Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: g-c. on September 21, 2014, 06:01:31 pm
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Hello guys ! :)
Slowy going back to pixel art and i'm concentrating on animation.
I'm making a female walk animation, and even if i like it, i still think they are some issues that need to be resolved. :-\
I would like to hear your advices about this.
(http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2014/38/1411322456-walkcycletest.gif)
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Frame #5 (http://gif-explode.com/) should have max right leg extension, because it doesn't the step forward with that leg is short.
Also this is a bit fast; looks good otherwise.
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Slapped together an edit for you:
(http://i.imgur.com/AArPAEG.gif)
Moved the closest shoulder forward on stride for 2 frames, looks less stiff. I planted the sprite on the bottom of the image and noticed the feet seemed to slide along the floor, so I lifted the feet on the upsteps. I also swapped the furthest legs wholesale between frames 1 and 8. Slowed the animation down by increasing the delay by 1 fps per frame. The up & down bob wasn't consistent, so I fixed that too.
Something I didn't illustrate in my edit: the furthest arm's motion could match the other more closely.
Great job otherwise, the arm "breaks" look good too :)
PS I can't seem to fix the transparency issue your image is having :blind:
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The flashing backdrop isn't helping.
What software are you using?
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PPD: GraphicsGale. I had transparency checked on both the layer and frame property windows.
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I'm using the same : GraphicsGale but i don't knwo why it add a background on the first frame even when i set them all with transparency checked. Anyway thanks for the edit !
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when i opened it the transparency for the first frame wasnt checked. also remember that the colour to be transparent has to be set per frame, and the first frame has a different colour background
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That's what i've done but still, the first frame doesn't have transparency.
I'll try to correct that in my next update.
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(http://i.imgur.com/cjy69j0.gif)
hmm weird it worked for me, maybe your GG is bugged? got the latest version?
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when i opened it the transparency for the first frame wasnt checked. also remember that the colour to be transparent has to be set per frame, and the first frame has a different colour background
Here's a tip for controlling that.
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/266/3/e/changetransparencyofmultipleframes_1_by_pixelpiledriver-d809nke.png)
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cant see the image dude!
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hmm weird it worked for me, maybe your GG is bugged? got the latest version?
I somehow managed to make that transparency work !
I just forgot that my GraphicsGale has more than 3 years and i hadn't updated it since :P
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Ditto, I was running 1.9.something