Space Trooper + First Monstar

[ptoing]

Here is a really shit 15 minute edit, i could not be bothered to clean anything or even maintain the volumes super well.

Animation = Timing, weight, volumes

Your volumes are okish, timing is okish as well, weight is nonexistant. He is just moveing his legs back and forth and also the whole sprite is quite messy (too messy for my tastes, one more reason my edit is so sloppy)

[SCiDT]

Sherman Gill, how many frames are you using in the run cycle?

I think it was 5 the last time I opened to do extreme edit? You might want to consider adding more frames?


EDIT:
Btw: That's pretty cool Helm. ptoing 

Thanks for notifying me Sherman 

[Sherman Gill]

That was Ptoing, Scidt.

And damn. Ptoing, that is supersweet, but I was really relieved when I thought it was done, I dunno if I have the spine to do that when I did so much on the guy I have already.
I admit, I don't have any time requirements, but this (Which is my first walk/run animation, by the way ) is starting to pain me.


Edit: Ahh hell, it's worth the work. I'll redesign my animation. Might even rework the idle so it has more realistic arms (Like in your edit, Pteradoing)

[SCiDT]

I agree that taking the time to make wonderful animation is worth it. It gives the game a more "live" feeling. Meaning that the character will be better received by the player.



Good Luck and I salute you in going at it 100%

Is it going to be a commercial game?

[Sherman Gill]

Thread revivalism!
Not much has happened, really. I was code a sucky engine, but it was bad to the point where I don't think I can even salvage anything. Did learn a lot from that. Anddd I haven't done much at all on the art side, but here's the idle for a monster.

Unhappy with it, but I don't know what's wrong. Well, besides the legs being as wacky as tobacky.

Edit: Wow. I just realized that this guy and the main character are.. Kind of different styles.

[Doppleganger]

Uhm, I think that your animations should include more movement. I know you're going for a subtlety type of thing but, it's a bit extreme.

Below are two animations of mine that use the same technique, sparingly. In order for subtle movements to look right, there needs to be more going on. Or else, it'll look like nothing or maybe a moving light source. On top of that, your characters will be lacking in any type of personality besides how it is drawn. Well, maybe that's going a bit far...but right now it's true. Once they run, jump, and die...then they'll have some personality.

[ndchristie]

i think in this piece, the way you've done it, the dither obscures the orms rather than defining them.  I also agree with doppleganger about mroe movement, though tbh what i think this needs more than anything else is to be smoothed out (that texture hurts you, man!) and to be better sculpted.  your other work has good volumes, did this guy jsut miss the train?



ps - doppleganger your sprite there reminds me of the game rhapsody

[Sherman Gill]

Hmm... I'll try for a livelier animation, but for now, here's a style update.



Course, as usual, I only notice some small glaring flaws now that I've uploaded it.

[eck]

what is that red thing?  it clashes and looks terrible tbh.

and i think the reason your second animation doesnt work, is because on the first one you edited the shape, and on the second one you didnt change the shape enough, just the lightsource.

[fil_razorback]

I think it's a piece of tweed he got when biting someone but it's really hard to tell (took me more than 30 secs)