it seems strange for the body to be minorly black out lined and the MG not to be... I love these colors!!! why can t i every get color selections like these? i think that there should be som more contrast, maybe a different highlight for the gun?

YEssir!

LMAO

Nah, i dont think i'm up to laser-crotch-robot standards yet. And MurrMan, that could work, but there arn't many frames and i think if i tried to do that there would be two jolts rather than a 'bob'.

You guys can expect long armed freaks of robots, some tank thing with around 5+ different cannons and a centipede-like mech. Maybe something cunning that flies too.

Also, i might be editing the walking animation so it rocks side to side rather than bobbing, just to see how it looks.

i think there should me more details in the wheels 

Already done Bifur, already done.  (Wont update yet though)

And yup shark, glad you like it.

Shoots
Your animation might be too smooth for the firing of a projectile of that caliber. A firing animation should convey visual force as much as it conveys the force of a projectile being fired. This is why I usually use a bit less subtle beginning on firing animations.
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Rise
Remember kids! Gravity stops you from going up before taking you down again! Your version wasn't smooth enough at the infamous 'zero-gravity' point, which is why I added a few frames around the point where up becomes down. At this zero-point you should also watch the way the turret bends. In your animation, I think it bends up way too late. In the edit I made, I've added a turret bounce at the landing frame. Details like this can really be the cream topping on a delicious cake. Also look at this little image I just made to support my lousy writing, showing zero-points and stuff:

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Skipping
I can't help but thinking the back legs lag a wee bit. When making an animation such as this, I usually find it handy to keep a line at the bottom to see how the ground moves. Also, the 'kicking' up seems to have less frames than the decent. You might want to have a little more symetric animations to smooth this out. Think 1-2-3-2-1. Also, I can't really makes out where he gets the kinetic energy for each jump. Doesn't he need to set set himself off against the ground to get up?
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As I noted on the skipping animation, try getting a bit more symmetric animations. Having two bobs in a single animation cycle would definatly improve this piece a lot.
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Annnnnd that's about it. KUTGW and stuff.

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Krysis, i like those concepts. Sort of mutated looking. I did actually have some sort of idea of it 'evolving' or having some sort of hidden massive cannon or other gadets inside its carapace. Cheers for the added inspiration ^_^

Brian! Thanks alot for taking the time to do all that. It's very useful, and i agree with it all. I will try to edit them when i have the time.

stanloshka, dont really understand you, but you're right that it does look like it's limping. I will keep editing to try and get rid of that.

And to keep this going, here's a WIP of a portrait for the little fellow:


Is it too big? I will probably do one around this size and another a more useable size later. Any other comments on it? I'm quite keen on the pose, and will be making it all dramatic etc. ^_^

And also just a note that there will be aliens and monsters within the array of enemies i have concept'd. RaWr.

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letgs in the sprite seems smoother then in the portrait

BTW . i want o play it , finish it asap !

Update. Not so sure about the white on the portrait, and the barrel's shadows. That'll be changed.

Yes, it's odd and exaggerated, but... Perhaps because the barrel is sort of loose and/or springy when the body is recoiled and it cannot move backwards any further the force of the blow sways the body and the cannon upwards instead, and the backlegs and it's own weight stops it from sliding. Like if you put the back brakes on your bike and tried to push it backwards.

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Oh, and also, just thought of a new idea, elaborating from a few others. Sort of in the same way samus changes her gun to change the type of ammo she uses, the Rustbug will do the same. Although with the Rustbug its gun barrel goes back into the body and pops back out as the different weapon type. The main barrel, as shown in all the current animations and concepts, is the one used for normal 'zap-ish' fire. Of course i'll need to think up better names for them all. Expect flamethrowers, mini-guns, rocket launchers and HOOVER POWER! Heheh.

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Add some exposed wires/pipes/mechanics on the bottom of the grey thing.

u better make some real big guns and explosions

I love the post apocolyptic feel of it. Lately that sort of setting has really appealed to me.

Even though you want the focus to be on the foreground, I think the background could have more detail. I'd personally like to see silhouettes of distant burning cities.

And yeah, explosion looks like a tree. It could use some hot areas in the rolling smoke. If you look at explosions, it's like a round burst of flame followed by smoke consuming it and then it dissipated. I'd like to see the explosion shown here have some of that fire in it.

Or is it oil? Because I was going to suggest having oil spraying out from the ground as a way to power up or something, because the mockup feels very industrialized with the metal and smog, you'd just need to add oil to make the theme come together in my mind.

Truely amzaing, is all I can say.
I still think you need a brief animation of the Bug taking damage, then repairing itself with a glow or something.

backgrounds looks good , why dont u add some destroied buildings to add some chaos feel?

PS:explosion much better , thought it was a tree b4

If you're serious that you won't make this a game, I might just die. >.<

Seriously, though, it has so much potential that it would be akin to a disservice to humanity if no one makes it into a game. I personally would love to at least give it a try if no one else.

i could win bucks of money , sell it to miniclips xD 

What Brian said.

 Was bored so made this. Also, tis almost 3am so note the stupid quote. I shall be bedinising now though. Turrah.

I'd say lighten the dark color on the building just a small tad bit. And find a lighter color for the gray dither you added on the building also.

And uh...the 'dynamic' one, the top dome part is leaning too much to the left. Circle-ize it more!

 

Ah, something to start the day. Added a border, put the power bar back in, although it would be cropped like this when there is a speech bubble in place. Also edited the background slightly. And on the avatar i rounded the body slightly, although theres an annoying little nook, but owel, and i added the weird thing around the cannon fixture part. Oh yeah, and i made the hole on the end less round.

@ P_O, i'm not actually sure what this would be made with. Why do you ask?

Cheers for the comments peoples.

Yeah, that's true Saiklor, but originally i did actually name it the Rustbug because of the pallette, not the actual character concept. Thanks for the references anyhow, i think it might be quite cool to have a monster with a skin texture like rust...

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The tank is gunna take a while so... say hello to the (most probably) smallest mech enemy. Might make one without a cannon. Anyway, what are your views on the colour scheme? Red and grey... :S And also i need ideas to make it look as menacing as possible... at the moment it sort of looks too cute, if you find rattish robots with cannons on their backs cute...

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Played around with the pallette.
I tried a more paleish red so it would match the other pallette you used.

It seemed too bright compaired to the Rustbug so it looked strange.



Blue?

I placed your enemy and my two pallette edits onto one of your mockups.

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Souly you're right, the red i used is too bright. I haven't gone as drastic as yours, but i've lessened the saturation slightly. Now it's more of a 'leather' colour.



Yes i kept the old pallette for when it fires the cannon because the new one hasn't enough contrast, and the old one goes better with the red zap. Re-doing all the reds makes it very dull. And yes, i want the zap red... ^_^

What should this thing be called? Some ideas i have are 'Pest/-bot', 'Pony/-bot'... (yes, i'm a retard, and i like it)... Anything amusing, patronising, cool or mysterious (and of course original) would be cool.

I wrote a quick 'plot' of sorts (it's very lame at the moment, but it works, and will give me something to work with). No one will be able to see it yet though... perhaps.

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I need a project like this.