So before I make an animation, I take the models / rigs for a "test ride." This is a small collection of some early renders I did of the two models interacting. I create all the models & the rigs myself, because of this it's really hard to know what they're capable of when I begin animating. When I started making 3D models I was very naïve in thinking that when you make a character, it would be capable of doing anything... Unfortunately that couldn't be further from the truth and now I always try and plan ahead as much as possible. That's why I tend to do these tests, so I don't get half way through an animation then realize that something isn't possible, or just simply looks super funky! Oooh also, originally in the longer animation these characters were going to be in a cave - you can see a bit of that location in some of these exports. :3
I'm also working on short 2 gifs that I hope to release this month!