IN THE "TAKE" OF THE MOUSE ABOVE, THE MOUSE SINKS INTO AN ANTICIPATION CROUCH OR CONTRACTION THAT IS ALWAYS BRIEF, AND THEN SPRINGS INTO THE STRETCH EXPANSION (ALSO BRIEF), AND THEN IN A SCRAMBLE REVERTS TO NORMAL-SIZE LOOK. THIS ANIMATION REACTION HAS WIDE USE IN MANY FORMS. IT CAN BE REVERSED WITH THE STRETCH FIRST. THEN CROUCH CONTRACTION, AND THEN INTO LOOK.

ACTIONS HAVE DRAWINGS LIKE BEAR NO. 2 ON PAGE 150 AND SLOW-BURN NO. 2, BELOW, THAT NEED TO BE HELD OR PROLONGED WITH CLOSE ADJACENT DRAWINGS. THE DEAR COULD BLINK, AND NO. 2 OF THE BURN COULD SLOWLY MOVE FURTHER BACK.

ANIMATION IS A CALCULATED SPACING OF CARTOONS THAT CAN BRING GESTURES LIKE THESE TO LIFE. EACH OF THESE GESTURES REQUIRES: (1) RELATED ANIMATION ACTING INTO THE POSE, (2) OVERLAPPING ACTION INTO AND OUT OF THE POSE. AND (3) THE SUBTLE ANIMATION OF THE POSE, OR A "FREEZE" WITH DRAMATIC MEANING, WHEN ANIMATING, NEVER GO TO A PLACE ALL AT ONCE UNLESS THERE'S A REASON (WHICH ISN'T OFTEN). HERE ARE THREE CLASSIC ANIMATION PATTERNS: THE BEAR "DOUBLE-TAKE" INTO POSE (PAGE 150). THE MOUSE "TAKE" INTO POSE (ABOVE), AND ONE VERSION OF THE GREAT "SLOWBURN" (BELOW).