Barn owl design and wing cycle I made back when I was helping out on Sidekick (season 1). Unfortunately the conversion of the animation over to Flash from ToonBoom (Harmony) wasn't entirely smooth so some of the held line work jitters a bit. Can't be helped

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There is one thing about the timing that bugs me a bit, though. The downstroke should be longer than the upstroke, since it's pushing against the air. See here [link]