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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: momofumi on November 05, 2016, 04:14:28 am

Title: help with breathing animation
Post by: momofumi on November 05, 2016, 04:14:28 am
Hello everyone. I did breathing animation few days ago and I need help on how do I can improve this animation because as you can see here the animation look stiff
(http://i.imgur.com/NEW9sup.jpg)
Title: Re: help with breathing animation
Post by: MysteryMeat on November 05, 2016, 05:07:56 am
Could help to expand the chest and move the shoulders some!
Title: Re: help with breathing animation
Post by: wolfenoctis on November 05, 2016, 10:23:53 am
I think the free arm shoulder should move up a little when inhaling is nearing it's peak, the other shoulder should not move as a result of breathing since it is under tension. A quick edit to show what I mean:

(http://i.imgur.com/PFuOKz6.gif)
Title: Re: help with breathing animation
Post by: momofumi on November 07, 2016, 02:48:54 am
@wolfenoctis
Thank you for your feed back.
 Here is an update

(http://i.imgur.com/My9k3aH.jpg)
Title: Re: help with breathing animation
Post by: kullenberg on November 07, 2016, 03:43:24 am
I think the free arm shoulder should move up a little when inhaling is nearing it's peak, the other shoulder should not move as a result of breathing since it is under tension. A quick edit to show what I mean:

(http://i.imgur.com/PFuOKz6.gif)

Awesome illustration of breathing!
Title: Re: help with breathing animation
Post by: heyguy on November 07, 2016, 03:29:10 pm
I think the free arm shoulder should move up a little when inhaling is nearing it's peak, the other shoulder should not move as a result of breathing since it is under tension. A quick edit to show what I mean:

(http://i.imgur.com/PFuOKz6.gif)

Awesome illustration of breathing!

Indeed!

Great updates to your creature momo! I think your shading is great so far! I was going to suggest that you could have things like flowing hair that sways with your up and down movement. Then I thought your shading seemed kinda complicated to do attempt that (at least it would be for me lol). So I looked up how the professionals do it!

http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters3/sabretooth-a.html
(http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters3/sabretooth-stance.gif)

Turns out Marvel vs Capcom sprites have fairly simple shading! That's something to keep in mind when animating.

I would give the creature an ear twitching and a slight bending to the knees while it breathes. Another awesome, simple additional, I think, would be to add his mouth open and close a little bit while breathing. Or have his nose flare like he's inhaling and exhaling. I really like this character! Keep up the good work!