This was done in Maya, a 3D software program. I'm really pleased with what the program can do. I still need to learn to set the controls for animation (called rigging) and then, I need to learn to animate. It'll take a while to learn, but I like how much progress I've made so far.

While I am taking a class at JMU, the urge and road map to learn animation came from a lens Bryan Engram created on Squidoo: Link