New ref

[hsn2555]

i felt like editing/removing some frames ..

[Tuna Unleashed]

dash, I think I'm gonna add a somersault at the end

[TrevoriuS]

no matter waht kind of extreme attitude you wish to give your character, it HAS to do something with those arms at this kind of ridiculously cartoony manouvres

[Tuna Unleashed]

he'll have to hold them over his head to do a somersault soo... yeah. Problem solved.

[Dr D]

Well, I think TrevoriuS was trying to imply that he shouldn't have them in his pocket all the time, at the least. It looks awfully strange to me that he's doing a dash with his hands in his pockets.

[Tuna Unleashed]

But they're not in his pockets when he's actually dashing. Anyway,

[TrevoriuS]

Give him a few more anticipation frames, showing not just his legs bending, but his entire body preparing for a dodge, and some somersaults. Then at the sand up, make that also more convincing. You can't do a somersault and land perfectly on your legs ,physically impossible, and just looking like a lack of time spent on the perfectionizing on the animation (I'm not saying you did that, because I know you're working hard on this and making alot of edits to DO get it perfect, I'm just saying the current result lacks some time and polishing).

[Tuna Unleashed]

Will do. Its hard to find good references for this kind of thing

[TrevoriuS]

Go out and do as much as you can yourself, and imagine the rest As animator you're supposed to perform ridiculous poses, as well as learn funny dance moves.

[Tuna Unleashed]

Yes but unfortunately you can't freeze frame yourself too easily