Brendan Body is an awesome animator and has been animating since the mid nineties. He has worked on films from Happy Feet (lead Animator) to The Guardian of Gahoole (lead animator) ant tons in-between - check out his CV.
Brendan maintains a great blog dedicated to tips and tricks for animators. It is worth checking out particularly if you teach animation. Check out his article/study on Weight, it explores a simple ball and then contrasts it with other animate objects and animals.
Check it out this article and the rest of his blog, there is a lot of cool stuff there.
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http://brendanbody.blogspot.com/2010/04/weight-problem.html
Ball Tests from Brendan Body on Vimeo.
Here are a few of his tutorials as well.
Bouncing Ball Lecture
A lecture I gave for the animation course at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee during my term as a visiting lecturer there.
Walk Cycle Workshop
A Maya animation workshop I gave at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art that I posted on my blog.
Misc Tutorials
All posts on my blog labeled 'tutorial' - covering various topics including tips on many aspects animation and acting.
Bird Flight Tips
Bird flight tutorial created in my spare time for the film Legend of the Guardians.
