Character for the animation contest

Well, it took me a lot of time and I missed some sleep, but my character for the animation contest is finished. As usual, I had made it all too complicated (probably because I wanted to make it too perfect), and then simplified matters. I'm just not experienced enough to have a good workflow.

Here is my character doing a pirouette.



Notice that his arms are not balanced. The arm that is up, should be down, and vice versa.

Entered animation contest!

On Animationforum.net there is a monthly animation contest running and anyone can enter (see here for more details). The character on the right is a test drawing. I have to go into the details, using some of the animation books I have, because a nice drawing doesn't make a cartoon character. The plot is to have several of these legged balls dancing around on the music supplied by the contest organizer.