Attack in 3 frames! HELP

[TrevoriuS]

Eyebrows do not suddenly appear or get thicker when you smash someone with a sword. They may only change position. In addition to that, Ryona, give your guy a more neutral pose, and let him hold a sword also in his idle stance. On the overall it's a big improvement, it's just that the torso pose is messed up on the idle state.

[Ryona]

Uh.. I'm not the one who started this thread, TrevoriuS. lol
Just wanted to help Bhalzak.

And why must he be in a neutral pose? I don't recall Bhalzak saying the character must be in a neutral pose.
Also, I don't recall Bhalzak saying that the character must carry a sword at all times. Maybe Bhalzak might want the character's hands free to interact with random objects in the game.

And I can't really see what's messed up in the idle stance I made, but oh well, this thread isn't about me anyway.

[Opacus]

Uh.. I'm not the one who started this thread, TrevoriuS. lol
Just wanted to help Bhalzak.

And why must he be in a neutral pose? I don't recall Bhalzak saying the character must be in a neutral pose.
Also, I don't recall Bhalzak saying that the character must carry a sword at all times. Maybe Bhalzak might want the character's hands free to interact with random objects in the game.

And I can't really see what's messed up in the idle stance I made, but oh well, this thread isn't about me anyway.

He was talking about Ter-o's new edit. You probably missed it .
(The dodges tomato part in your edit post made me lol.)

[Bhalzak]

everything, thanks to all for the help that you are giving me.
i have put really badly unfortunately, however I always try to hock me.
The sprite is only an example, only to understand the mechanism that I then will use for all the other images, therefore not worried you about its beauty
>-<

[Opacus]

Are you saying you don't care how it looks? Then why post it here and have people waste time on giving critique?
Sorry if I misunderstood since it seems English is not your native language.

[Bhalzak]

yah,i came from italy

[ndchristie]

if you only have a few frames, try to make the most of them.  change the character completely to give motion.


bad example, done in a few minutes and messed up the scale but it shows what i mean with the motion/different positions :

[Mike]

I took a stab at it. ...or more like a slash. har har *dodges tomato*

I felt the overall sprite could be improved. Not just the attack.
I gave your little guy stronger character with a more interesting appearance and I made the tones more contrasty and vibrant.
The idle sprites I made to the left, one of them has a shoulder-strap which I think would be good to add because it shows that he carries a weapon on his back, and it also adds to the overall character.
The three sprites I made on the right are the attacking sprites.

While I think your animation and character are great and nicely animated I feel that Bhalzak should keep his character in his style.  The character you drew is extremely well drawn and posed, but I feel that Bhalzak is probably not at your level unfortunately.  I do not think it is possible to ramp up ones art ability and style in this short of a time frame therefore it is a bit unrealistic.  For Bhalzak I believe he should focus on making as much motion as he can if he only has 3 frames to work with.

[Bhalzak]

While I think your animation and character are great and nicely animated I feel that Bhalzak should keep his character in his style.  The character you drew is extremely well drawn and posed, but I feel that Bhalzak is probably not at your level unfortunately.  I do not think it is possible to ramp up ones art ability and style in this short of a time frame therefore it is a bit unrealistic.  For Bhalzak I believe he should focus on making as much motion as he can if he only has 3 frames to work with.

Yeah,u have understand,i must use that style because i use a tool for made game (with her limitation)

mhm i have made a new animation ><

-> NEW EDIT:

Stance + 3 frames atk

[Corsair]

That's better but it still needs some work.

no matter what you're going t have to move the body more to make it more believable. and it helps to go *across* the body, rather than paralell to it. swing an object. the natural motion isn't to go stright down with it, is it?

the animation should reflect this.