So, fast forward to about now, while I haven't done much for my dissertation as it's coming up to the time where one of my assignments is due in next week so been putting more effort into that , I have been thinking about what I feel fun to animate but what will also test the new skills I hope to acquire. Eventually I came to the conclusion of animating a character doing some free-running.
What it will be doing within those 10 - 15 seconds is still not known at the moment, but it means that now I can carry on with learning what I need to do and then create a storyboard of some of the actions. While it is only small progress, it's still progress - so I'm happy with it!
I will hope to post more within the next two weeks or so, hopefully I can post some stuff on before that, touch wood. Until then.