Animation :<
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
Forum Discription: Get crits and comments on your pixel WIPs and other art too!
URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7715
Printed Date: 14 September 2025 at 4:22am
Topic: Animation :<
Posted By: Nessiah
Subject: Animation :<
Date Posted: 18 January 2009 at 10:00pm
I am having a huge problem about this animation   Can somebody help me please? |
Replies:
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 18 January 2009 at 11:22pm
The thing that really pops out is that her arm seems almost boneless- make her bend at the elbow. Also, the arm is travelling far too slowly in comparison the legs. Look at vids, family members or yourself in the mirror to see what I mean: e.g. Left arm forward at the same time as right leg and vice versa. I'm hopless at animating so I can't give any crits on that side of things. The PA itself is great though, keep it up! 
|
Posted By: Nessiah
Date Posted: 18 January 2009 at 11:45pm
|
I don't have vids unfortunately (we never do those ._.) But i'll go look some I attempted an edit..  |
Posted By: NaCl
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 12:22pm
|
Hey Nessiah, I think the legs are pretty good, but your arms are the main problem. You should get up and walk around, and see how you move your arms. On your sprite, the lower arms is following the upper arm, which makes it appear that it is limp and boneless, and just being pushed around the the upper arm. Really, we swing our arms when we walk, so the upper arm is swinging like a pendulum in an arc, and the lower arm is swinging in an even bigger arc, also like a pendulum. Look at this reference:  This should help you see the correct movement of the arm. In the reference the arm is exaggerated of course, but you don't have to make it swing quite so much, and the principle still applies. Good luck. |
Posted By: Nessiah
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 3:26pm
|
Thank you Nacl! I'll fix the arm Here's supposed to be a running and hit pose   I'll try to fix them fast :) |
Posted By: NaCl
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 7:17pm
|
Hmm, you've still got weird stuff going on with the arms in the run. In general, I think the best way to do arms is on the contact frames, the arms are at their highest point. Then, on the high point and recoil they are slightly lower then the contact position. On passing, the upper arm is vertical along the body. This gives them a good pendulum motion. Also, I would try and keep the bobbing only vertical. In your run, she is bobbing up and forward, and it makes her look twitchy. I love the individual sprites though, they are of high quality! |
Posted By: Nessiah
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 8:36pm
Here I think I fixed it this time? |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 2:00am
It's better overall, but look at this frame:
 Her arm is bent soo unnaturally. I think that the far arm is fine but you should really look at the arms on the pic Salty posted- even copy+modify if you have to. (As it is it almost looks as if she's throwing something away behind her!)
|
Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 2:44am
|
I like the running, but she is only using one leg to the max! Make her use both legs! put some power in 'm, she is in a hurry! ------------- |
Posted By: Nessiah
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 3:49am
Something like this motion? |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 12:15pm
That's better but on that frame where the arm is most forward it still flicks up weirdly.The head bouncing you've got is good but it's not as dynamic(?) as the rest of the body (Or so it seems to me) I'm unsure how to remedy it, just giving you something elso to worry about 
|
Posted By: Nessiah
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 3:27pm
| I believe it's because the hair is not bouncing :3 |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 6:18pm
|
That may be it
Also, Just noticed a stray pixel as her arm goes forwards
|