Useful tutorials...

http://www.eis4u.com/2011/10/03/design-and-animate-a-cartoon-character-after-effects-part-1/#!prettyPhoto

This is a link to a really good tutorial for getting a simple character design into illustrator and then into after effects. I'm going to have to give it a go on the Macs at uni soon.

Also this is a clip to a Lynda.com animation tutorial that I found. Having access to that website is going to be so crucial throughout this unit. It's going to be a really tough journey.