, they can even eat a sandwich the size of their body and immediately snap back into shape. Typically we refer to this crazy out-of-this-world animation as “cartoony” style animation, but how do you create it?

The hardest thing to tackle when it comes to creating something so out of this world is you have lost a realistic reference point, instead, you are introducing your audience to new ideas on the spot. So

how can you help them follow the action and yet create an entertaining piece of storytelling?

AnimSchool instructor Justin Weg gives us a sneak preview of some key tips to animate in a “cartoony” style.

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