I believe that my horse could use more work… While I feel that I can draw a horse with relative ease, animating one is an entirely different thing. I struggled with the smaller details in the movement, the head nod was something that seems to disappear as I did the in-betweens. Having a particular style also hindered the process somewhat, I like sharp angles and block shapes but I didn’t start animating with a reference of my horse. I used a reference for the movement but having a character reference sheet would have been really useful. In the future I will create a reference sheet for myself, even if its just a quick sketch.
I also animated a horse run, I think the head nod and timing is better on this one. I really like the run, perhaps it’s a little fast but I’m going for a racing horse look so maybe that works.