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This video illustrates them beautifully!<\/h2>\n<p>The early animators at Walt Disney Studios (during the 1930&#8217;s) developed a list of <strong>12 basic animation principles<\/strong> to give their project&#8217;s character and personality.<\/p>\n<p>Professional motion designer\u00a0<strong><a title=\"cento lodigiani\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centolodigiani.com\/\" rel=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Cento Lodigiani<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0took these 12 principles and demonstrated them using basic shape animations. The resulting video is executed with a charming simplicity. Cento used shape layers in <strong>After Effects<\/strong> to create the animation. 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