early pose to pose

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Hi Robken

The first thing I noticed about your anim was that there were far too many poses in there. You don't really need that much going on for such a short sound clip.Best thing to do is to wacth yourself acting out the line before you start to animate - do you do what you've animated there?

The second thing I noticed was that your moving holds aren't working too well becasue of the animation curves. The man seems to reach a pose, go beyond that pose and back again. Look in the animators survival kit at around about pages 293 - 295. There's a little bit on accents there that will help you with your holds. I think it would look a little better (and this is only my opinion, mind you) that when you change to a pose you should decide whether you want a more defined, sudden stop into it (in which case, the first pose you go into for your moving hold will be pushed much further, push it to the limit and then drift backwards to the last frame of the hold) or if you want a slow drift into the moving hold (the first pose of the hold would be a little short of your desired pose and then drift into the last).

hope this makes sense!

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