I was the Character Animation Director on a "Finding Nemo" based game for asian social network markets. HotDog Studio, a subsidiary of NC Soft Inc., hired me to redesign several characters in a 2D format and do all Character Animation using proprietary software.
2D Character Designs (click image for full size):
Animation was built from a sheet of body part divisions I made. This is the sheet for 'Pearl', a young octopus: