Yeah, for one it has nothing to do with avatar, just don't know another name to call it :P

Anyway, i posted one like 5 months ago or more dunno and i decided to re-do it..

http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=7110.0
^ Link to the original..

Anyway, here it is..







Sorry about the magneta background, i've just been doing some stuff on the nds..

C+C pls. :]






Edited by Quake - 18 January 2009 at 10:01am

You need to look at each limb and make sure they are the same size on both size. Right now, his right arm and leg are way fatter then the left arm and leg. This is the most glaring and easy to fix problem, but there are more.

The pose has errors. The chest is facing at an angle, and the arms appear to be facing straight at the screen. Try raising his left arm a few pixels to account for the perspective. His legs need work, why would they be facing out at different angles like that? It is an uncomfortable way to stand. With both legs bent, he looks odd, if you straighten one leg, then it will look like he is resting his weight on it, and balancing with the other bent leg.

I think the head is way too squat and fat. The head is not a circle, it is an egg shape that is taller then it is fat. Yours right now is fatter then it is tall.

You have improved from your last piece, but not significantly. TehWexxl0rz edit in the old post still has a lot of value that you are not taking advantage of. For instance, look how TehWexxl0rz gave the guy elbows and knees. You are still lacking them. Note how he centred the guys weight over the legs so he looked balanced. Note how he made the head taller, so it wasn't all squat.

Good luck

Thanks :]

I did this one, planning to change the hair since it's too like the one by Teh..

lol thanks :P

When i read it, i thought you were talking about the new one until i read further.. I was like WAT, an alien xD

::EDIT::

Done what Evil said *I think*..

Before --> After ----> Bit more shading on the torso..
   --->   ---> 

Sorry about the magneta background x.x




Edited by Quake - 21 January 2009 at 11:30am

don't mess with animation for now, stick to fix the said anatomy problems 1st.

It is stomping.. and i have tried to do what you said..

I've made the going up have 3 frames and going down have 2 frames. I've also made the down frames have a smaller interval..

And Metaru, what are these anatomy problems you speak of?

Lol, sounded like a monk :P

thanks, Quake.

ok, i change it.. is it better?

Is this better?

xD thanks :P
I'll get it done :D


done :]




Edited by Quake - 05 February 2009 at 7:13am

I believe this is better..



-Quake

Before i coloured it in i wanted some C+C on this animation. Meant to be like him breathing (kind of ;P)

Quake... think about what the body does for different actions. You're being really lazy with these animations, no one just moves one part of their body for an action. When you stomp, your leg doesn't just lift up then come back down... when you breathe then your arms don't just move up.If you want them to look at all decent, don't be lazy.

it's still very stuff and not very powerful. Here, i made a quick edit:



Now i only edited the stomping - the arm movement is still the same. but here's what I changed:

1 - the stomping leg while down
 a bent leg doesnt give a very good visual for strength. when you stomp you're foot your leg probably is straight at the end of it. This gives a better  sense of the force of the stomp. I did keep the original more bent standing leg as the first frame of the stomp animation though.

2 - more frames for the foot rising.
you gotta put some OOMF into that stomp!

3 - as the foot rises the whole body moves
again, this conveys a better sense of the effort going into the stomp.

4 - As the foot hits the body is lowered 1 pixel from its original standing postion
The whole body is being put into this stomp!



Now, it could be improved a lot from where I have it now but it's a lot more interesting to look at then the little tap. As for the moving arm - I'd say do the same as the foot. have a few frames of pulling back time and then shove it forward quickly in 1 frame. Give it a good sense of speed and force. right now he looks like he's rather lazily just saying to the rock "go over there". If you want the other arm to do something maybe make it join the moving arm so becomes a two handed pushing motion.



Anyway, you are coming along but you do have to get into doing more complex animations :)





Edited by Zeratanus - 15 February 2009 at 8:14am

ah, yes I think that the back shift worked well :D

Edited by Zeratanus - 15 February 2009 at 1:28pm

you're being way too radical raisinng that leg. you'd better smooth a bit the previous and following frame to that on, so i wouldn't look so unmatching.

I -think- Metaru's saying add 2 more frames - one right before and one right after the leg gets to its highest point.

I'd be a bit worried about the leg no longer looking as if it's slamming as hard but since another frame is being added before it too it could even out just fine.

also that shading jump on the arms when he stomps looks funky. he's not moving -that- much.