could use some help with animation

[KillerKlown]

Hi there. Sorry to trouble you but i've been struggeling with an animation for sooo long and i can't get it right. does anyone have an animation of a character bending down? I have made one where he bends down from the side and that looks fine but i want one where he bends down with his back turned to the player...i was wondering if someone had an example for me to look at...can't get the leg movement right... hope someone can help

[ManicMatt]

I was struggling just to draw crouching from that angle, so I got someone to take a photo of me in that pose. Now, what if you got someone to take a few photos of you slowly moving into crouching?

Or.. maybe someone else can just show you on the net....

[Tuomas]

why do I always get perverted illusions when people speak of bending down... I tell you what, do as you should do, and give it a go, try it yourself, and then post it here. That's what this is for basically. You might want to try thinks like mirror, or games with such animations. Some movies have movement that could help you in slo-mo. But I doubt anyone's going to do it for you, but we're most willing to help on fixing something.

[KillerKlown]

oh no no no i don't expect anyone to do it for me...i meant if someone already had  that kind of animation and could post it so i could see how it's done...

[KillerKlown]

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/crouchdown.gif

Here's what i've accomplished

[ManicMatt]

Heh, you did the same thing I did in Secrets, just shrink the legs!

Take a look at this crouch pose, the jacket makes it harder to see, sorry about that.



As I said, I'd taken a photo of myself crouching, as a reference.

Now if you make a drawing of your sprite fully crouched using a photo or this sprite as a reference, if you wish (if you think it's any good), and then try animating the frames inbetween! So his head gets more straight, and his legs get straighter. Doing it at a slight angle instead of full on foward helps too, I reckon.

[KillerKlown]

I'm going to be lazy on this one i think...as long as it looks somewhat ok and not totally suck i go with it...the game will be fun to play even if that particular animation looks a little strange