NorthApple [2009-08-12 13:39:53 +0000 UTC]
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This is awesome, but since you requested critique I'll comply to help you~
Things I love:
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" title="Bullet; Green" /> The shading, and the misshapen tardmote mouths
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Green" /> The way the emote spins when it leaps
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Green" /> How both other the tardmotes are doing something different
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Green" /> The timing/speed is good
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Green" /> The idea and title! Things pulling ninja stunts around stupid things are awesome!
Things that are meh:
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" title="Bullet; Red" /> The emotes have (generally) fixed expressions
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bβ¦ " width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Red" /> The emote doesn't appear to move forwards when it slides, so it looks more like itβs just ducking, which is okay, but looks slightly stiff...
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Red" /> The yellow emote doesn't seem be moving 'forwards' as it is too near to the right hand side of the image
Possible Improvements:
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" title="Bullet; Purple" /> Have the yellow emote change expressions depending on what it's doing- e.g. when it leaps/lands have it open its mouth in a yell or close its eyes bracing itself etc instead of it staying indifferent, heck it could even grin at it's success, or look annoyed that there's some tards in its way, anything~
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Purple" /> Move the yellow away from the side and into the centre, which would better give the illusion of movement, and so the tards don't vanish immediately.
e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="10" height="10" alt="" title="Bullet; Purple" /> (this might be remedied by the one above) Have the ducked down emote move forwards while its sliding (towards the left), then it appears to be going in the opposite direction to the blue one, then slowly move it back to the center (back to the right) as the green approaches, ready pop back up and then jump again.
Overall, it's a nice, clean, lively and bouncy emoticon, if slightly stiff in some frames towards the end. I love it <3
The first half of it is good, the leap is perfectly executed (you've got that down), but it looks slightly odd and stiff after it lands.
Hope that helps~
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