Class Project, animate a word.

[PockySticks]

woh site sures changed, havent been here for a while, so long my account died or somthin ;p
Well im in animationII right now i met the deadline but want to improve it before tuesdays crit.

I really need some pointers specially on the second scene, people cant seem  to know what it is. O.o

Since i designed it i could see it clearly on the drawin board, but the first 2 people i asked didnt know what it was, thats after i finished animating it T_T
So i had to go back and make some changes but since i animated specifically for the first one, the second one looks.... odd-er animated (see how it slowly rotates)
I had a deadline so culdnt do much bout it, and before i re animate it i want to get the basic design of it right.

look at it first see if you know what it is, then read the comment under spoiler to see if its right


(T_T thou its not supposed to be a guessin game T_T) Any pointers etc are welcomed thank you

LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJ-iYOOU48



EDIT***
(LINK to the newer reanimated version comments always welcome)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH9XO9JM4-E

[PockySticks]

  20 views but no answer.......

[iopanic]

it kind of looked like a butterfly/humming bird with no beak shape still able to see what it was supposed to show though and i think the soundefects help alot too mabey try animating the wings so the flap more or something ?

[PockySticks]

Thanx after askin around I tweaked it quite a bit, and completely reanimated the second half. Still like to hear comments about this, what u think is missing, about movement, what u like, etc. Thanks 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF4j8N2lNW4

[Tophatwonder]

wow, i like both of them, looks great now that u fixed the bird.
good job! im assuming u used masking for the first animation?

[PockySticks]

thanx
for the first one i used the brush effect and selected reveal image from its drop down menu. I learned this from this really good tutorial on forgingfire.com though i had to look for another tutorial to teach me how to make my own flourishes in AI.

[iopanic]

Thanx after askin around I tweaked it quite a bit, and completely reanimated the second half. Still like to hear comments about this, what u think is missing, about movement, what u like, etc. Thanks 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF4j8N2lNW4

the bird looks really cool now you've tweaked it
also i like the details on the grow part too good work.