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For the first scene of the January Squash and Stretch challenge. This challenge was done by myself, Channae Herman, an animation student at Utech. I chose to create the assets for my animation by drawing and coloring them in a drawing software called Medibang Paint Pro first, after which I imported them into Adobe After Effects, where I did the actual animation. I went about animating by simply creating keyframes wherever I wanted an action to take place. I paid keen attention to the process of creating squash and stretch. I even went as far as to rewatch tutorials on the principle to remind myself of a few things I may have forgotten. The overall approach of using Adobe After Effects to animate took less time than the normal process of drawing frame by frame in regular animation software. For additional video and audio editing, I used a video editing software called Shotcut. I then added royalty-free sound effects and background music to my scene and then rendered and exported. 
For the second and final scene of the January Squash and Stretch challenge. As with the first scene, I created the assets for my animation by drawing and coloring them in a drawing software called Medibang Paint Pro first and then imported them into Adobe After Effects to do the actual animation. I tried my best to ensure that I accomplished the principle of squash and stretch with this scene also. I then procured royalty-free sound effects and background music for my scene. I then edited these sound effects in a video editing software called Shotcut. Afterwards, I added them to my scene. Then finally I exported. At the end of all this, I compiled both scenes into one video and exported the finished product.