This was around the time I had the opportunity to learn the layered workflow with Michal Makarewicz in his AnimC class. So instead of animating pose-to-pose, like I normally do, I implemented the layered technique to this shot. It was a great practice and I had fun learning this new workflow. Here's the early "blocking" stage of my shot, already in splined. As you can see, I didn't start with posing the whole body, but rather animating the COG first. I also hid the hands first so I can focus solely on the timing of the overall body movement.