Follow an animator on YouTube and one of his video is on 12 principles of animation. He ranked the 12 principles in a order that he uses when he animates.
Start:
1)Staging Timing
2) Appeal or Posing (AKA Appeal)
How to Animate:
3)Straright Ahead Action
4)Pose to Pose
Animating:
5)Follow Through & Overlapping Action
6)Slow In & Slow Out
7)Arcs
8)Solid Drawing (AKA Weight & Balance)
Animating+ & Polish
9)Secondary Action
10)Exaggeration
11)Squash & Stretch
12) Anticipation
