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   You know how in most vertical shoot 'em ups, the ship can rotate if you move it around?  My question is how in the world did the artist animate that little thing?

here is an example:

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kokocipher Seaman Joined: 21 June 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: Rotating a spaceship Posted: 06 April 2010 at 7:34pm
	You know how in most vertical shoot 'em ups, the ship can rotate if you move it around? My question is how in the world did the artist animate that little thing? here is an example:
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Robinhood Commander Joined: 18 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 245	Posted: 07 April 2010 at 3:05pm
	Are you wondering how he/she made it? It's called skill and reference. The artist either was so good, they could do this easily without reference, or they looked up a photo, or looked at a model or something :P Or what program the used to animate/program it? I'm confuzzled, and this isn't even my thread. Edited by Robinhood - 07 April 2010 at 3:05pm
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 07 April 2010 at 5:19pm
	Most animators just revolve around an axis to rotate items as single frames. No science but it does take skill. Practice.
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 14 July 2010 at 9:20am
	Since you seem to know how to animate by your avatar. I'll assume it's getting it to move around and animate....Well, it might be the programmer not the artist. Generally a Rotate function in conjunction with a Move function. Pretty easy if you know some programming basics.
	hehe (ಠ_ಠ ) o_- :p
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Hatch Admiral Joined: 05 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1387	Posted: 14 July 2010 at 8:37pm
	What up with the necropost?
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 15 July 2010 at 1:33am
	*Originally posted by Hatch* What up with the necropost? Seriously, the last post was a week old. Is that really too old? Maybe the poster was still looking for feedback. I know I would still be.
	hehe (ಠ_ಠ ) o_- :p
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Hatch Admiral Joined: 05 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1387	Posted: 15 July 2010 at 5:55am
	*Originally posted by dpixel* Seriously, the last post was a week old. ????????????????????????????? TIME PARADOX
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 15 July 2010 at 6:36am
	My mistake sorry
	hehe (ಠ_ಠ ) o_- :p
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Hatch Admiral Joined: 05 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1387	Posted: 15 July 2010 at 10:45am
	No worries! Can happen to the best of us. Locked.
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