my first character animation, looking for some advice.

[Damien]

It looks pretty static, You could add a little bounce (1 pixel) when the both feet are on the ground.

[Skurai]

alright, i'll try to add some bouce to her, but for now..:

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[Darth Mandarb]

The newest animation is getting better!

I would suggest that when one foot is coming up (forward) make the other foot go up as well (just up behind the dress' hem line).Ã,  This will create the feeling that as one leg comes forward, the other is going back and should smooth it out some.

Right now, to me, it looks like she's just marching in place.

Also, as has been suggested and acknowledged, a little 1-pixel bounce might finish the deal.

[Skurai]

thanks for the suggestion about the feet, i'll work on that right now, as for the 1 pixel bounce, i'm not exaclty sure how i'd do that lol

[Krazy]

^^;; sorry for posting 4 times in a row, i won't do it anymore. And i'll try to fix the hands. but as for right now, heres my first walking animation, it sucks, but shes walking lol

She's lifting her feet up and down. Try making her legs bend.

[Skurai]

^^;; i am trying to make them bend, just having alittle trouble doing so. But hey, woulden't you all wanna play a game where all you do is march in one spot? imagine the excitement!!

EDIT: ok, when i say "alittle trouble" what i really mean is "alot of trouble" lol

EDIT #2: If anyone would like to offer alittle help with animating that so it looks like shes walking instead of marching, i'd really appricate it

[Skurai]

ok, i've worked on it, but unfortunatly i still can get it right, heres the latest:

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[mousemat]

Her left foot does to shakes in the air.
you must have added an extra frame somewere.

[Skurai]

ok, i chopped out a few frames, heres how it looks now:

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[Mr Jake]

That looks better, but you should add a bob of 1 pixel (around the middle of the animation)

[Skurai]

that sounds interesting, but what exactly do you mean by a bob?


EDIT: not much, but here are the individual frames for the animation:

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and i changed the animation slightly from the last version, see if you can spot the diffrence

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[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Here, I did a quickie, but this may help you



and a link to the frames
http://members.cox.net/veradin/walkframes.bmp

The bob he is referring to is the dip the character makes when they step, in the case of the version I did, this occurs at every final step forward (where she moves down by one pixel).  Hope this helps.

[Skurai]

wow, thats really awsome, thanks!Ã, 

EDIT: ok, i put together another animation, heavily based off of ProgZmax's far superior version lol *don't worry, i'll give you full credit for what you've done anywhere i use the spriteÃ,  *

there are two, i attempted to shade the skirt on the one on the right:

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now, for bigger ones:

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I should also point out the fact that she now has eye color thanks to ProgZmax lol

[Darth Mandarb]

Another example of the critics lounge coming through!

- First attempt
- Current

Bravo!

The new one is great!

It looks like there might be a tiny little glitch ... the waistline gets a double line of the dark blue outline when her hands are in the back position. (I'm being very nitty about that!)

[Skurai]

i took out the double dark blue outline thing in the skirt, heres how it looks, the new one is on the left, the old one is on the right, tell me what you think:

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better or worse?

[Darth Mandarb]

I think it looks much better!

It looks like her hips are swaying when she walks.Ã,  Which is how women walk (more so then men I mean ... nothing sexist)

That walk cycle looks remarkably life-like considering how small it is.

Great job (to all who helped!)

[MrColossal]

I love how far this sprite has come and I think it can go a little farther.

I made an edit on the feet



The feet ping ponged back and forth reusing frames so she kinda looked like she was hopping from one foot to the other, I also kept her feet visible in every frame though they get very tiny

[Skurai]

thanks for the feet edit MrColossal, it's awesomeÃ, 

oh, and i just finished the back animation *also heavily based on ProgZmax's edit*, hows it look?

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[Krazy]

Looks like she's dancing.

[Skurai]

hm, your right Krazy, i'll have to try to fix that..

EDIT: on a completly unrelated note, welcome to page 3Ã, 

EDIT #2: Is this any better?

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EDIT #3: changed it a bit:
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