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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: DragonSkiN on May 31, 2009, 10:18:53 am

Title: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on May 31, 2009, 10:18:53 am

(http://rts.moy.su/Images/Untitled.gif)
У меня есть 256 цветов, максимум 8 кадров, и очень мало опыта.
Мне нужна помощь.

(sorry for my bad english)
I have 256 colours, a maximum of 8 frames, and not enough experience.
The help is necessary to me.

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on May 31, 2009, 05:34:58 pm

update
(http://rts.moy.su/_fr/0/1224866.gif)

better?  ???

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: kamihero on May 31, 2009, 05:48:59 pm

Ah, sorry for my poor english...


To me, don't looks that it's walking, but that is "dancing" :s


Maybe if you draw the moving leg more at front and stoped leg more dark and far '-'

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: fil_razorback on May 31, 2009, 07:51:22 pm

It's quite cute but I think it would look better without the internal black outlines : try using colors that look more like the rest of your palette or no outlines at all.

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on May 31, 2009, 08:08:35 pm

Quote from: fil_razorback on May 31, 2009, 07:51:22 pm

It's quite cute but I think it would look better without the internal black outlines : try using colors that look more like the rest of your palette or no outlines at all.

I will try

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on May 31, 2009, 08:32:05 pm

new update.
outlines looks less contrast with body.
(http://rts.moy.su/Images/131231231213123.gif)

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on June 01, 2009, 06:44:21 pm

other view.
looking bad  :(
and i dont know how to do this animation better.
(http://rts.moy.su/Images/cat_animated_1.gif)

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: LODYblokady on June 01, 2009, 07:05:52 pm

Quote from: DragonSkiN on June 01, 2009, 06:44:21 pm

other view.
looking bad  :(
and i dont know how to do this animation better.
(http://rts.moy.su/Images/cat_animated_1.gif)

The animation is great except I think the arm bends on one of the frames which looks unnatural.

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: PypeBros on June 02, 2009, 08:09:49 am

tail seems too short to me.
you're actually stretching the arm when you bend it :P

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on June 02, 2009, 01:52:37 pm

Quote from: PypeBros on June 02, 2009, 08:09:49 am

tail seems too short to me.
you're actually stretching the arm when you bend it :P

(http://rts.moy.su/Images/cat_animated_2.gif)
Hand looks better, but shoulder...
I'm work on it.

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: darchangel on June 03, 2009, 11:16:12 am

Might be the shadows you have around the shoulder that make it look "jumpy".

The arm still bends a bit in the forward swing which makes it look unnatural, swing your arm and notice how it stays straight through the entire swing. Try this:

(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4951/catwalk.png)

The tail looks like it just changes shape, I think it would look better if you can make it swing side to side...I'll try to illustrate what I'm talking about and will post back.

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on June 03, 2009, 01:53:16 pm

Quote from: darchangel on June 03, 2009, 11:16:12 am

Might be the shadows you have around the shoulder that make it look "jumpy".

The arm still bends a bit in the forward swing which makes it look unnatural, swing your arm and notice how it stays straight through the entire swing. Try this:

(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4951/catwalk.png)

The tail looks like it just changes shape, I think it would look better if you can make it swing side to side...I'll try to illustrate what I'm talking about and will post back.

Much better, than my variant!
Thanks for advice.  :)

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: DragonSkiN on June 03, 2009, 02:17:27 pm

(http://rts.moy.su/Images/cat_animated_3.gif)
not bad?  ???
tail not bends.

Title: Re: Walking cat (need help with animation)
Post by: Gil on June 03, 2009, 05:19:33 pm

It looks like he's ice skating. He should bend his knees at some point in a walk