Animatic and Final - a comparison

I just thought it was interesting how different they turned out...

"Molly and the Mysterious Egg"

So we're approaching deadline time, and Molly is nearly good to go. I've completed everything but am having issues exporting the playblast with the audio. So here is the audioless version:

http://youtu.be/xDBOlEg5tI8

See you next blog!

Arm Twist Issues

I'm now animating the last few seconds of animation left, and about to revisit blendshapes to make sure her face is aokay. I couldn't fix her derpy eyes, but Kayleigh seems to like it so it's all good:



I understand animating is an iterative process, but aaah, some parts are too tedious. In what should be a simple pendulum swing of Molly lowering her arm and twisting her wrist, it's a mess. I couldn't get the Graph Editor to smooth it out either, so frame by frame, I had to clean it up and key it in. It doesn't make it smooth or natural, but at least her wrist doesnt break off as she does it...

Back to animating, yeah!

Ahaha...

..hahaha!

Animating and Inbetweens

So powering on with animation, here's a quick update. I've been stressing over how her arms bend (her elbows locators have disappeared btw...) and after going frame by frame and editting/adding new frames where I needed them, I realized I could just use the Graph Editor... -____- Nevertheless, a wee sneak peek at Molly's -reaaally natural- bending of arms:

Broken

I'm in a bad place here, with only 6 days left til hand in. I can't go back and fix anything either because the characters been skinned and painted appropriate weights.

My problem is I can't physically move my character unless everything goes like this... :(



I really don't mind the mess and could probably work around it, but those derpy eyes! I can't fix them! D:



6 days to panic and find an alternative...

WHOA

DEADLINES SO SOON!?