I made this animation in 2010 for an animation course at my college back then. I rendered it out in 2013 and edited it.

Some time later I didn't feel quite satisfied with it but when I wanted to alter some things I figured out I lost the file... so this is as far as I could go with the rendered out data I had.

Animation is something I'm quite interested in. It makes lifeless objects come alive. Pixar for instance can make viewers feel connected to cars and toys simply by animating them.

For my assignment I had to do the same as Pixar. I had to give a sphere with a tail life. I chose parkour because it's fluent and fast. Life isn't always as fluent and smooth as we want it to be, but it sure is fast. By letting my squirrel parkour to the top I wanted to simulate life in every way. The squirrel aims for the top, like we do in life. He has obstacles in it's way, but doesn't give up. And he overcomes by pushing himself beyond what normal squirrels even thought possible.

The squirrel had the right idea. Do you?