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How To Animate the “Floss” Dance Easy Step by Step Tutorial
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It's Animation Time again! Learn how to animate the “Floss” dance animation in this easy step by step tutorial.
Animating this viral dance is absolute fun! What more is you'll learn and apply the principles of animations that we taught in our previous blogs.
Have fun animating!
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What is “Floss” Dance?
Russell Horning, popularly known as the backpack kid, doing the “Floss” danceThe Floss is one of the latest dance crazes among kids!
The act of ‘flossing' is a unique dance move that involves fast arm and hip swings like a huge, invisible piece of dental floss. It's sure to be a load of fun!
It gained popularity on a lot of social media when Russell Horning, known as “the backpack kid”, performed it alongside Katy Perry in one of her guest appearances in Saturday Night Live in 2017.
Since then, it is a popular dance move among kids, younger teens and has been performed by many celebrities in videos online!
How to do the “Floss” dance?
Floss dance is relatively easy and really fun to do and watch! So turn the music on, and let's dance to the beat!
To floss, you need to swing your hips in the opposite way to your arms and then back again, and then repeat on the other side.
Step 1. Relax and stand straight with feet slightly apart.
Step 2. Swing your straight arms to the left while swinging your hips to the right.
Step 3. Keep your arms straight, then swing them back towards the center, then to the right, with one arm finishing in front, the other behind, while swinging your hips to the left at the same time.
Step 4. Repeat step 3 by moving your arms to the left and hips to the right in one movement.
Step 5. Repeat all the above steps with increasing speed!
Now that you know how to flash those moves let's learn how to animate them!
Let’s Animate the “Floss” Dance
Let’s have fun and make our floss dance animation!
Watch also our quick video tutorial and see how to create animation in a flipbook and in FlipaClip!
Materials
- 12 pieces of small rectangular papers
- 1 pencil/pen
How To Animate the “Floss” Dance (Overview)
Step by Step Instructions
I. Making our flipbook
If you do not have a pad of paper for our animation, we can make our very own flipbook!
Step 1. Fold and cut a paper (letter size) in four equal parts.
Step 2. Divide 2 more papers into 4 parts each, then number all the cut papers at the upper right corner from 1-12.
II. Drawing the frames
Step 1. On all 12 frames, draw a reference line at the bottom of each.
This will be the “ground” from where we will animate our character to do the “floss” dance.
Step 2. Draw Frames 1 and 2.
For Frame 1, let's start by drawing our character in a standing position.
We're going to use basic shapes for you to see and understand the movement better. Draw a circle for the head, a rectangle for the body, lines for the arms and legs, and circles for the hands and feet.
Let's draw our character's movements based on our point of view.
For Frame 2, our character moves its arms to the left. Draw the arms shifted to the left in front of the body. Keep in mind that the feet stay in place while the legs follow the direction of the hips.
Step 3. Draw Frames 3 and 4.
For Frame 3, our character swings its hips to the left and its arms to the back. Draw the hips and legs bent towards the left.
Draw the arms pointed to the right. Since the left arm is at the back, draw only a part of it on the side of the body.
For Frame 4, our character starts to swing back its arms to the front. Draw the arms slightly shifted to the left. Inversely, draw the body with the hips turned somewhat to the right.
Step 4. Draw Frames 5 and 6.
For Frame 5, our character fully swings its arms to the left. The drawing is similar to that in Frame 4, but the arms are more pointed directly towards the left, while the hips are right.
For Frame 6, our character goes back to its resting position. Draw the arms along the middle while the hips are slightly shifted to the left.
Step 5. Draw Frames 7 and 8.
For Frame 7, our character swings its body to the left and its arms to the right. The drawing is similar to Frame 3, except the left arm is in front of the body.
For Frame 8, our character starts to swing its hips to the right and its arms to the back.
Draw the left arm and the body along the middle. Draw a dot beside the shoulder to indicate that the right arm is at the back of the body.
Step 6. Draw Frames 9 and 10.
