Bat Animation
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Printed Date: 12 September 2025 at 4:44pm
Topic: Bat Animation
Posted By: Aleiav
Subject: Bat Animation
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 4:07pm
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So I'm doing a little nano bat for the fun of it and I can't get the flying quite right. To me this just looks odd. >_< Anyone have any suggestions? I've looked at a bat in flight and it wasn't really head on. I'm going for cartoony, but cartoony also has to look semi-realistic, you know?  heeelp. :P  |
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 4:35pm
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When you stretch out your arms to fly, you bend your elbows so your hands are parallel to the ground. Do that with this bat. Edit: w and e are too close together. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
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Posted By: Bifur
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 4:42pm
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add more movement, like when it opens the wings its this {---0----} when it closes its this [-0-] ------------- 
I know! Leafs shouldn't make shadow... |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 4:44pm
? -------------  got game?
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 4:45pm
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Looks better, but I'm not sure if that's how they fly or not. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Bifur
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 5:35pm
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i think they fla their wings entirely
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I know! Leafs shouldn't make shadow... |
Posted By: MurrMan
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 5:52pm
| yeah the whole wing flaps, and you should try to make it partially trunded to the left. and if you are going to give it an out line, it should be red. and the head really shouldn't be that big. |
Posted By: fil_razorback
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 10:41pm
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Well as far as I know, bats don't fly in a vertical position....Your is seen from bottom?
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Posted By: Saboteur
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 11:23pm
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haHA! Fil_razorback ftw. and when the wings go down, the body would go up, 'cause the wings would be pushing the body up through the air, as far as I understand. Go look at movies of birds taking flight, maybe. ------------- "I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business." |
Posted By: Bifur
Date Posted: 03 May 2006 at 2:15pm
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bats fly different as birds , birds slide more in the air isnt it? well i guess it depends..
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I know! Leafs shouldn't make shadow... |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 03 May 2006 at 7:13pm
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Its a cartoon image not a real image ya ninnies ------------- got game?
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Posted By: Saboteur
Date Posted: 03 May 2006 at 8:20pm
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YOU ARE! Semi-realistic means... well... partially realistic, so I figured realism MIIIGHT as well be used as a source. And yes, birds soar, whereas bats glide. I think. I don't honestly know if there's a difference, but I love to ramble too much to not say anything. ------------- "I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business." |
Posted By: Bryan24
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 8:30pm
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The bat appears to be hovering ------------- Revive the bannana thread, and keep the pomegrantate thread! P.S.The bannana thread is supposed to not make sense. P.S.S.or dollars |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 07 May 2006 at 4:49pm
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I don't want the bat to look real. If I did, I would have drawn a body and not just a chibi-like head. I'll work on the wings and post when I've updated. But right now it's finals week and I'm in the process of getting my dorm packed up and put into a storage unit so this is going to have to wait a week or so. ------------- |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 26 May 2006 at 10:07pm
Alrighty. UPDATE! ... I'm thinking he looks a bit sporatic? Thoughts? ------------- |
Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 12:03am
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Originally posted by Aleiav Alrighty. UPDATE! ... I'm thinking he looks a bit sporatic? Thoughts? I think that's pretty much how bats fly |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 4:09am
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The wings seem to be going in rather than up and down... i found this on the metal slug ripped sprites archive thing and it may help: http://www.mslugdb.com/main/gallery/sprites/critters.html - http://www.mslugdb.com/main/gallery/sprites/critters.html (there's one in the bottom right) Well, i know it's not the best way to reference but yanow.. Tis pretty cool nevertheless, reminds me of the bats in zelda. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: alkaline
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 4:51am
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I'm not sure how necessary that detailed animation of a bat is. If it's supposed to be not that realistic, I think it could pass off as a bat flying. You could do it that way but you'd be making the animation more complicated with more frames and more movement and stuff.
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 4:57am
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Originally posted by alkaline
I'm not sure how necessary that detailed animation of a bat is. If it's supposed to be not that realistic, I think it could pass off as a bat flying. You could do it that way but you'd be making the animation more complicated with more frames and more movement and stuff. Yeah ttrue. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 5:56am
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I think.. if the bat is flying, rather than preventing it'self from falling, which it looks like, I think the wings should pan down a little more. ------------- |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 9:30pm
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Originally posted by Larwick The wings seem to be going in rather than up and down... i found this on the metal slug ripped sprites archive thing and it may help: http://www.mslugdb.com/main/gallery/sprites/critters.html - http://www.mslugdb.com/main/gallery/sprites/critters.html (there's one in the bottom right) Well, i know it's not the best way to reference but yanow.. Tis pretty cool nevertheless, reminds me of the bats in zelda. ooooo. That's interesting. Taking Skull's comment in mind as well, I may redo the wings completely. He does look like he's just trying to keep up, rather than just flying. ------------- |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 9:34pm
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Your major problem is that when his wings flap inwards hes going down and not up ------------- got game?
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 10:22pm
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I took away some of the cartoonyness. Larwick, you suggestions really helped me with how bats fly, I think.  I made it smaller, but I definately like it better now. Further crits? ------------- |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 27 May 2006 at 11:38pm
Its still doing the same thing, when his wings go up his body should go down and vice versa.
the center of gravity always wants to stay at the same position ------------- got game?
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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 28 May 2006 at 2:50am
There we go - that looks much better.. super work 
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 28 May 2006 at 10:59am
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Perfect.
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 28 May 2006 at 7:07pm
Thanks. :) I thought it would be much better if his head were smaller. And I fixed the flying discrepancy based on what Psychotic_Carp reccomended. I think I'm finished. :) ------------- |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 28 May 2006 at 8:11pm
Looks good ma'am I made this so you could see what flight for a bird was like and for ref for anyone else
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 29 May 2006 at 6:36pm
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Originally posted by Psychotic_Carp Looks good ma'am I made this so you could see what flight for a bird was like and for ref for anyone else Thanks. But keep in mind, birds fly differently than bats, I would think. Since bats are lighter and their wings are shaped differently. ------------- |
Posted By: Dusty
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 1:43am
| Great work on slow evolution on change from critiques. |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 1:07pm
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Originally posted by Aleiav
Thanks. But keep in mind, birds fly differently than bats, I would think. Since bats are lighter and their wings are shaped differently. Its more of a physics ref. ------------- got game?
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