Observation 1

I've noticed that if you add a subtle little foot adjust here and there to your animation it helps bring it to life. It feels more real. It's very easy to just leave the feet planted, and in a lot of ways it always reads as if they are glued to the ground.

The subtle little adjusts of the feet happen in every day life, so why not put them into your animation? They don't have to feel like they are conscious movements..they can be the little stuff you don't think about while your doing an action/or saying something. Keep an eye out today and just observe all the little adjusts people do when they are standing still and talking.

On the flip side you can easily go too far. You don't need a lot of steps (in most cases) It will make your animation feel over acted, or just not real (again just in most cases). I think that is the mistake a lot of us make in the beginning (myself included). So maybe tone some of those steps down and give the adjusts a try. Who knows it may look more real...or it may not. *shrugs* You will never know until you try it.

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what are you still doing here? I thought you were going to try it!