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ieafy — Walking sprite, please critique!
Published: 2014-04-21 12:29:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 884; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 7
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This is probably the eigth version of the same thing, while it's finally starting to get there. its not there. I'm not sure what's off, but something defintely is! If you can point me to the right direction I'd be really grateful!-----------------------------
If you have me on tumblr, you might know that I've decided to create a little game! We'll see how it goes.
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looks good otherwise, but the legs disappear completely making it a bit chompy. uvu you should make it disappear only by half of the leg
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Asdfghjkl; it's adorable!
Probably the only thing I could say is more frames needed for that walking animation to make it look smooth. I think the pixel of your character is fine <3
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Hmm, I'm not an animator but for me it might be that the legs are just a tad bit short. So when the sprite walks, it looks a little bit awkward. And maybe the neck should be a little bit thinner too but idk? OH, and I just noticed the belly part goes OVER the legs, which it probably shouldn't. In order to give the illusion of perspective (meaning one thing is closer than the other) the leg/dark pixels should go in front.
That's what it seems like to me at least. UwU
And sorry if I sound super critical. ;-; (I don't mean to be) I actually think this is a really cute sprite and I can't wait to see what you do with it in the future.
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This looks good! One thing I noticed it the edges look really straight, if you want you can go to my friend puplings gallery and look at her pixel tutorial if you have not already! It had good tips and advice!
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RaspberryFanta has the right advice! It's an adorable character!
Good luck on your game!
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Aw thanks! I'm glad you agree because I really don't know what I'm talking about. XD
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I don't know much about spriting but I took this into MS Paint and made some extra frames and minor adjustments that I think will help. sta.sh/010fvbn6a8d1
Unfortunately I don't own a program that can quickly animate the images unless I save each one individually. The one at the end is just a standing pose that I did have in but removed. The current one you have is super cute and I just noticed the head bobs (which I haven't taken into account with the frames I made sorry!) I just think the movement is too jerky at the moment and I think it will look better if it's smoothed out.
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Oh wow thanks so much! This is a HUGE help!
I've gone and animated it, added the head bop too.
sta.sh/21urnpd1j60w?edit=1
The head bop has a different timing for those two, i'm not sure which one to choose.
Also, on the shaded pixel, the tummy will be much lighter, so the fact that its static should be much less noticeable. I'm a real armature at this stuff so you've really helped me a huge deal.
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Glad to help! The extra frames really make it look like he/she's taking a step and make the movement much more fluid.
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I changed it just a little to make the head bob: sta.sh/01t6f7oi9njm
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Oh I missed this, In both those animations I added the head bob in myself. But I'll try this one tomorrow too!
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Keep experimenting with little things and I'm sure it will come together!
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I'm not an animator, but here are some comments, if you don't mind
The "circle" thing at the body, maybe u could animate it too, so it's not totally stationary when it's walking since it's part of its body, it should move too when it's walking.
And perhaps you could add more in-betweens .
Overall, the character is very cute
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Yes thank you! I've tried to animate the tummy too but either I'm really bad, or it actually is just plain awkward, so in the final animation and sprite, i'll lighten it much more so it's less noticeable. Thanks again for the suggestion!
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It's okay, animation is hard.. that's why I suck at it =3=
I'm sorry that I could not give you more suggestions, but good luck okay! I'm sure it will look better and better as long you keep trying
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It's like the most adorable little thing ever though ;-;
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