Just an observation - she isn't...pulling any arrows from that quiver.

Edit pending. I'm definitely not used to working on that scale!

before anyone says anything, this is a really quick and "dirty" edit here,
And i'm feeling a bit too lazy to add the pulling form the quiver mvoement so i just assumed she already had an arrow in hand.



The front leg movement makes it seem as though it's actually growing in size. if you're stepping forward , the rest of your body moves in tandem, it's not just that leg. if the other leg stays in the same place, then only the foot is going to do that, the rest of the leg will stay with the rest of the body. well more like the waist, but anyways,i'm rambling.

If you need a reference, look for a mirror and pose in front of it. observe how *you* move.

now as for archery in general, watch some youtube vids of archery. there are a few of them.

And just from my own personal experience, it's much easier to draw up a very simple model and animate -that- before adding in details, that way you've already got the motion down. chances are if the animation is fast/fluid enough a good number of the details are going to be lost anyway.

Frst don' work on a white background. use a ligher grey if you're feeling lazy or pick a color that isn't going to clash too much with the colors that you're using
You're realy using way more colors than you need to. your darkest blue is pretty much indistinguishable from black. so i went ahead and changed it to black t reduce the color count.
Also, i'm not terribly fond of the color choice, either. it's too saturated
So i chaged the blues to a more greenish hue, and reduced the saturation a good bit. also i had no idea what was going on with the eyes. are those goggles or what?

At this size you really dont' need more than a couple of hues for shading, any more are likely to get lost in the mix.
 The torso area is a bit too noisy, and not very readable. it wouldn't hurt to simplify it a bit.

Also i'm assuming he's a stealth character so, while it's fine to not use a black ouline, it doesn't make much sense for his gloves and boots to be so...bright. youcan use black as more than just an outline color - in fact, black is ridiculously useful, since your eyes will naturally add details that aren't actually there and give the illusion that there's more going on than there really is



Also i'm sorry if this comes off as harsh, i don't mean it that way.

Original by Hyrule Swordsman, edit by ilkke. From this thread.

I mean no offense to anyone who worked on these,

but jesus christ. maybe it's because I haven't slept for a couple days but these pictures caused me to bust out laughing for a good ten minutes or so.

Everyting about musclebabies is amazingly funny to me - all the way down the name "musclebaby" which causes me to giggle just thinking about it

Whew. it's been a minute. no time for animations this time around though   



no moon:



I've been looking at pictures of moons all day and i just can't seem to get it to look like an actual moon, as opposed to just a big glowing cheeseball. and the glow around it is crap.

Also, I need some tips on how to shade when the light source i coming from behind. i've done a few experiments and made a little progress but..still not quite right.

Naturally any other criticisms are welcome. i want to make this as awesome as possible.