Overall I am really happy with how Kane's sound design works with my animations I feel it helps add a sense of character and light hearted fun to the final piece. It also  makes it more immersive and believable to hear subtle sounds such as the elephants foot steps. 

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In addition I am happy with Oliver's renders and think he did an amazing job of bringing my characters to life making them look although they are in the image. However if I were to repeat this project I would take more consideration as of what angles to take the images as I feel this is my main let down as I think some of the characters would look better in different angles e.g., the elephant and Ox would look better from a lower angle.  

Furthermore I would also use a tripod to take videos rather then pictures as I feel this would help my piece look more realistic due to the subtle background movements e.g., wave ripples, subtle tree movement or a bird flying overhead. I think this would also make the piece not only look more believable but also  interesting to look at.

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Another element that I would change is the fact the chameleon does not look at the camera (audience) due to the way she is angled in comparison to her play blast where she did look at the audience. If I had more time I would make her do this as I think it would create more of a connection with the viewer helping them to feel more engaged, although she is talking to them. 

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Overall despite feeling although the piece is far from perfect I am still happy with the final outcome. I feel it overall as a hole comes together and works well putting the concept across. I also learned a lot from animating this and enjoyed being able to animate a range of different animals. 

I found animating multiple animals fun and interesting as I got to learn about their different mannerisms which was fun to play around with. E.g., Meerkats move very fast  and are very jittery, whereas Chameleons move mostly very slowly they also do a lot of back and forth movement. 

I feel animating larger animals taught me a lot about weight which was something I really struggled with, however now feel less intimidated animating. I still have a lot to learn but feel although this was a step in the right direction and I am now willing to practice more animating heavy characters. Seeing how I have improved has inspired me as it has taught me that the more I work on it the better I will become and the more I will understand certain concepts such as weight. 

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I feel animating smaller characters e.g., the meerkats has taught me more about the importance of key poses, perfecting my arcs, knowing when a line should be strait or curved. I particularly struggled with the markets walk as the characters move so fast. Paying more attention to line of action and perfecting my key poses despite it being such a short, quick part of an animation helped me a lot with making their walks looks fluid, fast, yet also have weight shift. 

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In the future I would like to continue to practice animating these characters now I have gotten to know them better. I also wish to learn more about blender. Seeing how Oliver was able to compose my animations and make them look a lot more interesting in blender has made me want to learn more about it, so I am able to render my animations in a more interesting way in the future.

In addition learning to use blender to 3D model will also allow me to make environments and props for my characters to use . I am excited to learn more about this in order to help my ideas come to life. 

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