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Pixel Art / Shiver animation - where to start?
« on: February 17, 2010, 05:16:32 am »
Hey guys,
I know it's been a long time since I've put any pixel work up. Shame on me.
Anyway, I have this piece I've just started getting happy with, but I'm a bit stuck for starting the animation. Basically, the thing is a dying mess; the character was almost done transforming into a demon before being interupted, and not everything got put together. So it's essentially paralysed, with only the magical energies stopping it from dying instantly.
What I want to do is have it do a short of 'shiver' or 'shudder' animation, which I've seen people do in a few places, the only problem is that I can't find any good references and have no idea where to start. So I guess I was curious, if people know the kind of thing I'm talking about, if they had any references or bits of advice?
Here's the starting image, still in need of some refining/cleaning as we go...:
Original Palette - Revised Palette (he's supposed to be a "sun" demon) - blue skin because a friend said it reminded them of Velius from Preteen Fantasy Tactics.
(if it looks a little funny, he's leaning in a corner of the room)
I know it's been a long time since I've put any pixel work up. Shame on me.
Anyway, I have this piece I've just started getting happy with, but I'm a bit stuck for starting the animation. Basically, the thing is a dying mess; the character was almost done transforming into a demon before being interupted, and not everything got put together. So it's essentially paralysed, with only the magical energies stopping it from dying instantly.
What I want to do is have it do a short of 'shiver' or 'shudder' animation, which I've seen people do in a few places, the only problem is that I can't find any good references and have no idea where to start. So I guess I was curious, if people know the kind of thing I'm talking about, if they had any references or bits of advice?
Here's the starting image, still in need of some refining/cleaning as we go...:
Original Palette - Revised Palette (he's supposed to be a "sun" demon) - blue skin because a friend said it reminded them of Velius from Preteen Fantasy Tactics.
(if it looks a little funny, he's leaning in a corner of the room)