Mid-Assignment Crisis

I found myself getting frustrated with the software - especially esperient creator. There have been many times when I've stumbled upon a problem, then studied the tutorials, looked online for help, asked those around me and asked my tutor but have found no solution and therefore started from the beginning again. I found this process very frustrating and I was spending weeks focusing on the little things that weren't going right. Finally after finding no way of altering my materials on my forms (as the ones below are not my desired material) or animating some backfaces, among many other problems, my tutor suggested that I stick with what I have and move on. I'm glad I did as I can now focus on what the animation looks like as a whole rather than put too much energy into trying to fix the little, relatively unimportant things.