Frame by Frame Animation

I decided to use Kanja (what a surprise) for this. He works on a boat, so I figured I'd animate him tossing an anchor to secure the boat. 

I started with a really loose sketch of the key points of the motion. 

I then recorded a reference video.

 

 

And then I animated it! I started by animating the most drastic motions and then filling in the in-between frames-- et voila~!!