Creature Chaos

• Creatures are the big thing nowadays and there's no denying it. Rather on two legs, four, or many more, it is a necessity to draw connections to real movement patterns of real creatures. Even for humanoids, it is beneficial to look into the movement of animals (Ogres to Gorillas for example).
• Diversify your reel. Don't focus on one thing. Show that you have a wide array of talents by combining anthropomorphic beasts with human-like interaction (show them what for it means to be talented animator)
• Contact is impressive. Rather than simply punching and kicking, show some tackles and body slams. Something with a lot of contact over a decent span of time. Carefully place some dialogue in there and you've got yourself a pretty decent piece for your reel.

I've gotta say, I enjoyed reading this article. Probably because I can somewhat relate to it, although I'm working on 2D animating and not 3D (yet). I guess I can relate (or at least imagine) to the human-animal hybrid aspect. I mean, my character has a big fluffy tail and fuzzy ears (Well, that's not really what the article was about, but this is how I draw my connection). I also like the idea of talking animals and junk I guess

Very useful reference videos

Creatures are the way of the fuuuuuture~

I don't know if this counts as a question, but other than timing, what is the difference between the two ogres in the .gif image? To me it only looks like the one is touching the ground faster.