Innocent square man

m0ds · Sat 24/04/2004 23:17:31

Two new anims thanks to the big brotherhood.

When he walks sideways, you'll notice his head doesn't change. More cutesy and strange, IMO. His walking animations are being kept to four frames simply so he can move a bit faster and cutesier. LOL, you'll see.

Walking backwards. I'm not sure about the back of his head, any ideas on that one?

PS, the hair idea is good. I'll have a go at swining it.

Mm.

TheDude · Sat 24/04/2004 23:29:06

In the backwards anim it looks like his feet are on backwards, the end of his legs should be attached to the bottom of the feet, or maybe it's just the way i'm looking at it... These look great by the way!

Ashen · Sun 25/04/2004 00:16:33

I knew something wasn't quite right with the back view, and TheDude just hit it - the way the legs are attached make it look like the feet are still pointing towards us. It's a little thing, but this is the first CL thread I've posted in, so I feel kinda invested in the little guy.

Also, maybe try filling, or part filling, the back of his head, to make it look hairy.

Hollister Man · Sun 25/04/2004 00:42:00

Since the legs are one pixel, you can't tell when they cross each other, so you could play the same frames twice per "step", Usually it would be

Left forward, right behind
Left under, right swing
Right forward, left behind,
Right under, left swing

and you could just play the first two frames twice.

m0ds · Sun 25/04/2004 14:21:06

Thanks for the advice, I'll look into that walking illusion. I could also use some help with Moggit, he doesn't look very cute;

Haddas · Sun 25/04/2004 14:28:36

I think it does. Maybe all black eyes with a reflection. type Pikachu eyes

DragonRose · Sun 25/04/2004 16:42:05

I think it's that his face is too busy. Maybe try putting the whiskers off the side of his face, rather than from under his nose, or take them out all together.

Ashen · Sun 25/04/2004 17:06:56

I've done a quick paintover, but Geocities won't let me post direct, so

http://www.geocities.com/whoismonkey/moggitest.gif

-Made the eyes move oval, and gave them vertical pupils
-Moved whiskers to side of head, to clean up face a little
-Coloured eyes. Unless you want everything to be black and white, I think it adds something. Doesn't show up too good, unless you zoom in.
-Changed shape of tail. Real cats (and I have 3) hold their tails up with a slight curl, as I've tried to show, when they're being friendly / saying hello. I think this makes them cuter, but that might be because I think I know what it means.

Eggie · Sun 25/04/2004 18:13:20

The black eyes look a little Jack Skellington-ish.

m0ds · Sun 25/04/2004 18:22:37

Ashen, nice touch ups! I like it. I'll try the same with some anti-aliasing and see how it looks. Good stuff!

Haddas · Sun 25/04/2004 19:45:09

I'm sorry m0ds. I can't help but make these cutesy wootesy creatures!

m0ds · Fri 30/04/2004 20:32:08

Haddas, I'd like to see that with a completely rectangular head, rather than that angle. I think totally square would work. Maybe. Streblo, even so.

I made this;

(Riboteeee)

It's mean to be a frog. Now, I'm not insane but I based it on this, ._______________. As seen in IRC. That bit is fine IMO, but I'm not sure about his legs. I think they make him look more like a turtle perhaps, or a tortoise.

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And that wouldn't suit the name Riboteeee.

Any suggestions on how to make it look like the other?

DragonRose · Fri 30/04/2004 22:08:38

How about this?

I think the reason he looked like a turtle was because his head was so offset from the body. Also, frogs have long legs.

m0ds · Fri 30/04/2004 22:24:30

Haha! Great, Dragonrose! But don't frogs have four legs? It looks like he has two!

Hollister Man · Fri 30/04/2004 23:11:06

Love it! He's missing a pixel in the bottom left of his head, though.

I agree, I tink Pikachu eyes would be good on the cat.

smokealot · Fri 30/04/2004 23:34:36

just a sujection, if u wanna make him look more cute and innocent try giving him bigger pupils :

like this dude somone might of sid that already tho lol

Haddas · Fri 30/04/2004 23:41:27

http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Haddas/Other/sqrgdoggie2wags.gif

New version. I made one with a real tiny head too. no mouth. It looked like a deformed cat though.

smokealot · Sat 01/05/2004 01:43:12

;Dhehe

Hollister Man · Sat 01/05/2004 01:44:23

This is my rendition of my pug...squareized. Not great, but not too bad either.

Peter Thomas · Sat 01/05/2004 01:48:15

My take on moggit.

I was thinking about animating it, but decided against it. A wagging tail looks too much like a dog to me, and my attempts at the smooth, swaying motion of a cat's tail didn't really do anybody justice...