PLANNING
Because this is the first article, I’d be remiss if I didn’t start with probably the single most important tip most professional animators
are likely to give a student: PLAN YOUR WORK. Planning is probably the step most often missed by students, and at the same time,
it is probably the most essential tool in your entire animation toolbox, especially in the first few years of your animation life. You
should never sit down in front of your computer, animation disc or puppet, until you know exactly what poses you are planning to
use, when you are planning to use them, and why