CAT Animating.

Today I have been animating my character using the absolute layer technique, this allowed me to create my own layer and move my character in a custom way using the auto-key technique. This particular way of animating is extremely time consuming however brilliant because it allowed me to create the exact movement I was looking for.
I used this technique on multiple parts of my animation, I used it so that the police man grabbed the robber and also for the robber when he is in prison, I moved his hands and fingers to grip the bars in the prison cell.
I would've liked to have used this technique more, but due to the time scale we have, it just isn't practical to create a finished animation.
Another issue with this piece of animating means that the movement of a character would have to be observed for quite a long period of time to maximise creating realistic movements, for example if a dog was to be animated it would be crucial that the movement of a dog is studied in depth to try and recreate its movement.

 

This particular piece of animation is where I key framed the character to move his arm and hand up to pose with a 'stop' hand signal.

 

This piece of animation is where I animated both the policeman and robber. I got the policeman to step forward and grab hold of the robber, the robber then raises his hands to cover his face. I would've like to have created more of a fumble between the two however it was just too time consuming and I wouldn't of had it finished in time.