Ryruu - Expressions and walkcycle (C+C needed)

Scavenger · Fri 09/12/2005 00:19:36

Expressions

These are for use in the bottom right hand of the screen, indicating the mood Ryruu is currently in. As I progress through the project, I will make it so that Ryruu's idle animations reflect his mood, and that the expressions box will also have idle animations. The left column is impartial blinking, while the others show different levels of emotion. The top one being subtle, the middle not so, and the bottom intense. They are: Fear, Anger, Embaressment.

Needless to say, this will dictate how he does certain actions. =P And certain actions will dictate his mood.

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Now, Ryruu's not the most graceful of walkers, so I tried to add a kind of clumsy plod or amble to his walk. o.o Did it work? And how do I do side and back views now?

Some notes: I also totally redesigned his costume. I think it looks more original now ^^. Now, what on earth is the style I'm working to? o.o It's all cartoony =o Much easy this is, due to the lack of real shading.

Any comments, help, or suggestions are welcome =P. Endorsed, even.

big brother · Fri 09/12/2005 00:50:34

The color scheme and the structure of the face needs work. As it is now, he looks like one of the Berenstain Bears.

DanClarke · Fri 09/12/2005 01:01:36

also not e that the arms should counter the balance of the legs, so when a left legs comes forward, so should a right arm, and vice versa,

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Fri 09/12/2005 04:07:24

The major issue I see aside from what Dan pointed out with the walk is that one eye seems quite a bit larger and offset vertically from the other. For the animation, I did a few fixes.

1. Alternated motion of arms and legs.
2. Removed side to side motion, it makes the animation jittery.
3. Adjusted bobbing.
4. The body turns so much that I figured the face should.

Scavenger · Fri 09/12/2005 14:05:26

Oh! Now I see ^^. I haven't done adventure game sprites in so long. o.o Hmm. If it's okay, I'll take the animation, and tone down his body and face movements. o.o It just seems too extreme now. Thankyou for correcting it for me ^^

I'm glad there's no shading or proportion issues, that's for sure.

And who ARE the Berenstain bears? o.o First I've heard of them ever. =o. So, I did some research on it, and they do look KINDA like him. Except they have really narrow, scary snouts o.o. Nightmare inducing bears! ;_; I didn't mean for Ryruu to look like them (due to me being totally ignorant of their existance until now o.o), but I can't see any way to change him without totally making him not look like the way I imagine him.

I'm stuck.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Fri 09/12/2005 18:18:08

Don't worry about the resemblance, and use the animation if you want. That's why I edited it ;>.

big brother · Fri 09/12/2005 19:37:09

You could always change your game into a Berenstain Bears fangame. That would be a quick fix.

Scavenger · Fri 09/12/2005 20:26:49

Ew. Fangame. No way. =P I'm SCARED of those bears. >> They aren't even DRAWN right. o.o

big brother · Fri 09/12/2005 21:09:50

I wasn't aware that a set RIGHT or WRONG way to draw anything existed. I mean, anything you draw is a two-dimensional interpretation...

If you think you see an "error", you have no way of knowing whether it was a failure on the artist's part to depict her mind's eye perception, or it was part of the artist's perception, which would not make it an error at all.

Instead, when critiquing art, the words RIGHT and WRONG are generally omitted in favor of more descriptive terms like "squat", "distorted", "gestural", etc.

What don't you like about an amateur paying homage to an awesome series of children's books by creating a fangame?

Scavenger · Fri 09/12/2005 21:36:21

Well, mostly since I've never even heard of the Berenstain Bears before. o.o And partly because I already have a story, I already have characters, and I don't want to make a game about those damnded bears. =P. And don't you have to be a fan to make a fangame? I don't even think he LOOKS all that much like them. His nose is too big, his face too chipmunk like, and he has proper coloured hair. o.o

Okay, Let's critique the Berenstain bears.
The brother
http://www.berenstainbears.com/graphics/brother-bio.jpg
Okay, scary. It looks like his sleeves are eating away at his head. His mouth has an air of total malevolence that makes me think that it's gonna devour me soul. It opens up to beyond his cheekbones, like an alien. o.o The eyes are drawn downward. is this some kind of strange cross eyed breed of bear? I'm sure that bears don't have eyes attatched to their snouts. That's the beef I have with the style. It's unattractive =P.
j/k =P

Do you have a vendetta against me or something? o.o

big brother · Fri 09/12/2005 21:55:49

Quote from: Scavenger on Fri 09/12/2005 21:36:21
Well, mostly since I've never even heard of the Berenstain Bears before. o.o And partly because I already have a story, I already have characters, and I don't want to make a game about those damnded bears.

Hey, hey. Don't knock them until you've read the stuff, buddy. I recommend "The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree." Classic. Definitely start reading that one before you continue making your fan game.

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I don't even think he LOOKS all that much like them. His nose is too big, his face too chipmunk like, and he has proper coloured hair. o.o

I couldn't have said it better myself. I think that's a fair critique of your own work, don't you? (Except for the "proper coloured hair" bit, which makes no sense in art terms. Or grammar, actually.)

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Do you have a vendetta against me or something? o.o

I help everyone indiscriminantly.

Scavenger · Fri 09/12/2005 23:08:55

I've already told you, I'm not making a Berenstain Bear fangame! If you like it so much, you make it. =P Geez, what's the obsession? o.o

And fine, "properly coloured hair, as opposed to having hair the same colour as the fur of the rest of the body, thus making it slightly longer fur, and differenciated(sp?) from the rest of the body." and it wasn't critique. It was marking the difference between my character and those bears. XP

Any comments on the expressions? I know I'm particularly bad at recognising them, so I'd need a lot of help there. o.o

Nikolas · Fri 09/12/2005 23:12:28

Quote from: Scavenger on Fri 09/12/2005 23:08:55
I've already told you, I'm not making a Berenstain Bear fangame! If you like it so much, you make it. =P Geez, what's the obsession? o.o

I have a better idea for BB. I suggest that he sits down with his younger brother to start working on Apprentice III (which I have on the wish list for 2006). Off-topic,

Redwall · Sat 10/12/2005 01:52:37

This topic is almost as funny as the unofficial Mrs. Clause sprite jam a while back.

TheSaint · Mon 12/12/2005 23:31:14

ProgZmax great, shall i say, paintover!

no offence Scavenger but progzmax did the great job with ur sprites and except toning u shouldnt change things - legs/arms movements and body/head both perfectly fit the character and the real-life movement.

cheers