Yay! I got to see it! And you know what? I think you're candle dude has quite a bit of character already. You've got a good handle on the gestures and postures. And I love the line art look. Very cool. In fact, the only thing I noticed was being distracted by the "staticness" of the base of the candle. The base of the candle seems kind of nailed on. Not just that the bottom is firmly attached to the surface, but that the bottom part of the candle is glued on to the "page". I've noticed this sort of thing in my own animation attempts. You know that look cheaply made American cartoons from the 70s have when they saved on animation costs using still shots of the head, and animating the eyes and mouth over them? Sometimes my 3D stuff has that sort of look. I think its because a 3D object that doesn't move renders exactly the same every frame, and that can result in distracting "stiffness" in parts of the image. I haven't really come up with one good way to deal with that. Lots of little tricks, though -- anything that will add some variance between one frame and the next will loosen up the static piece, and make it as dynamic as the rest. Please understand: I'm NOT saying that your animation looks like a cheap 70's cartoon; that's just the best way I know how to illustrate the static problem. And in your animation, it's actually pretty minor. I really like your style of animation, and look forward to seeing more of your stuff (now that I finally got Quicktime to work!).