12 Principles Example

Principle 9: Appeal
The main character is very simple: A stick figure. This allows the audience to project whatever image they want onto it. It is also a bright orange, making it stand out. The main stick figure also has a hollow head, which differentiates it from many of the other stick figures. All of the characters find a way to be expressive without faces or voices by using the most minimal body language possible.

Principle 10: Straight Ahead.
At the beginning of the animation, you can see that the animator is animating frame by frame. He is not doing pose-by-pose, but instead drawing each frame of the character as he goes along.

Principle 12: Staging
The animator begins with an "animator view", where we see the hands of the animator working, and the figures are static, but when the animator leaves and the focus shifts to the stick figure, the camera focuses on the computer screen, especially in the area specifically surrounding the stick figure, giving us the perspective of the stick figure. The staging becomes particularly important as the setting changes.