Walk Cycles

Probably the most important and fundamental animation is the character walk cycle. take a look at some videos showing this. This first one shows how to create a simple walk animation in 2D



Take a look at this workshop video from Richard Williams. His animations are fantastic and his explanations here are brilliant. take a look.

Character Design

designing a figure and making it move is something a lot of us can do but actually creating a character that creates a mood and can portray emotion is quite a task. I have watched this Pixar documentary many times. I would recommend looking it up. Here is a clip from it