Straight Ahead and Pose-to-Pose Animation

Straight Ahead Animation:

Straight ahead animation is when the animator starts from the first drawing/frame and continuous until the end of the sequence. However there is a risk to lose size, volume, and proportions of the character or object, but this method can give freshness to the animation.

For example, the video below is a straight ahead animation.






Pose-to-Pose Animation:

It is a method, which firstly the animator creates the key-frames, and later on he/she fills the in-betweens, this helps to plan better the timing of animation. In addition, it is the most common way to animate in animation softwares.

This video is only made by key-frames. (Pocahontas)