The Driving Force Within
Force is the current that makes drawings breathe
Force is everything. Not just in physics, but in drawing, animation, storytelling. Force is the current under the surface—the thing that keeps a character alive. It’s what separates the living from the lifeless, the dynamic from the static.
And yet, time and again, animators fall face-first into the static. They render, they move things around—but they d…
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