Hi arran.

I appreciate your suggestion. I agree with what you're saying as far as needing more geometry when creating the eyelid for the blink. I'm using the same photo as in the link, it's just that from the angles you see her eyes, I'm thinking that perhaps the eyeball itself isn't round, but rather scaled in and more of a flat surface. This too I'm thinking may make it easier to create the blink?
The solution you offered is practical. From my perspective, I'm still not sure of all the tricks due to not being an animator, so this is proving to be more of a challenge for me.
I'll give your suggestion a go and see how it works out.

Thanks again for your time.