Animation Lesson 1 week 1

I've started my animation lesson with a happy character pose and a bouncing ball animation. I'm using Red-Nelb character for the pose and Dougie for the animation.

Happy Pose

Bouncing ball animation

It look so easy but animating a bouncing ball is so hard. You have to get the right timing and spacing. You have to plan and think on how the ball bounces, how much it rotates, how slow it is at the top of its bounces, how much it accelerates towards the ground. So far, week 1 is good and I learned alot. You can download the blend files here:
Happy pose 
Bouncing ball