Assistant Instructor Kuroneko-sensei's Animation Practice Piece

While putting together some course prep materials recently, our assistant instructor Kuroneko-sensei sent over a little animation "rehab" piece he made in his spare time (since he can't share his actual work-for-hire stuff, he carved out time to whip up this practice animation instead — 5555 I'm SO moved).

Isn't it just ridiculously cute?!!! When the bear lands, it even bounces a little before climbing back up onto the snowball — the detail!! ~~

The animation Kuroneko-sensei made is basically like a "character intro" you'd see in a game — it lands, plays around in the snow for a beat, then settles back into its starting pose. And right as the main performance is about to wrap up, the bear comes bouncing in on its ball to take over. Nobody steals anybody's spotlight, and everyone still gets their moment to shine! So much detail packed in, RRRR — I'm obsessed 😍😍