Pixel Joint Forum: Character Animation [Novice Animator]

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   I am designing a game with a simple style.

Here's my character and it's running cycle:

Any CC on how to improve the sprite and animation and where to pay attention while animating would be helpful, thanks.

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ColorAcolyte Midshipman Joined: 22 October 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 57	Topic: Character Animation [Novice Animator] Posted: 30 July 2017 at 6:46am
	I am designing a game with a simple style. Here's my character and it's running cycle: Any CC on how to improve the sprite and animation and where to pay attention while animating would be helpful, thanks.
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ColorAcolyte Midshipman Joined: 22 October 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 57	Posted: 31 July 2017 at 12:38am
	Update: I've also made some attack animations, there are two versions: (5 frames) (5 frames) I don't think the second one look smooth enough, but I'm not sure about the solution.
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d9nis Commander Joined: 03 January 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 107	Posted: 31 July 2017 at 9:02am
	Not bad not bad, at least for the running cycle. :) For the attack, your character look's like she's just turning on herself, it lake a little bit of dynamic in the pause. I'm not an expert at all in animation, but I'd try to start to animate character with rotoscopie.
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ndnNinja Midshipman Joined: 25 August 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 33	Posted: 25 August 2017 at 1:00pm
	The idle and the running animation are good. There's fluidity in the motion but the attack animations feel like an action figure toy being twisted on a flat surface like a top. Maybe putting more bend in the hips and knees could help.
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