sharprm, i shall address the hat issue soon, especially on the jump. when i made it, i really had no idea what i was doing, as i am a total amateur to animating, so once i get some more advice on how to go about doing it, i will probably rework that one all together.
ryona, one of the goals of this project is for me to get a better grasp on volumetrics, and one of the ways i was trying to go about it was without outlines and shading, forcing me to put shapes together properly. also, ninjas come later. this is just a wizzard.