Cubey Emotion

This was a Flash assignment that we were given in which we have to animate a cube-like character (Cubey), reacting to a sudden noise. Cubey first had to stand in a calm and confident pose, and we then had to decide how Cubey will react to the sound. I chose to animate how Cubey would react to the sound of a UFO and its tractor beam. For the first pose, I drew Cubey standing straight with a puffed up chest to show his confidence. Then he hears the sound, gets alarmed and immediately turns to look in the direction of the sound. He soon realizes the UFO's presence and begins to panic and run back and forth. In desperation, he starts hopping on the spot, crying for help even though he knows no one is around to help. He then see's the UFO coming closer to him and he runs as fast as he can to get away from it.

 I used two classic 2D animation elements here such as the tiny dust clouds on the ground when Cubey skidded to a halt during his manic running, and the lines around his head to denote his emotion of being alarmed.