This thesis covers the development of gestalt psychological direction with the development of design and art and the application of gestalt principles in 2D animation. Animation is an optical motion illusion created by quickly displaying sequences of images. In order to convey a particular story, message or arouse a particular emotion in the viewer, it is necessary to explore the human perception and experience of this medium. Gestalt principles refer to the human perception of a form as a whole and the individual elements of which it is composed, because the perception of each element depends on its position and function within the whole. Today, these principles are one of the main guidelines in the design of visual media and their application shows how important it is to know the characteristics of perception in order to be able to express the desired content in the form of animation in a way that is clear to the viewer of the message. In the experimental part of the work a 2D animation will be made according to the principles of gestalt, where the elements will be created using the software tool Adobe Illustrator, and to create the animations themselves Adobe After Effects will be used. The aim of the thesis is to present how the development of a psychological direction in the first part of the 20th century influenced the animations we know today and to present the above with concrete examples of author animations through software tools.