Flour Sack Animation

Well since you said it's a project for class I'll give you some (hopefully) constructive feedback.

Again, props for having the motivation and also the patience to go "above and beyond" your assigned task. That's fabulous! You're going to need a lot of motivation if you decide to pursue animation as a career. I also like how you turn the flour sack into a living creature... very cute. That being said, there are a couple things that could be tweaked to make this animation better.

First, your flour sack feels as though it has very little to no weight to it. More squash and stretch! A few extra frames of squash and stretch when the flour sack hits the ground, flies into the side of the building, and lands on the top of the roof would make it "feel" as though it has more weight to it. (Since you said you've done a bouncing ball animation I'm going to assume you know what I'm talking about here. If you don't, shame on your instructors.)

Also, a little bit more focus on timing would help the flow of the piece. Maybe have the flour sack pause for a few frames in the beginning before it jumps/flies into the air. Right now it seems a bit abrupt and feels like it needs more of a transition into the second scene.

This was actually very exciting to see on Southperry and makes me want to pick up my lightbox again. I would be very interested to see more in the future and watch your progress.

I agree with you really. The main reason the timing is kind of straight forward is because I had planned to have a cape on him til the point where he hits the building, and before I was able to get to drawing them, I ran out of punched paper. I plan to add the cape as well as some contact effects and other pauses as needed, but the paper and the 4 step walking project might come first.