platformer puzzle

[ariyan]

hi guys this is my sprite for a platformer puzzle kinda game and im new to pixelart , to drawing in fact   
first i wanted to hear your guys opinion on it and second im having trouble animating it .she is a archer and there is going to be alot of hand movements , could it be difficult because of form of clothing ?
 i dono ... anyways thanks alot 

[Manupix]

I just want to say that I like this, this character has personality and is nicely drawn and pixeled. Good job esp for a beginner! (I doubt that haha)
I can't really give advice because I'm no spriter and never worked on a game.
It might be large for a sprite and a bit complex to animate, though.
Post whatever anim you may have, it's not easy to give specific feedback if we don't see stuff!

[ariyan]

Thanks a lot for your feedback, I'm glad you liked it
About animations, I have been struggling with characters shooting animation and I've got to say the result is not something worth showing.
I couldn't decide to make the character more simpler for animation purposes or wait and improve my animating skills.

Anyway... here is somthing ive done for characters IDL and it would be nice to hear ur opinion on it 

[Manupix]

Ha, problems arise!

The head turning looks good although kind of rigid, might be a style thing to go with the pixeling (and also make things easier for you).
But the head can't turn without any torso movement, and down to the feet actually (or at least pelvis to remain simple!).
Idle anims usually breathe, I don't think you can do without at this scale.
The fabric hanging is the worst: front and back should not move at exactly the same time, and mostly you can't reuse frames or pixels in the up and down moves: fabric moves with a delay, without it it's not fluid.
Impossibly good reference:



Also never shy from redrawing whole frames when animating people. Long and tedious work

[ariyan]

wow ... really really good reference , a master's work
i have to agree , at this scale it needs something more realistic, from body move wise to how the fabric moves .
i tried to shape her with half the scale it is right now , but as you know its much harder to give her character at smaller scales


so i should start to study how the fabric moves , and animate it from scratch then

[Neo Berserker]

Hi ariyan, I actually like the scaled down version better, besides It is easier to work on smaller resolutions and since you are considering animating it'll also cut alot of the work, but if you like the bigger version more go for it, this is all kinda subjective. I did a small edit on the small one anyhow, maybe it'll help?

[Fizzick]

Hi ariyan, I actually like the scaled down version better, besides It is easier to work on smaller resolutions and since you are considering animating it'll also cut alot of the work, but if you like the bigger version more go for it, this is all kinda subjective. I did a small edit on the small one anyhow, maybe it'll help?

>tfw no qt3.14 pixel gf

[HarveyDentMustDie]

>tfw no qt3.14 pixel gf

Thanks to Google for translating this. 

I agree with Neo Berserker, smaller version is better. But somehow I like clothing on the first version more.

[astraldata]

The scaled down version with the brown jacket does indeed look better and has a lot more character imo than the larger one, despite the larger one having more detail.

The reason it has more 'character' is because much is left to the imagination visually while the body language and accessories that stand out despite the small size tell you a lot, symbolically, about the specific personality of the character. In this case, I get a feeling of relaxed and carefree from your character with a believable but interesting style choice in clothing, who is also pragmatic and prepared (thanks to the presence of the backpack). A somewhat typical adventurer, but still very believable, thus potentially memorable.