Funny Monkey

[AlexHW]

funnay munkay..
just messing with an idea I have about a monkey that walks on his hands.. I might try to animate him..



edit: here's an animation

[jams0988]

For some reason, I'm reading it as a creepy lollipop-face man, wearing a monkey head to cover his crotch. Maybe I'm just an idiot, though...
The monkey's legs, too...would they bend like that? Even if they could, why is he just flapping them around everywhere? I think it'd be better if you kept the legs relatively motionless compared to his arms...he should just be using them for balance, right? The tail not bouncing is making it harder to read as a tail instead of a head, too, but I understand this isn't finished!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this guy, though. You're one of my favorite artists on here, so I'm sure I'll end up loving the finished product. And he is a cute character! =D

[AlexHW]

try and keep your legs motionless when you walk on your hands..
yea.. i'm thinking the tail will be a separate sprite..
and it'll whip stuff. and grab stuff too...
so you can like.. go like this and grab someone:

and it'll then hold the enemy above the monkey's butt..
and then you can fart on it like this:

and it'll do something to the enemy maybe.. idk yet..

[jams0988]

Tongue try and keep your legs motionless when you walk on your hands..

I can't tell if you're being serious or not, but that's how you do it...I *do* keep my legs relatively still when I walk on my hands, otherwise I'd fall over.
Reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Xt3Wsp7xc

yea.. i'm thinking the tail will be a separate sprite..
and it'll whip stuff. and grab stuff too...
so you can like.. go like this and grab someone:
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and it'll then hold the enemy above the monkey's butt..
and then you can fart on it like this:
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and it'll do something to the enemy maybe.. idk yet..

Hahah, it'll be interesting, I'm sure! ^ ^

[AlexHW]

yea.. not really going for super believability with the walk anim.. trying to make it appear a bit fun..
here's the jump anim.. or rolling anim?.. lol

[Stab]

If you were aiming for it to read immediately as a monkey walking on its hands, rather than a person walking quite peculiarly, I'd suggest having the legs hang functionless as they probably would were a monkey to do this (Given their position, they read as arms) and in adjustment for the legs no longer visually allowing for balance, use the tail to counterbalance the hanging legs, breaking its circular and easily-mistaken-for-a-head shape.

Right now most of the visual cues line up with an animation of a person walking. I don't think many people will instantly see it as otherwise, in its current form.

[AlexHW]

I want it to look like a head.. that was the intention- it's funny that way. People will be like WHAT!?


edit: here's a standing anim..

[AlexHW]

here's a baby that you can throw..

[Seiseki]

haha, that is awesome! The animations make me want to play this!

But I thought it was a lolipop man too!
I think you could angle the legs differently to make it more clear.

[AlexHW]

thanks.. hmm.
maybe if you can sketch me an example- i kinda like the way it is, so its hard ot imagine it other ways..