Out of all books and resources I've come across, I feel like Richard William's 'The Animators Survival Kit' is the most accessible and knowledgeable book for a beginner like myself. Although I've probably covered more items in Flash, I feel like I should definitely attempt aspects from this book as a good practise tool.
The first aspect the book introduces is timing and space, where as animators we have to master these concepts in order to create a convincing animation.
One such practise to help show this concept is the bouncing ball, where using the simplicity of the shape we are better able to see how an object travels, how it's momentum changes over a period of time and so on.
Here was a quick animation I made while studying this idea, where following the instructions of the page above, I toyed with the squash and stretch of the ball in order to further advance the idea of movement.
I will post more of what I read from this book while also posting more of my dabbles with flash in the near future!
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