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Got my critique through yesterday morning. It was another good one, but once again I’m terribly concerned about how little time (and how much there is to do) before Sunday’s deadline. On top of that, I’m coming down with a cold and that certainly isn’t going to help proceedings! Here were Michelle’s main points on my work from last week:

• Tip the ankle of the SL leg to improve the line of action (FRM15).
• Do something with the SR arm. The hand pose is ugly (FRM24).
• Tip forwards more during the look. See if you can push the weight forwards a little more (FRM45).
• Remove the SR leg step. Keep it back and then slide it round the tree to catch up with the rest of the body (FRM85).
• When grabbing the apple, make sure we see the hand near the apple before it grabs. Also have Stewie look at the apple before he goes to grab it.
• To convey the physical act of grabbing the apple: Once the hand is on the apple do a slight anticipation up, a quick jerk down, stop and then continue the motion into the ‘looking’ phrase. Maybe add a slight twist to the hand motion as well.
• Watch the positioning of Stewie during the squeamish section; at the moment he’s too aligned with the edge of the tree and it’s visually distracting.
• Add around another 8 frames of squeamish action.
• For the squeamish quivers, add loads of keyframes (on 1s and 2s). Small movements at a high frequency.
• The exit poses need more work; at the moment they’re too upright. The spine and legs are currently a bit boring (~FRM207).
• Make the tilt forward even more extreme (~FRM210).
• In general, try and have a bit more fun with the end section. Play with it a little more and get a bit more energy into it. It’s too literal at the moment; look to the earlier sections of the animation for inspiration!

So there you have it! Plenty of stuff to sort out and not many days to do it. Oh well! Here we go…!