Positioning the character

At this point, I knew that the character would appear between the two bars, with the bed in the middle. This is the spot in which he would get the most attention, and would adhere to the balance I spoke of earlier between character and the scene.

With the character decided upon, I was able to accurately scale all of the objects within the scene to correct sizes.

Because I positioned the bars correctly, I was able to quickly position the character without the need for any other adjustment than scaling, which was a quick and painless process.

I also knew that all of the animation would take place at the position at which he sits. There wasn't going to be any huge or bombastic movements, just face in hands, and a sharp waist movement that would cause him to sit-up.

But just to be sure of this, I will do some quick animation tests.