11 sec Animation research + references

So through the designing process, i started firstly by thinking about my fox. I wanted him to look sly and skinny (this just makes him look more humorous to the audience). I sketched a few foxes, all shapes and sized and watched videos showing how they act and what there instincts where like, to get a better understanding of them. The first fox i drew was quite dopey looking and sketched out very loose, he didn't have much shape, i went out for feedback and most feedback i got was that it didn't look like a fox, i made him to dopey and simple that his features got lost in the line. things like his nose needed to be smaller and thinner and and his furry face needed to be smaller and more structured, so i took this feedback in to account and re-sketched my fox, after that i was happy with the outcome. i gave him one eye bigger than the other to keep his dopey element but made him look a little manlier and fox like by giving him human characteristics as well as animal instincts.

i also looked at films such sword in the stone and robin hood for refrenves of animated foxes/wolves, this help me understand better the movements of a fox and it helped me think about his facial expressions, i could imagine how egsaturated his expression should be by watching these.