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I realized as I was setting up my scene that the character's feet were extremely unstable, so I resolved to not animate the character shifting weight or stepping. I didn't want to experience the headache of the character constantly falling over and ruining the shot. To make sure it didn't fall over while I articulated the arms, I used kneadable eraser to adhere the feet to my desk. This brand of figurine is very posable, but not variably flexible. The joints lock into different positions instead of smoothly transitioning between its minimum and maximum ranges of motion. That makes it a relief to photograph because I know the figure won't move, but it minimized the amount of overlap and range of motion I could play with.
