An animation project. Ouch. You shot yourself in the foot on that one. KISS (Keap it simple stupid). I am not calling you stupid, this is a saying my 2D animation teacher keaps saying. He is really concerned about the motion. If you moved a stick figure well enough and with characture he would give it a bettter grade than a stiff dragon all colored with shadows. Believe me, I was the one that busted my a$$ on the dragon and the stick figure was literally just that. He earned a 100 and I got a 91. I learned and I got a 100 on the rest of the pojects. Not to mention I took a quarter the time on them. I know how you feel though. I was a bit pissed.

Well, your model is looking very good. One more side note is that the point of a demo is to show your stengths. The grades you get do not matter. This is an awsome demo reel piece. You know you do not like animation. In the long run this will help you get a job and the other probably would not have.