My first GIF

So we had an assignment to do an animated GIF (essentially a 2D animation on loop).  I had only previously done hand drawn animations and they are the WORST.  I do not like drawing every single frame or drawing hundreds of pictures for 20 seconds of animation.  But I have seen the light!!!  For this assignment we were to do the drawing on the computer.  What would have taken me I don't know how many hours I took down to about one.  Very exciting.  Here is the design for my character:

AND HERE IS THE GIF: