I need a program(preferably with animation) with a small download<40mb that works with:

Don't worry about skill i have taken up to Graphic design 3 and I'm in honers graphics next year.
Flunked out of web design and computer programing though.
i have GIMP on my laptop and i like it okay but i need a good program for graphics on my desktop.

GIMP is basically it for free advanced graphics editors.

It doesn't have to be extremely advanced just enough for my homework next year i just need a program with some animation control
i need to be able to loop animations and do walk cycles I am willing to pay up to 200$ if you can find one that i can buy at a store it would be preferable.

we do have a program for the class but its oversimplified and i want to be more flexible.

If you mean just like animating a .gif, there's always unFREEz.

It gets the job done.

works great, i need to adjust the frame rate though.

GIMP shouldn't be too bad if you're only using it for animation, but you need to download a plugin to animate IIRC.

With unFREEz you can choose how many milliseconds (I think?) there are between each frame. I usually go to 150-200 for a regular switch.

I'm getting the hang of this