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[+ Brackev 66]

I did foil fencing for a couple of years.  The blade is always in front to extend your reach.  The boots could have longer toes on them..

 

Otherwise, it looks really good.

[nash004 16]

I did foil fencing for a couple of years.  The blade is always in front to extend your reach.  The boots could have longer toes on them..

 

Otherwise, it looks really good.

Thank you for your input! Yeah, I shouldn't have been cocky and revised my trashy own stance... I'll revise it ASAP.

 

Thanks again.

[nash004 16]

Progress!

 

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This is a good attack frame, isn't it? I was aiming to replace the original... But, yeah. It doesn't fit the idle pose. /facepalm

I'll just rework the original pose that I made, transfer the saber(foil?) and adjust the toes/leg length to fit the animation.

 

Darn, this is hard, with no base to work on.... I should have done the overworld sprites(thinking of using pokemon style sprites) first... But I'm afraid if I stray out, I would lose my tempo and temporarily give up again. (Happened with the first character I made here. I was stuck at the sprite, and now, I lost my tempo permanently)= =;;

 

I wonder if it's okay for players to have the enemies just standing still without any movement? I'll do them down the line but... just thinking about it makes me tired.. Haha.

 

Yeah, any suggestions guys?

 

Edit: Added a few minor details. Made the leg for the idle/walking pose more "true" to the attack pose.

Edited March 6, 2015 by nash004

[+ Brackev 66]

From what I can see, it's much better.

 

As for enemies just standing still, try making them (shake/slide back then forth) when they are hit.  As in, move the whole sprite, so you don't have to animate the frames.

[nash004 16]

From what I can see, it's much better.

 

As for enemies just standing still, try making them (shake/slide back then forth) when they are hit.  As in, move the whole sprite, so you don't have to animate the frames.

Thanks! I liked it much better than before, too. Thanks for your help.

 

Ah. That's actually a great idea. I'll see how that looks like once I finish this sprite. 

[nash004 16]

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Final(I hope)        Made the hair movement more relevant.

 

Boy.. I finished the attack frames for the UPPER TORSO. Next up is the LOWER TORSO movement. I'll polish it when I finish the whole body for the attack animation.... I have a lot to go. But it's nice to see my work moving.

 

Edit: Which of the two animations above is better?

Edit2: Attack Animation Done! Next up is the idle pose.

Edit3: Deleted the earlier GIFs

Edited March 12, 2015 by nash004

[nash004 16]

progress!

idle                           attack

 

 

The idle needs polishing, like seriously. The hand movement on the left side is off.. I'm pretty happy with the attack frames, though. I'll probably stick to not changing her hand and foil position. Comments?

 

Edit: Modified the poses a bit.

Edited March 13, 2015 by nash004

[nash004 16]

update!

 

  

idle                       attack                   weak

 

 

I want to give up...But if I don't finish this, I won't be able to finish a game in my lifetime. Well, here goes my progress.

 

 

Signing off.

 

 

comments plz.

Edited April 28, 2015 by nash004

[Loriesquare 203]

Everything's good to me, but for the idle stance;

I think the weapon needs to have one more frame in between its two positions, because it looks like it uh, 'suddenly' moved compared to the other smoother animations.

And I believe that goes for the other hand too.

Unless you know, that's what you're working on right now.

 

But hey, I don't know how to sprite anyway. These are pretty amazing

Edited April 28, 2015 by Eien Nanashi

[Dainiri.Art 155]

I love everything so far so good

the only thing I can say is that the weak animation is a bit jumpy? why not try this

frame: 1-2-3-4-3-2-1? I believe your using a frame:1-2-3-4-1?

[nash004 16]

Thanks for the comment guys!

 

@Eien: I thought the idle stance is quite off as well. I'll work on that next~ Thanks for the input!

@Dainiri: Thanks Dain! Yes, I'm going by 1-2-3-4-1. I actually want to give the character a "collapsing" kind of animation as she tries to get back to her usual stance. I tried to make her body motion more fluid. I hope that somehow relieves your eyes. If only for a bit.. 

 

 

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