This is Michael Mattesi animating a buffalo walking. Mike went on to work on the Lion King and then as a storyboard artist for a movie called Duplex, which I haven’t seen yet.
He wrote a book called Force: Dynamic Life Drawing which is now in its tenth edition worldwide.
An animator pulled me aside in sketch class and told me how much he liked my drawings. That was reassuring, but I need to convert those skills into a better understanding of animation. We had a full day of critiques and lectures followed by an acting class. A story boarding assignment followed and I was flummoxed in searching for an idea. At this point I was just home sick for NYC and I should have channeled that into a story idea. Instead I started building a story around a carousel horse.