[WIP] Zerberk - running animation

[baccaman21]

It depends what system you're aiming for...?

I know on the GBA you can have alpha masks applied to a background layer - thus effecting the sprites (dependant where they lay in the z-plane) so essentially you could have the force fields with a semi transparency applied.

Therefore if I were you I'd avoid the pixel dither effect you're attempting as it could be handled by hardware.

[Lazycow]

A) The centurion-robot in corrected perspective (thanks, sharprm)
B) Finally, here he is. Our hero. Brave enough to kill all robots. Sort of. Well, somehow he lost his pants...
C) Finally, here he is. Our hero. Brave enough to kill all robots. (he is unnamed, yet)
D) Our hero (with trousers and more shading on the breast, better?)
E) Our hero (He needs a gun, of course)

It seems like he is too small for a face, isn't he? It was somewhat hard to shade him, does not look as good as the robot. 

[Lazycow]

Yes, I am still alive... I tried different types of doors, but failed. So I used the energy walls for the doors. (They could fade away maybe) And there's a new type of floor. And a status display with item select and radar. So, maybe no longer wip...

[Lazycow]

The running animation... (using the run part of the "movements of the two-legged figure" as template. But with streched legs and turned into isometric view in order to match the shape of the hero)

[ndchristie]

there's something un-fluid about the arms, but that's all.  maybe bring the lower end down in the middle frames.

[sharprm]

Copying a tute is okay if your are after a uber cartoony look (liquidy arms) but I would've thought something more realistic would be better. If you want something more realisitic (the arms are rigid and rotate) look at some other sprite sheets to help.

For man sprite, I think colors are a bit too grey and outlining is inconsistent. Here is my shot at it but of course u can do something different.

[Lazycow]

@Adarias: Yes, seems like stretching his arms in the middle is a good start. I am currently working on that.

@sharprm: Hey, thanks for your edit - that helped me a lot! You are right, your colors are much better. The shading in your edit is also more advanced. I have had a hard time to figure out how you achieved that. Well, I have removed the old outline-style of the figure and altered the colors, but I am not sure if I like the black outline of your edit. Depends on the background, maybe.


yours - old/new

better?

[sharprm]

If you have consistently dark backgrounds, i think you dont need outlines so long as your sprites are bright. ie. your 'new' one can work.

With the last edit, maybe it was too hard to understand because I might have been incorreclty trying to squeeze anatomy in the small sprite. So the above edit has two versions, one on left is simpler. Are you going to have a cartoony character? Whatever shading method u use make sure you are comfortable with it. But one thing that strikes me as odd is the 'flares' (pants) and the grey in the hair.