Can anyone help clean up this animation?

[Irishrichy]

I've decided to continue on with a partly completed version of The long awaited second volume of the Spoons Trilogy, which I started a couple of years ago, but never finished.

Anyway, I am currently trying to create a walking animation for Richy, based on the updated character graphics. I started it, before realising that I am rubbish at animation.

Is there anyone who's a little bit better at this, that can fix this up for me please?

[Ghost]

Well, it doesn't look too bad to start with- clean and simple, but I always saw the RON games using that style... You may want to post it up at the Critic's Lounge, where you'll get more exposition...

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Wow! I got posting teleportation powers!

[Irishrichy]

Ok, I've actually spent some more time using animation tutorials, and I've improved it to a point I'm happy with.


I'm still a bit stuck on the face on animation though. I'd really appreciate help with this one.

[Sephiroth]

Hi, I'm not really experimented with animations and these are just some ideas to improve the front anim, I think it could use some arms/shoulders movement, even if it only moves by one pixel, also the legs didn't look like they were moving so I tried something on this frame:



I hope it helps.

[twentyfour]

I think the animation is coming along nicely Irish! Sephiroth's pose suggestion is good, except I'll point out that the arm/leg moving forward shouldn't both be from the same side(try walking like that sometime, it feels unnatural and you look like a robot). Use the work you've done on the profile walk and apply it to the front on walk. Bring the profile frames up alongside the front on walk and use some horizontal lines to give you an idea of the placement of the feet and hands.

Here, I scratched this together as an example.



Hope it helps a bit

[Sephiroth]

Right twentyfour, but I thought the right leg (on the front sprite in your pic) was the one forward like he just landed his right foot on the ground. The left shoe is bigger than the right one I think this is what's confusing me.

Just one more thing, the legs in the sidewalk may be a bit too flexible but it's not really an issue.
Here is a walcycle tutorial picture I found on the forums (can't remember who posted it tho, sorry) I think it could be useful: