Designing Animation Awesomeness - Artifact East

Let's talk about designing interface animations for the web. We want animations that are useful and look awesome. Here's how we do it!

As seen at Artifact Conf East 2014.

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1. Val Head • @vlh
   Designing
   Animation
   Awesomeness!
   ANIMATION AS DESIGN & IN OUR DESIGN PROCESS
   

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2. Val Head • @vlh
   Designing
   Animation
   Awesomeness!
   ANIMATION AS DESIGN & IN OUR DESIGN PROCESS
   

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3. The web has been stuck with
   hard cuts for too long!
   

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8. Animation + UX
   FTW
   

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9. ANIMATION:
   Establishes location
   

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12. ANIMATION:
    Guides tasks
    

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15. ANIMATION:
    Demonstrates
    

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18. ANIMATION:
    Tells your story
    

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20. ANIMATION:
    Is totally a diva
    

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23. UI animation
    principles
    

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24. Stay flexible
    

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27. Don’t create
    obstacles
    

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31. Look at speed and
    readability
    

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32. .2s to .6s 

    a happy place for “small”
    interactions
    

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33. Ease-outs 

    feel more “responsive”
    

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35. More complex easing
    needs more time 

    to be readable.
    

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37. Match motion to
    your message
    

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41. Getting out of
    your head
    

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44. prototype,
    prototype,
    prototype!
    

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45. Get your idea moving on screen as
    early as possible.
    

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49. goo.gl/RXImkC
    

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50. Look beyond 

    the web
    

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51. artofthetitle.com
    

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52. capptivate.co
    

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54. Make 

    the awesomest 

    of things!
    

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55. alltherightmoves.valhead.com
    

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56. valhead.com/book
    

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57. codepen.io/valhead
    alltherightmoves.valhead.com
    valhead.com
    !
    @vlh
    val@valhead.com
    Thanks!
    

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