Aaron Blaise's - Fundamentals of Animation Courses - Diving back into Animation

So, starting this month I am diving back into Animation. I don't have the necessary software but, I am going to be getting it soon. I am working in Adobe Photoshop - Animation for now but, that doesn't mean I can't learn about animation right? I also have downloaded the student version for Autodesk Maya for a few years. As I am studying to re-learn 2d animation from a fresh perspective from Aaron Blaise- An animator who worked at Disney for years and from my previous college knowledge as well as I am going to be re-learning the interphase for Autodesk Maya as well. I am hoping to build up my portfolio and demo reel. My drawing for animation class and 3d class had some set backs and I've come out of trying to be a perfectionist stage as well.

I had previously purchased the fundamentals of animation course and scene approach course from Aaron Blaise. Today, I watched -Solid Drawing and the Squash and Stretch and Timing video.
In solid drawing, Aaron taught me that I need to continue to draw from life so that I can build a visual library in my mind so that will help me not only draw and create my own characters but, so that I can animate using that library. I need to draw from life, draw people especially is what I need to personally work on since I am good at drawing creatures and animals. I need to go to zoos, cites, study landscapes, etc. He said if you struggle with drawing then 2D animation will be a struggle. Most 3D animators don't draw but, if you know how to draw and do 3d than it is a great thing.

The second video He taught me how intertwined squash and stretch and timing is. Squash and Stretch is exaggerating the motion and sometimes impacting it for effect. Timing can be slow or quickly depending on what the action is. He demonstrated the basic ball bouncing tutorial but, I appreciated his approach. He explained more about the drawing spacing of things. He said if something is moving faster than there is going to be a much bigger gap between drawings where as if there isn't as much movement the drawings tend to be closer together. When you draw you want to keep your volume consistent even if it squashes and stretches. So, I am going to be doing a quick ball bounce exercise and hope I can try my hand at it. I plan on posting more tutorial lessons that I have learned.

Here's some work of Aaron Blaise: