This project is a compilation of hand-drawn animations created in my 2D Fundamentals course, taught by Mike Show. The class focused on building a strong foundation in the core principles of traditional animation—such as timing, spacing, squash and stretch, overlapping action, and the use of time charts.

 

Through exercises like bouncing balls, pendulums, and flour sack performance studies, I developed an understanding of how to give even the simplest forms believable weight, personality, and emotion. These assignments challenged me to not only master technical skills like timing charts and arcs but also to explore early concepts of character performance, thought process, and storytelling through motion.

 

As each animation plays you can see my improvement and ability to convey drawn movement—showcasing both the structure of the medium and my sense of creative twist come out within it.