Acting in Animation

Here is the final for my Animation I class. The assignment was:
-Take a character and have them change from one emotional state to another
-5 sec.
-Think about silhouette value in pose
-And... if it does not read between two clear emotions = automatic C

This was a great exercise that I would suggest to anyone who care to try it. Do a lot of gesture sketches, figure out your key poses, and time it. Then inbetween and figure out the way in which the character gets from one key to another.

I must admit, I didn't really understand the timing and arcs in animation until I did this assignment. Something just clicked when forced to sit down and draw every frame of the character to get the transitions correct.

Hope you like it.