This is my first attempt animating a a character sprite,im planning on using it in a flash game im currently planning.

So far, i've made all the movements i can think of, I'm going to change the facial expressions when he's jumping, and when he falls.



Anything else you guys think will make it look better?




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Run:


Jump:



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Oh yeah, sorry i posted it on other forums, and forgot to post the normal size.






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Woah.. jumps way too high, and the lack of frames for that makes the animation look rather poor. Decrease the jump height and it should look better. 

It does?

*skims help page*

Um... where?

Nice little sprite, btw. I'd maybe make the feet flatter in the "stand" pose.

Try clicking on the image it's self.

You should add some sort of air movement that happens just as he double jumps.

@ souly - you meant to say "hair movement"

I wouldnt use that pure black on the shoe, especially since you havent used it in any other part of the sprite. It draws to much attention to the shoes :P

The double jump just looks like a taller single jump. Perhaps have him flipping for the second half, or some other way to show differentiation?

Exactly, but it could do with being a bit faster.

Nice design and shading so far. :) Very cool. Can't wait to see how the sprite looks on a background!

I think your jumps might look more convincing if you had the character move foreward at least a little like he was jumping over something. That might take a bit more work animation wise, but it would let us see how your jump would look in a game while he is moving foreward. It might actually look fine in the aspect but since he's jumping up and down and not moving it makes it look a little disorienting.