Here are two shots from my intermediate digital animation class last semester spring '13. Our goal for the first shot was to animate a character picking up an item. I really like the cartoony style of animation and I tried to incorporate that here for this character.
For the second shot we had to take a pose we worked on previously and create a before or after animation from it. Here's the pose I chose and the outcome.
I tried to push myself more than the last shot and tried to think of a reaction to a loud sound that would have a bunch of movements. Happy with it but if I were to redo it I would add more frantic actions during and after the landing.