Animating the Little Prince

After stryboarding was complete i went on to start animating. I focused on the scene where the fox approaches the little prince because I thought that was a key scene for multiple reasons- it is where the characters show some personality while interacting with each other; in the story it is a crucial moment because that is where the fox teaches the little prince how to tame someone. The idea behind the whole test is to test characters in animation. Ideally I would have had time to test the animation on a focus group, and survey them afterwards, but unfortunately I was a bit too ambitious with what I set out to do originally. As for the animating, I broke the fox down in two parts- the front and back to make it less confusing while making a walk cycle. The prince is only following the fox with his eyes, but to give it a bit more life and make him more dynamic. I am rally happy with the results so far, and I am especially happy that I have managed to animate a four legged character without reference. Heres the result: