Image files animation: Merry Christmas

[drichird]

Can a visually interesting/captivating animation be made using mostly hand drawings with minimal rigging or bone-driven vector shapes? Roof Santa's one (image) arm is bone driven, very difficult to rig image files without bad distortion, unless motion is very limited. Kids legs are simple 2 image switch. Perhaps "stiff" look of animation is somewhat offset by drawing textures. Much easier to properly draw shading on image files than to create various shaded vector shapes and/or apply gradient properly. Sleigh "bang" sound on roof seemed timed right when initially created, not sure what happened there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsAK1y1eWD4

[Danimal]

Something about the way the kids' eyes look up rather than ahead when they run toward the presents makes them look almost scary. But overall, this looks great!

[drichird]

Thanks, and good point about the eyes! Well, at least I didn't have them roll completely around so you only see their whites... Thanks again for the review!

[bhargavmedhi]

I agree with Danimal. Else nice concept and camera angles.