Animation: Horse Emote Gifs
A series of educational horse emotes for an equine studies class. Each emote is a looping gif, so that the lecturer can point out important features which can be observed every loop.
Video intro illustration for the horse course (of course of course.) Text layout by Dylan Craig.
Alarmed
Kick
Cow Kick
Strike
Pawing
Threatening
Bite
Yawn/Sleepy
Sleepy/Resting
Snort
Listening (Special note that ears pointed behind head may not indicate aggression, but just listening.)
Flehming (Smelling)
Submissive (a teeth clacking gesture usually done by younger horses- 'I'm small, don't hurt me!')
Kick Sketch
Cow Kick Sketch
Pawing Sketch
Strike Sketch
Alarmed Sketches. 1. Eliminate the ear turn, nostril/timing adjustments. 2-3. Nostril adjustments. 4. Final.
Sleepy Sketch
Bite Sketch
Flehming Sketches. 1. Needs to take more time. 2. Needs more eye roll. 3. Final.
Early emote studies. I learned quite quickly that going with cartoonish proportions to any degree was very unhelpful for realistic emotes.
Early palette exploration. In the end, we went for a color palette very close to B.