@phoenix4690 Thanks Phil, your kind words mean a lot. 🙂
I fully intend to contact you next time I end up ‘down the rabbit hole’ (quite a fitting description). Sometimes I just need a little nudge to get going again so I really appreciate having the option to contact you.
Looking back its kinda funny how I went through “all that” without making a single post about it. It’s like I get so focused on solving the problem at hand that sometimes I forget I have people around for tips and encouragement. My friends have pointed that out to me as well that they would have loved to help (even if its just by listening) if they only knew. It seems I suffer a little from that too in my online conversations. ^_^
Don’t feel bad for not mention the stretchy controls. From what I’ve read online about knee pop “experienced” animators are supposed to be able to fix it without these kind of aids so I understand you not suggesting them to me as the first solution to try. At the moment I just see them as a way to polish after I’ve made things as smooth as I can without them. Its also pretty easy to just remove their keys and make big changes to the overall animation when you have to.
I will definitely keep on animating, moving up to a full character now! Quite excited! =D
