Some lessons learned ...

Overall, I'm pleased with my final piece. I still see flaws and can keep working on it forever, but I think I'm better off taking what I've learned from this project and applying it to future work.

Firstly, I took the opportunity to try and add some humor. I made the characters a little sillier, especially the flamingo, with some fun angles and camera shots. I need to push exageration ... which brings me to modeling and rigging.

I ran into problems with my models and rigging didn't always cooperate. I was pleased they actually worked, but my next character will need to be more flexible with better facial rigging.

Animation will take many, many years to learn and I'll work on smaller, less complicated pieces to improve. However, I think my timing has improved as well as layering and offsetting motion. The tails and bodies of both birds added some nice balance and counter balance to their movement.

It's been a great opportunity to learn, improve and do the best that I can.