Rather than uploading the newer scenes in a new video, I thought it would be easier to re-load the older scenes so the video makes more sense. So far I nearly have 2 minutes of scenes, but am still way off from the end of the actual animation, so I might aim instead to have the end of this act rendered or ready for Friday, just so the video has a good finishing point. I have had to add on some newer scenes to fix some issues within the animation, but I think this had added more of a dynamic within the scene so I actually like it better and makes it more interesting, I still need to sync up the audio better and add sound, but so far I'm happy with it and the tone of the animation can be seen in what I have so far. I have also managed to start rendering and have my first rendered scene.

This is a draft edit of the animation sequences I have done so far, I decided to stick more to the storyboard template to connect the sequences together but I have had to make some changes to the animation in order to make the switch out between the two models appear more natural, the turn around switch near the end I have done I think I might change as the edit isn't as smooth as I would of have liked and I think looks out of place in the sequence. I'm aiming to get some feedback and edit this to make it better for Friday rather than trying to get all my scenes rendered by the end of the week so I'm hoping to get at least 1:30 rendered and the rest playblasted scenes that I can edit later. Any feedback on how to improve this is appreciated swell.

Started on some of my scenes including one with my Finches and using the voice actor audio of my script as a guide I have started lip syncing the character to the audio. I'm still working out the transitions between the other models, and how I'm going to have it flow between them while the models keep talking as well, hopefully I should be able to create a smooth looking scene soon that has at least too of the models switching out within the scene, this switch will also be altered in Premier Pro later on when I have render the scenes to make it look more smooth in the final piece.

Finished all the texturing for the tortoises, I decided to continue on with the illustrative style I used for the Finches on the tortoises, taking the designs I saw on their shells and putting them in a stylised way so it would suit the lack of shading on them. I also decided to shrink the size of the Finch to suit a more real Finch, so people wouldn't confuse it for another bird because of its size, this will also cause some issues in the animation, as my storyboard had the Finch being bigger, making it easier to do certain things, so I also will be experimenting with shots and angels as I go.