I am the first and most important principle.

I make characters seem realistic and interesting. The viewer doesn't have to like them, but he/she does have to connect with them.

I give a sense of weight and flexibility to drawn objects. My most important point is to keep the volume of the object consistent, no matter how it moves.

I give volume and weight to 2-dimensional art, imagining it in a 3-dimensional space.

I prepare the audience for an action, and make that action look more realistic.

I tell the audience where to look. I have also been defined as "the presentation of any idea so that it is completely and unmistakably clear", whether that idea is an action, a personality, an expression, or a mood.

I am an action scene that is animated frame by frame, from beginning to end.

I am an action scene that is animated by drawing a few key frames, and filling in the spaces later.

I make sure that when a character is in motion, and stops, that all parts of the character do not stop at the same time.

I make sure that when a character is in motion, different parts of the character move at different rates of speed.