Monster Short - Sneak character look

My friend Norman Morana and I have been working on a flash animation short together. So far we are past the character design part, moving in to background/layout and animation.
Since my end is the flash rig and animation, I wanted to show a little bit of what I have worked on. 

Here are the designs of both the monster character and Emaline. Later I will post more process art.

So far the rig is limited. We are trying a new process of using illustrator line effects to make the character look less "like flash". We love the line quality but are currently troubleshooting import and size issues. 

Bubbles - Mermaid Turnaround

"Bubbles" PrePro Concept Sketches 8.13.11

"Bubbles" PrePro Concept Sketches 8.12.11

These mermaid sketches are getting very close to the final idea of the mermaid. I'm so excited!

"Bubbles" PrePro Concept Sketches

So the mermaid story has officially been chosen, and it's a story titled "Bubbles". More on that later. A more solid idea of the mermaid has been selected. We are moving forward with this character design:
But we need to make a few more adjustments. For example: Although the connected fin going down the sides to the bottom is an interesting design element, animating those fins is too challenging for the students. So we had to mainly think about a side fin that would be easier to animate.

Mermaid PreProduction Concept Sketches