Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: GarlicDipping on August 27, 2016, 06:50:31 am
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Hi Guys, Lately I'm working on a small mobile game project to learn & practice pixel arts myself.
So I made some animations for my player character, MeowNya :
- Idle Animation
(http://i.imgur.com/Htj5mFY.gif)
-Attack Animation
(http://i.imgur.com/ivKKzUz.gif)
...And jump & fall animations are in progress right now. Wow, pixel art is tougher than I thought...
I'll keep updating my works. Any comments or critiques are welcome!
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I'm not really getting an attack out of that, looks more like just a dash.
I'd extend the slash motion trail between the dash to give it more visual impact.
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Yep, Actually I'm trying to make the character 'Dash Attack' to the direction where player swipes, and you're right, the motion trail is one big concern for this, because I can't just draw every motion trails for 360 degrees...
So I'm thinking about shader trick or pixel-perfect rotation techniques for motion trail sprites. Or ghosting effect, maybe...Dunno, Any Ideas?
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Something people have done in the past that may work is that the blur could be part of a different layer, and have individual "pieces" of the effect trail behind the main character and follow their motion. It's a bit hard to explain what exactly I'm getting at, but Joy Mech Fight has the thing I'm talking about, only with body parts. Maybe, "putting it on a different plane," is a better way to phrase it...
Otherwise, I think the legs and dangling arm could have a bit more motion, and not so sudden a stop when the character attacks.
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Thanks for the reference & comments, I'll check it out. And about the 'sudden stop', yeah, It would be better adding more frames or modify legs a bit...I'll give it a try, thanks!