For those budding animators out there, make sure you apply these principles to make your work have more realism and that wOw effect.
You should also read the book by the Disney "old men"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_principles_of_animation

The 12 principles

1.1 Squash and stretch
1.2 Anticipation
1.3 Staging
1.4 Straight ahead action and pose to pose
1.5 Follow through and overlapping action
1.6 Slow in and slow out
1.7 Arcs
1.8 Secondary action
1.9 Timing
1.10 Exaggeration
1.11 Solid drawing
1.12 Appeal