Classical Elements// Problems with animation

Today my class had a sort of 'screening' of everyone's animation and how their work was coming along; looking back at my work on the big screen I noticed areas I really wanted to improve and where others said I needed improvement. Such as pointless 'stops' with my animation. So I decided to scrap a few details from my animation and re-draw some of it to pull it all together...

 Here is the first version of my animation...

What I plan to do to 'improve' my work.

1. Add frames in for smoother movement
2. Resize animation
3. Remove certain frames to improve the flow of the animation

Wish me luck~