Process & Production: Progress so far - 9/1/2014

So far, I'm about 2-3 seconds into my animation (after scrapping it once). I'm currently using a software called Paint Tool SAI to illustrate my frames and them place them into a Photoshop animation. I have learnt however that this is pretty time consuming but for the minute it's the software I'm most comfortable drawing with as I'm not 100% confident in using Photoshop for illustrating.  

After doing a quick animatic to show how the animation would pan out, I began work on my final using SAI.

I really enjoy using this software as it has tools which enables you to easily edit images. I'm sure Photoshop has a similar feature which I have not yet discovered. 
I do plan to increase my skills with Photoshop though as I understand it is primarily what they use in industry.
I think my animation is going alright so far. I do have to knuckle down and get about 2-3 seconds done each day to ensure that it is done in time for deadline. 

I definitely need to revise my Photoshop skills. I know the basics, but I'm finding the whole animation interface quite confusing at times. I'm sure I'll pick it up more as I go along. It is my first time using it as an animation tool after all.