Animation - Snow Leopard Walk

Finally got around to finishing this up! Here is my Snow Leopard walk cycle for Animation. All done on paper.

The most challenging part was animating his spots. I had one failed attempt before my teacher, Blair Kitchen, suggested I animate a grid on his skin first, to then map out his spots. That worked a lot better - still was a challenge!

If you want to see my research work you can find it here:
http://tinanawrocki.blogspot.ca/2014/03/animation-animal-walk-snow-leopard.html

And as always, here are some stills:

Grid

Spots!