Maybe I am just slow but it took me too long to figure out what the hell I was looking at.
Either way, body's too short. The whole thing seems to be horribly unbalanced, so I have no idea how it manages to stand up.??? but but but but.....it's a cartoon character for a video game..it doesn't have to be anatomically correct and all that stuff :) I mean, I can't imagine Jim Davis's publisher saying that the cat he's just drawn for his cartoon strip just wouldn't be able to stand up with that large head and the smaller fat body...or Warner Bros telling the artists of the Looney Tunes characters...well, you know :hehe:
So, yeah, he's a rabbit. Nose, and his buck teeth on his face.QuoteEither way, body's too short. The whole thing seems to be horribly unbalanced, so I have no idea how it manages to stand up.??? but but but but.....it's a cartoon character for a video game..it doesn't have to be anatomically correct and all that stuff :) I mean, I can't imagine Jim Davis's publisher saying that the cat he's just drawn for his cartoon strip just wouldn't be able to stand up with that large head and the smaller fat body...or Warner Bros telling the artists of the Looney Tunes characters...well, you know :hehe:
and the majority of people who look don't get it, and you'll probably have to redo it.well, yeah, the majority of people in here..well, the ones that have replied..haven't got it. Various other places where the design has been posted people have got it, which, from my point of view, the design has succeeded.
First off what Puppet said about ditching the outlines is kinda right. From experience I find that black outlines don't really look good. On a draft of the sprite, perhaps.Oh, I know. I'm going to be doing a version without the black outline. Part of me has delusions of grandeur think of Super Mario World 2 : Yoshi's Island.
Then, do you really need dithering on a sprite this smallYeah, i know. I can't decide on this. There's a good chance I will make the colour palette quite small, so this may indeed change.
No, I see what you are getting it, especially from your edit. But, from your edited version, the rabbit is now devoid of any stylist character what-so-ever. It looks like a standard western-ised rabbit design, though. My original version follows my style and it's fun to break (or bend) the rules, isn't it? We don't really want everything to look similar.
well, yeah, the majority of people in here..well, the ones that have replied..haven't got it. Various other places where the design has been posted people have got it, which, from my point of view, the design has succeeded.
Yip, I will re-colour him. I'm not going to change the design - no need, really. I asked my 4 year old son what he thought it was when he saw it for the first time (the animated version, below), "A RABBIT!", he shouted as he left the room. It's good enough for me :) . Anyway, here's the 8 frame walking animation. Just the line mono version until I add the colour.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/5695686160_2550cac959_o.gif)
I think I need to animate where the ears join the head as those parts are a bit too static and would bounce slightly.