For Frame 9, our character fully swings its hips to the right and arms to the left. Draw the hips and the legs like they are bent to the right. Draw the left, and right arms pointed to the left. Since the right arm is at the back, draw only a part of it on the side of the body.
For Frame 10, our character is going back to the resting position. The drawing is similar to Frame 8.
Step 7. Draw Frames 11 and 12.
For Frame 11, our character swings its arms again to the left. The drawing is similar to Frame 7.
For Frame 12, our character goes back entirely to its resting position. The drawing is similar to Frame 1.
Step 8. Flip it!
Arrange the cards with 1 at the bottom and 12 on top, then flip. You'll see your character do the floss dance!
Wow! Your character sure is having fun! Great job!
Tips for art-mazing success:
- If you want to do it digitally, try FlipaClip.
It is an amazing app where you can do your animation just like a flipbook. - Use bigger shapes to add depth to your character! Instead of lines for the arms and legs, you can use ovals or rectangles to make it more realistic.
- You can also add details and colors to your character to increase its appeal!
Here are other floss dancing animations made by our young artists at the Creativity School.
“Floss” Dancing Animations from Creativity School by John G. (top-left), Angela G. (top-right), Aidan S (bottom-left), and Anushka S. (bottom-right)
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If you think that you have no sense of rhythm, flexibility, age is not right, this does not mean that you cannot sign up for dancing. All fears live in the head. Modern types of dances perfectly develop all these qualities. In dance studios you will be in a group for beginners or individually, the trainer will show and tell you what to do and how to do it. Training takes place gradually, from the basics - you will be taught everything.
Try different dances
There are many dance directions: European, Latin American, Caribbean, modern, oriental, fitness, classical. How to decide? Go to trial lessons and find something of your own - so that this particular dance ignites you, gives you strength.
Maybe it will be not one, but two directions. In the first lesson, you will get acquainted with the basics, starting with the simplest. If you have chosen a pair dance, you should not worry about the lack of a partner - the studios will always help with this.
Dance for yourself
Here is the main secret. Dance at home, in the hall, on the street. A little practice - and you will dance anywhere without hesitation. Enjoy the movements, do not think about how correctly and well you do it. Let at first it doesn’t work out the way you would like, but the more you practice, the easier the elements are given. Desire is all you need. A competent coach will teach technique and inspire confidence. Nobody dances the first time like Baryshnikov - tune in to success, and you will succeed.
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Yes, learning to dance after two or three lessons is unlikely to succeed. Regularity is important here - then you will definitely see progress.
You can learn the basics in a couple of months by attending two or three classes a week at a school or dance studio. The main thing is not to stop. At home, too, dance whenever possible.
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The dancer moves in a different way in life - he flies, proudly carries himself. It is beautiful.
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Dental floss made the world floss
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Hey, are you dancing the floss? The same floss dance that literally conquered the whole world? Not? Then rather look for a training video on the Internet. There are a great many of them!
When Russell Horning posted a video of his dance move on Instagram, in just a matter of days, he went from a typical American teenager from Lawrenceville, Georgia, to a guy who will be recognized by the face all over the world.
The dance went viral and interested Katy Perry herself, who invited the creative 15-year-old to perform with her on Saturday Night Live. At the end of the speech, the number of subscribers to his account reached 585 thousand people. Later, he also starred in the music video for Swish Swish.
After such a resounding success, Russell came up with the nickname Backpack Kid (a boy with a backpack) and began to dance his Floss dance exclusively with a backpack on his shoulders, believing that it would look much funnier that way.
Today, Russell has over 2 million followers on his Instagram@thebackpackkid, including stars like Rihanna and DJ Diplo, and his dancing draws crowds of fans.
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Russell has already managed to try himself as an actor and star in several videos and commercials.
He also has his own website where you can buy t-shirts and sweatshirts. Russell is into hip-hop music and plans to keep making people laugh with his social media videos.
Where did the name "Floss" come from?
The dance got such an unusual name because of its resemblance to the movements that we perform when we clean the interdental space with dental floss. The author of the dance is not against this option, but he himself prefers to call his creation "Russell's Dance".
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