Oh, absolutely. Exaggeration, squash & stretch, easing, and other basic principles of animation are necessary to account for how people perceive the real world.

Oh, absolutely. Exaggeration, squash & stretch, easing, and other basic principles of animation are necessary to account for how people perceive the real world. It’s just important to understand the difference between perception and reality—to know the rules so that you can break them intelligently.