Animated Bat Sprites
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Category: Pixel Art
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Printed Date: 09 September 2025 at 2:13pm
Topic: Animated Bat Sprites
Posted By: -Fe-
Subject: Animated Bat Sprites
Date Posted: 21 February 2016 at 4:23pm
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Well, I'm working on a game with some friends.
I used to dabble a bit in spriting a long time ago, but never took it seriously. Now I've been looking into pixel art a bit more, you know, by looking up tutorials and tips for the game and all. It's supposed to have somewhat of a retro game kind of feel. I was mostly just experimenting with colors, and the style, and I'm kinda happy with what I've got so far, since I've never animated anything before. I might be here on this page, posting new animations from time to time. I'm open for critique on anything, the colors, animation, whatever. 
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 21 February 2016 at 4:35pm
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These are cool but read owl not bat :/ ------------- |
Posted By: -Fe-
Date Posted: 22 February 2016 at 9:57am
| Do you think changing the ears would fix that? |
Posted By: buffy
Date Posted: 22 February 2016 at 10:19am
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Yeah probably. Small and and stiff upwards, maybe. |
Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 22 February 2016 at 11:09pm
| looks like a cool sea star owl bat. not bad! |
Posted By: -Fe-
Date Posted: 24 February 2016 at 5:02pm
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Okay, so, when I initially was drawing these sprites, I didn't plan on them being bats. I was just doodling, and I ended up with the sprites I had in my first post. I just called it a bat, because it was sorta bat-like. Though, I realize since it was my own art, I didn't necessarily have to call it a bat.
I did make it look more like a bat though. I finally got time to do it. These are the results. 
The first is the new sprite, and then the second is the old one for comparison. I guess now my questions are: Are the new ears okay? And do you think it looks better than the original? I could always just use the original set of sprites and call it something other than a bat. It'd just be something that's bat-like. I mean, in video games, you can make up anything, pretty much. |
Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 24 February 2016 at 10:38pm
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still looking like a seastar owl bat.
they look equally good in my opinion. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 February 2016 at 7:54am
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If you did not need a bat then the original is fine. Just call it an owl.
I would fix the eyebrow line. Its very dirty and hurts the sprite. ------------- |
Posted By: -Fe-
Date Posted: 25 February 2016 at 9:55am
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Well...it doesn't really have a beak, so I don't know if I'd call it an owl.
I'll work on the eyebrow line later today, when I get the chance. |
Posted By: eishiya
Date Posted: 25 February 2016 at 10:45am
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If it wasn't intended to be a bat or an owl, why call it either? Call it something else. A flying creature, a Pmashtagan, or whatever else that fits xP I think the original ears look a bit distracting because they're so large but so stiff - they look more like horns in the animation. Maybe you should animate them to be slightly floppy? Without being animated, I think the bat ears look better, because their shape and position doesn't look like it should be animated. |
Posted By: -Fe-
Date Posted: 29 February 2016 at 2:04pm
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Originally posted by eishiya
If it wasn't intended to be a bat or an owl, why call it either? Call it something else. A flying creature, a Pmashtagan, or whatever else that fits xPI think the original ears look a bit distracting because they're so large but so stiff - they look more like horns in the animation. Maybe you should animate them to be slightly floppy? Without being animated, I think the bat ears look better, because their shape and position doesn't look like it should be animated. Well, you know how it is, the sprite was made, and I showed some people, they called it bat-like, so from then I have just been calling it a bat. But We can call it a Pmashtagan if you'd like. :P Anyway, I took the advice given. The ear-ish things are now floppier, and I cleared up the brow a bit. 
Honestly, we just threw out the idea for this game. We're doing something completely different. (I still finished this sprite just because. I mean, it was a simple fix, and I also wanted feedback to see how good my animation skills are getting and to see what else I could learn.) I still wanted feedback for the art for the new project, seeing that this will be my first game. So should I make a new page for the new game? Or just edit the title of the page and keep it here to avoid flooding the forum with my posts? |