pretagonist for a platformer

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I'm going to animate him.
I made this:

Any tips?
It's a bit bumpy, but I don't know why.

Edit:
I put in an extra frame

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I made 5 frames.

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I made the last frames.



Any tips?

[Lazycow]

some hints for the animation:
- don't turn his head while running, instead try to animate his hair (e.g. let his single curl at the back of his head bounce up and down)
- don't turn his shoulders, i think the shoulders will not move significantly while running
- what about using different colors for the back-leg and the back-arm?
- shoes are too dark, I can barely see them
- arms seem to strike out a bit too much
- leg movement seems to be nice, though. (maybe a little twitch when the leg is at the very left)
- I like that bag!! 

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Thank you for your tips.
I'm sure I can use them.

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I decided to start all over with the running animation.
Lazycow said 'don't turn his head while running'. I think he was right but do you think there has to be no head movement at all or a little?
I searched on the forum and found some good running animations with and without head movement.

What do you think. Is all I have to do to animate his hair or does it also need some head movement?

[Fulbert]

I searched on the forum and found some good running animations with and without head movement.
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Whoa, thanks!:-)

I kept my girl's head still because it gives an impression that she's actually looking the way she's running instead of shaking her head from side to side aimlessly. Gives her a more determined feel, I hope.

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I think you are right.
I will remove the head movement.

I made this:


I changed the arms.
Better than before?

[Fulbert]

You might want to lean his body forward a little, that would give the animation some energy.
As for the arms, the latest version looks as if he is working out, like stretching his waist or something. This one - - isn't so bad, really. If you make him throw his arms forwards instead of upwards, that might look even better.

There's also a problem with legs. I tried to fix it for you. Not perfect, but I think you'll see what I mean.


Or you could keep things basically as they are. This animation looks comic, and if that's what you're going for it, then you've succeded:-)

P.S. Shading the farther leg would be a good idea, too, I guess.

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I know, the animation is to slow. I will try to create a faster version, but for now:

It's still work in progress. Is this version better than the last?
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P.S. How can I upload faster animations without losing the right colors?