Some of the more recent reference material I've gathered for the animation short

These images are examples of how the buffalo character might look from the lions view point

As my buffalo characters stomach expands in one scene I thought this was a good example of how that might look

The reason for the skeletal images is for when I make the armatures, as a reference for joint positions and for how far the shoulders and hips protrude as the character walks. I will also be making some bones for the exploding buffalo scene so it's good to have an idea what they should look like.

Below are a few links to videos of instances where buffalos attack lions - part of my research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NBonB14i7VM

http://youtu.be/NBonB14i7VM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4oSTSV9EvAU

A collection of the line drawings that I used to compose my storyboard.