Pixel Joint Forum: Orcs walking around

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   I'm looking in to making some enemy sprites for Hammerwatch.  So far I have

and I'm working on filling in all 8 directions plus the walking and stabbing animations.  Does anyone have any good advice for workflow on drawing a sprite from multiple angles? Ways to keep it consistent and still work at a reasonable speed?

Also any overall suggestions for how to improve my pixeling, still very new to all this.

Heres the walking and stabbing

and a piece of art from Hammerwatch itself (not mine) as a reference for the sort of style I'm trying to blend with.

Edited by Kashlavor - 11 May 2014 at 10:51pm

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Kashlavor Seaman Joined: 04 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: Orcs walking around - Help with a character sprite Posted: 11 May 2014 at 10:35pm
	I'm looking in to making some enemy sprites for Hammerwatch. So far I have and I'm working on filling in all 8 directions plus the walking and stabbing animations. Does anyone have any good advice for workflow on drawing a sprite from multiple angles? Ways to keep it consistent and still work at a reasonable speed? Also any overall suggestions for how to improve my pixeling, still very new to all this. Heres the walking and stabbing and a piece of art from Hammerwatch itself (not mine) as a reference for the sort of style I'm trying to blend with. Edited by Kashlavor - 11 May 2014 at 10:51pm
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CELS Commander Joined: 23 September 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 758	Posted: 15 May 2014 at 5:58am
	I think it looks pretty good. I'm not a fan of the stabbing animation, because it's too... dull. Working with such tiny characters, I think it's better to exaggerate the movements. Whenever I stab people, I like to throw my whole body into motion, using my hips and using my opposite arm to create a countermovement. Maybe even move my legs a bit.
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