Of Pixels and Men

[StevenB]

I can't speak for Valo but I think what he ment when he said that the body was stiff is that it doesn't rotate, not neccesarily that it doesn't move in-animation. There is very little to indicate that the character actually swings his arms since his upper body doesn't move, it makes the thing feel very robot-y. Try walking in real life, and I think you'll notice that you actualy rotate your upper body on the horizontal axis, however subtle it may be. Try to capture that in the animation.