Jason Schleifer is a senior animator, currently head character animator at WETA Digital. Among many other things he worked on the animation of Gollem from Lord of the Rings. And he did a pretty interesting TED talk. I say pretty interesting as it's quite basic/superficial, but still worth the watch! He tells about the importance of creating an emotional connection between the watcher and the character. He explains that as an animator you're a technician, but you have to be constantly aware of the character's arc in relation to his present, past and future. And also whatever the character does needs to be motivated.
(Ignore the self-help-bla-bla at the end, in my opinion it makes this presentation weaker, it's not what I'm sharing it for. However if you want to kill your spider, go right ahead.)
Are you an actor, or a technician?
Something that's closely connected to this is the ability of the animator to create a moving video, not just a technically sound one is this motivational article. It tells us about what we have to do as animators to improve, that we have to make ourselves be vulnerable and critical of ourselves. Really interesting!
Are you an actor, or a technician?
http://handdrawnnomadzone.blogspot.com/2007/02/are-you-actor-or-technician.html
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