Through the observation of animals, through watching wildlife videos and studying anatomy I then went on to do sketches, preliminary studies of different types of cockerels, donkey and lions showcasing knowledge of animal anatomy.

Animal Anatomy study...An introduction to visual development

Humans use animals to transcend the confines of self and species; they also enlist them to symbolize, dramatize, and illuminate aspects of humans’ experience and fantasy. Humans merge with animals in stories, films, philosophical speculations, and scientific treatises. In their performance on many stages and in different ways, animals move us to think”

(Daston and Mitman 2005)

the use of anthropomorphism being applied to animals in animation.

References for studies in the art of character design with focus upon adapting animals figures for animation.

The idea here is to study how would I apply exaggeration or caricatured in the elements for the audience to read in a believable way.

Looking at this references to understand them and how would I and apply an effective instrument for communication depending on the voice or body .

I got hold of this small toys and did help me a lot I got a feeling when holding them in my hands and had a close look in the construction of the characters, the proportions and the style.