RPG hero Character

[Chaos Tayoko]

Hello my peeps! 

I have been working on this small RPG male character and well...I need help. The run animation for up (facing back) looks like a....well erm...Japanese school girl jumping rope? I am aware that the color ramp needs fixing, and so dose some of the postures a bit, but I have no idea what to change. CC would be awesome, Edits even better...CC + EDIT....wow....i love you :p

[InvaderLupus]

the front and back views look kind of like he's skating.

[ndchristie]

basing a run cycle on secret of mana keyframes is always going to be problematic.  animation is NOT what made those games so visualyl attractive.  Frankly, there are many times where square's animations.....suck (poor budget allocation says what?)

your base is fine, but i would suggest starting from scratch with the animation.

[Chaos Tayoko]

I used secrete of mana as referance, but i guess i can see what you mean.

[ndchristie]

oh don't get me wrong - i never said you ripped it.  the poses are right off the sheet though, and there are better ways of doing things.