First pass-through
The process of switching from stepped tangents to clamped went better than expected. I can only assume it had to do with the extra care I took in really analyzing the poses and making sure they were all following roughly the same path. I also found myself laying a keyframe every 2 or 3 frames and I found that helped out loads as well. It left little for the computer to have to interpret.
I haven’t done too much in regards to cleaning up the animation after doing the first pass-through. There’s still stuff that needs to be changed and really tightened up. The feet and hand need to be locked into place and I’m also not getting a real sense of weight yet so I’ll have to look at it again tomorrow with fresh eyes and take some notes.
I have to say – getting back into animating after a few months hasn’t been all that bad. I’m sure my technique is a little rusty but I still feel pretty comfortable doing this stuff. Like a tattoo, I’ve already started thinking about what to animate next and this thing isn’t even done yet…
