Walking Animation *Added Sideview Anim*

[oscar]

You've never seen animations like this before in your whole lives  8)

               



What do you think? I will add some details to the front view, so he won't be that "dead"

[Darth Mandarb]

The arms look good!

The the shoulders/torso need to rise and fall with the steps.

The legs don't look like they're moving forward at all, it looks like he's bending at the knees and then just stomping his foot down.

Great start!

Will you be adding more shading as well?

dm

[oscar]

thanks,

I know it looks like he's just standing at one spot all the time in the animation, but when he actually is moving forward in the game, I think it looks great.
And no, I won't add more shading...I love this style! maybe just a little by the outlines then..but by now, I'm very satisfied with it

[Darth Mandarb]

As long as it looks good in game (and you're happy with it) than I say go with it!

And don't worry about adding shading ... I was just curious if you were going to

I like the style too!

dm

[evilspacefart]

looks like the chef from southpark.

only thing i can suggest is to alternate the arms and legs moving. the leg that is moving should have the opposite arm swingwing. (ie leg leg steps, right arm swings.) thats how people usually walk.

otherwwise great looking... chef.. er... is he a super hero? he's got a cape.

[oscar]

actually, the legs and arms ARE moving in opposite directions...

I will tell y'all more about the character when I've been working on the game a while. and its NOT chef  


but I still need help with the side walking animation...please, I know there are pro's here  

[Darth Mandarb]

By moving in opposite directions he means that when the left leg is forward, the right arm should be back and vice versa.  The way it is now it's not synced up like that!  (at least I think that's what he meant!!)  You have the arm forward with the same side leg!  Not a huge deal but should be easy enough to fix!

The Side Animation ...

Check this link out:
Walking Animation

See if that helps you out any.  It helped me out in the past!

dm

[oscar]

thanks, darth! you're very helpful and I really appreciate it  

[Darth Mandarb]

:: Front Animation ::
Synced up!  Looks good!  I (personally) would still add a forward movement to each leg but this works!  I hope you don't mind, but I did this really quickly just to show what I meant:

It's a little sloppy, but you'll see what I mean!  I made his legs move forward by just adding a little to the shoes and moving the pant legs.  I also took out the side to side skip and made him move up and down rather.  I also added a little more belly sway!

These were just suggestions but you're more than welcome to use it if you'd like!  Or completely disregard

:: Side Animation ::
Excellent!

The arm looks just a little wierd ... because the arm behind his body (the left one) becomes visible so it gives the illusion that he's moving that arm (the left one) forward more than the right one moves forward.

But it kind of makes it look like he's struttin' a little.

Which gives it some flavor!

I like it alot!

[TheDude]

I think Darth's pretty much got your front animation corrected, it just needed a bit of the guy's sole of his shoe shown. Your side animation looks really great, good job!

[oscar]

I like your animation. I'll see if it looks better in the game as well. thanks

and I noticed that the arms looked kinda strange just after I posted the picture here, so I just haven't uploaded the correction yet