Your Face (1987)

Your Face, by Bill Plympton

https://vimeo.com/122669829

I love this. This is the animation that made me want to study animation so it is one that I will never forget. At the time I had only studied hand drawn so this was so inspiring to me, I remember sitting in awe watching the face transform beyond human possibilities. It amazes me the amount of frames, time and patience that would be involved, whilst maintaining the use of colour throughout the character- it is shaky but I think this use of the boiling technique helps maintain the kinetic tone of the animation.
This is also very relevant to current studies because it is a perfect example of the squash and stretch principle. It demonstrates timing and anticipation whilst the features twist and bounce about. What blew me away is how they could even comprehend what the face shapes would look like after such distortion whilst handdrawing- it's so abstract that there are absolutely no reference photos for a face wrapping around its own head.

Stills from the animation