AuthorTopic: *finished-Lizardman walk-animation [C&C] (Read 10536 times)

Gunne · **on:** November 29, 2006, 06:24:50 pm

yus, just felt like doing this (oooh and it felt good

)

It's a walking-animation of a lizardman but before I colour it I need C&C on the animation itself, how is the motion. Are the arms moving in a correct way etc...

Strip:

thanks

-edit, haha just noticed how the hands slapped back to the ground, gonna change that in a minute

*changed*

Akzidenz · **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2006, 07:39:22 pm

The way that his arms are animating, the way they're hitting the ground, is off.

Maybe there needs to be more followthrough when they swing back? Is he actually pushing up with his arms, like a gorilla, or are they supposed to just be swinging? Right now, it looks like an animation of your character walking backwards. The arms just seem odd in general - are the elbow joints supposed to be reversed? Are they tentacles?

Everything else looks great.. the head bobbing side to side as he walks looks perfect.

Gunne · **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2006, 02:23:14 pm

thanks Akzidenz, I worked on it and I guess its still not right but it took me a long time to figure out how a gorilla/hunched creature walks.

update:

strip:

$:-\$

-edit transparant

baccaman21 · **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2006, 02:47:52 pm

are you moving the hands and arms in synch on purpose?

just asked cos they usually swing opposite one another...?

i.e left hand forward left foot back... right foot forward right arm back?

Gunne · **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2006, 02:51:05 pm

haha yeah I know, it's kinda difficult to figure it out. Normally the hands stay on ground when moving like that, but when let's say the right legs moves forward, the right arms moves forward too. That's how I experimented it

eqko · **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2006, 04:05:59 pm

it might help if you would post it without background and brighter colors.
it's bugger hard to see what's going on ...

junkboy · **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2006, 04:14:48 pm

If you're going for a gorilla type walk, it never hurts to look up some references.

Here's a nice (but short) video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEYGZfVD7cA

Gunne · **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:35:35 pm

thanks Junkboy, I never thought of Youtube

I'm gonna colours this fellow now, don't hestiate to post C&C

Strip:

AlienQuark · **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:36:44 pm

The latest animation is looking pretty boss, go with that one, can't wait to see the colours laid out on this.

Akzidenz · **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:44:23 pm

The updated animation looks really nice. Can't wait to see this colored.

baccaman21 · **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2006, 07:00:20 pm

just a thought Killedbysuicide...
remember what I said about secondary motion?
you could apply it to the hands? (I've done a quick fudge just to show you what it could do?)
try it - ignore it... your call... other than that your good to rock!

take it easy chaps... my time to call it quits... I'm off for the night... l8rs!

Gunne · **Reply #11 on:** November 30, 2006, 07:03:48 pm

That was just what I was aiming for in the first post but it failed because the arms were animated wrong!

Thanks Bacca for this reminder must've forgotten it in the new version

AlienQuark & Akzidenz thanks for the comments, Gonna colour it right....now

hidden killer · **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2006, 08:38:44 am

looks great
will look cooler with the background and the colors

Gunne · **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2006, 10:38:33 am

thanks Hidden Killer, it's finished now! The head and the second movement gave me some real trouble, so I did not add the second movement and I have the same basic-head in each frame..
Again IMO it looks better at 2× zoom:

Background:

Strip:

C&C appreciated

baccaman21 · **Reply #14 on:** December 01, 2006, 12:17:34 pm

Bang on... buddy...

FISI! (fuck it ship it!)

next...!

Silver · **Reply #15 on:** December 01, 2006, 04:53:31 pm

I started to like your animations!
Don't have any cirtis atm!
Keep it up man!

Gunne · **Reply #16 on:** December 01, 2006, 10:49:25 pm

thanks guys, I guess when you take the time for something pays

Do you also think this says mockup? I think so, to be continued...

hehe..

Pawige · **Reply #17 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:02:11 pm

The coloring makes the positions of the arms and legs a bit confusing, and it's especially bad when the leg and hands overlap, if you knock out the highlight on the leg, and pull the arm a bit closer by lighting it up a bit, it might look better. Perhaps try lighter outlines on the closer parts, and darker outlines on the further ones also. Nice work so far!

Gunne · **Reply #18 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:07:23 pm

yes, I know what you mean but didn't really know how to figure it out. I'll try what you said, thanks

gliding · **Reply #19 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:29:26 pm

Try upping the contrast on this guy- and eliminating at least some of the highlight colour.

Blick · **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:37:36 pm

I think you should hunch him over more, so there's more horizontal space between his arms and legs, which would give more room to interpret the movement of each limb. That'd be a lot of tedious work, given you'd have to rework every frame :\

Gunne · **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2006, 10:09:49 am

Quote from: gliding on December 01, 2006, 11:29:26 pm

Try upping the contrast on this guy- and eliminating at least some of the highlight colour.

I don't exactly get that since for me there are no highlights colours, and if you mean the bright greenish colour I don't really see why I should remove it, could you maybe explain it more?

@Blick: That was the problem that I had with the arms, that they overlapped the legs. In the uncoloured version it looked already pretty hunched to me so I did not see it but I get your point. Although I am not gonna change it because that means indeed changing every frame. Still there's a red lizard dude I want to make for the mockup, I can make him hunched more though. Thanks for pointing me out

Nontheless here's a slightly edit:

Old ---> New

hidden killer · **Reply #22 on:** December 02, 2006, 11:15:08 am

looks like a cute lil sprite
i like the new one
oh and the hair on the bak looks like spikes coming out of the bak

Skull · **Reply #23 on:** December 02, 2006, 12:04:00 pm

The head bobbing is great, and the tounge coming out is a very nice feature.
I think the palette is wonderful, and the animation is superb.

Gunne · **Reply #24 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:10:06 pm

Quote from: hidden killer on December 02, 2006, 11:15:08 am

oh and the hair on the bak looks like spikes coming out of the bak

haha, no no, it's no hair or either spikes, those are supposed to be feathers attached with a rope to the left side of the lizard

I realised how small it is at the end

haha

Thank you Skull for liking it

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