#flour sack

[celesse]

I love vintage chic 💖

[kipkune]

Had to animate a flour sack reacting to something inside of a box for my final this quarter. Originally there was an extra shot at the beginning but had to cut it for time :(

[multicolouredgoose]

A friend(?)

[drawbels]

Doing flour sack poses for my 2D animation class :))

[bynicholemarie]

Putting it out in the universe and putting in the work: I want to work in the animation industry. Here’s 60+ “Flour Sack” sketches.

[bearye-draws]

Sack drop, animation on paper

[danisticker]

Saco de Harina #3

[what-marsha-eats]

[corvidinthewoods]

first animation assignment of the semester!

[video description: sketchy animation of a flour sack with a blue perspective grid over a plain white background. some frames are cleaner than others, and occasionally timing charts and labels pop up

the sack begins a little ways back toward the right of frame, leaning to the left. it lifts up its top and leans back down in the same way just to the right. then it stands up and walks forward a bit, coming to a stop closer in view at the left of frame. it takes a big breath then leans down and jumps up, landing on its back and wiggling back and forth like a baby. end VD]

[6loner96]

MUERE JOVEN- TANTAS VUELTAS

[pauldelancey]

What I Did Today

Eyes on the prize Woke up feeling a tiny bit better than the previous three days. Not starting the day with a big headache is a definite plus. Took a nice warm bath while doing New York Times’ Thursday crossword puzzles. Didn’t do finances as nearly all of the world’s financial markets and stuff were closed. So, I took the car out for a spin. Even though I had no particular place to go, I still…

[macattackz]

Flour Sack Pantomime for Animation II! I had to convey Anxious with Calm

[british-bigfoot]

Falling Flour Sack

This one wasn't for 1-hour anim, so it's actually finished!

[danisticker]

Saco de Harina #2

[singingmute]

The use of a flour sack as a tool for animation dates back to the early days of hand-drawn animation. In the early 20th century, animation studios were looking for ways to create more realistic movements for their characters, and animators began using everyday objects as reference points.

One of the most common objects used was the flour sack. At the time, flour was often sold in sacks made of cotton or linen fabric, which made them durable and reusable. Animators found that the way a flour sack moved and reacted to different forces was similar to the way a human body moved, making it an ideal reference point for animating characters.

In the 1920s and 1930s, animation studios such as Walt Disney Productions and Warner Bros. began using the flour sack as a key tool in their animation process. Animators would attach a small weight to the bottom of a flour sack and use it to simulate the movement of a character's body or clothing. By observing how the flour sack moved in response to different forces, animators could create more lifelike movements for their characters.

The use of the flour sack continued to evolve throughout the decades. In the 1940s, legendary animator Preston Blair used the flour sack as a basis for his instructional book "Advanced Animation," which became a seminal work in the field of animation. In the 1950s and 1960s, the flour sack was used as a teaching tool in animation schools around the world, helping to train a new generation of animators.

With the advent of computer animation in the 1980s and 1990s, the use of the flour sack declined somewhat. However, the principles of animation that were learned through the use of the flour sack continued to be used in digital animation, and the flour sack remains an important part of the history of animation.

Today, the flour sack remains a beloved symbol of the early days of animation, and animators around the world still use it as a teaching tool and reference point. Its enduring legacy is a testament to the creativity and ingenuity of early animators, who found inspiration in the most unlikely of places.