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Project Annie...In Motion!

Looks good dude. One thing that I keep wondering about is Sagan, should he be holstered, or should he be standing/sitting by her side? There's the issue that Annie utilizes him in her attacks, but I'm wondering how visible he should be in general. Just thinking.
 
Shockdingo said:
Looks good dude. One thing that I keep wondering about is Sagan, should he be holstered, or should he be standing/sitting by her side? There's the issue that Annie utilizes him in her attacks, but I'm wondering how visible he should be in general. Just thinking.

Yeah I don't really know what to do with him either. For now I've decided to have him slung over her waist via her belt, opposite of her utility bag. This allows her free hand to grab him at any time, while also giving him a place to constantly return to. This allows for some unique and fun animation possibilities without making his positioning or details too complicated. She could also have some interesting attacks such as a hip-check where Sagan pulls her hips forward and kicks.

On the other hand he could be floating/flying or standing next to her, though I don't know if that makes any sense considering I don't know anything about him. He could also simply appear out of nowhere whenever needed.
 
CapnWTF said:
She could always just pull him out of some fancy malletspace when she needs him. like a small black hole or something. he is a REMOTE parasite, so him being really far away unless she needs him isn't so far-fetched, right?

That's exactly what I was thinkin'. It's also why I didn't include him in my first couple of iterations of Annie's idle. He could just appear whenever she does a move that involves him. You know, like he's warping through space or whatever (any bullshit excuse could work, nobody cares).
 
I made a little update, I hope this one looks better with the shading.

(Recomended to watch in fullscreen..sorry my screen capture can't be bigger)
Here's the high quality of the sprite, for now it just lacks some light effects on her hair and stuff.
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It might just be the hair that's throwing me off here, but Annie there doesn't really seem to fit with the current level of shading. She stands out pretty harshly. It's probably just the hair though. (I can't shade for shit, so you should probably ignore me.)
 
CapnWTF said:
It might just be the hair that's throwing me off here, but Annie there doesn't really seem to fit with the current level of shading. She stands out pretty harshly. It's probably just the hair though. (I can't shade for shit, so you should probably ignore me.)

Heh.. Maybe it's because her hair has the most highlighted color on the picture!
(I'm joking)

I was thinking the same, some adjustments have to me made, also adding some "ambience" to her (the npcs in this stage have some blue lightning effects to fit the casino, and she lacks a shadow to be displayed on the ground).
 
Zidiane said:
Any new art done on this? I saw both animations and one Season 2 Annie concept.

@Zidiane

I've been doing concept work in order to produce a better idle pose while posting ideas so people can give feedback. I haven't animated anything else yet, but I think I'm going to take my last idle iteration and fully animate it along with a run animation. So yeah, I haven't done anything noteworthy over the last few weeks, but I'll be sure to update the original post once I finish the next animation :)

Karlaaldana said:
Heh.. Maybe it's because her hair has the most highlighted color on the picture!
(I'm joking)

I was thinking the same, some adjustments have to me made, also adding some "ambience" to her (the npcs in this stage have some blue lightning effects to fit the casino, and she lacks a shadow to be displayed on the ground).

I'll update you with a better working file shortly. Also I don't know if this is the case or not, but it's possible that the background characters are subject to the same dynamic lighting that the playable characters are. That being said, I don't know if it's more appropriate to forgo the highlights or not.
 
What about fixing Sagan in Annie's belt using its ears? Would fix the "where in the hell we put that bunny" problem
 
Skullmageddon said:
@Zidiane

I've been doing concept work in order to produce a better idle pose while posting ideas so people can give feedback. I haven't animated anything else yet, but I think I'm going to take my last idle iteration and fully animate it along with a run animation. So yeah, I haven't done anything noteworthy over the last few weeks, but I'll be sure to update the original post once I finish the next animation :)



I'll update you with a better working file shortly. Also I don't know if this is the case or not, but it's possible that the background characters are subject to the same dynamic lighting that the playable characters are. That being said, I don't know if it's more appropriate to forgo the highlights or not.

The highlights will be added in the future, I mean this was just a "prototype" too see how well she would fit as an npc.
This is still a work in progress, I even had to learn how to use AfterFX just to put her on the stage.. now I can "add" her into any stage, since my modding habilities are non existant heh.
I'm using this to exemplify that Annie could be potentially added as an npc(wishfull thinking).

Also thank you!, it will be 10 times easier with the better working files.
 
DukeMagus said:
What about fixing Sagan in Annie's belt using its ears? Would fix the "where in the hell we put that bunny" problem

That's basically what I did in the most recent illustration I shared. Of course you can't tell because he's behind her, but his ears are going through her belt nonetheless.
 
Skullmageddon said:
Awwwwww Yeah, we Annie now :)

If you're interested in doing the coloring and shading work, I can give you a better format to work with. I can selectively choose the frames, touch up certain aspects of the animation so it works better at a lower frame rate, and hand them off to you in a format that would be easier to do the coloring and shading work in. Or if you're not interested then that's fine too :P

Hey!
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Wataboutmii?
 
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So I've been thinking about this (probably more than I should've) and I think think that a page can be taken from SNK, and have Annie's battle stance transition into a more lax version similar to K'.

Or perhaps separate offensive/defensive stances like Vanessa Lewis.

I'm bad at explaining things, so I'll be sure to hold off burning my sketchbook until after I chicken-scratch something to better indicate what I'm getting at.
 
Karlaaldana said:
It's for a good cause so.. bring it on Stoop!
Alright here we go*rolls up sleeves*

Skullmageddon said:
Oh haha sorry Stoop, I forgot! If you'd like I can hand you the file as well. I just don't wanna turn this into a competition or anything like that, but I also don't like to show favoritism :P

Just pm me or whatever

As long as we are for the same cause, their is only unity, also If I'm not doing a good job just let me know I'm messing up. And I understand not showing favoritism

NOW ALL TOGETHER ANNIE FANS!!!

Oh yeah I'll probably pm you later...or whatevea
 
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PKStoopKid said:
Alright here we go*rolls up sleeves*



As long as we are for the same cause, their is only unity, also If I'm not doing a good job just let me know I'm messing up. And I understand not showing favoritism

NOW ALL TOGETHER ANNIE FANS!!!

Oh yeah I'll probably pm you later...or whatevea
It actually happened.. a real fight between us...
round one: Stoopkid
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Second round: Karla/karmatron
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Third round:... yet to decide since I didn't took a scrennshot.
 
Karlaaldana said:
It actually happened.. a real fight between us...
round one: Stoopkid
JJ7wUwL.jpg


Second round: Karla/karmatron
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Third round:... yet to decide since I didn't took a scrennshot.

Hate to break it to ya, but... your opponent is in another castle. While similar, my actual PSN name is PKStoopKid.

If you would like to put your dukes up you can find me Mon/Tues easier being those are my days off from around 6 a.m to 1 p.m and then from 5 p.m to roughly 10 p.m

Then Wed-Fri it's a gamble but generally after 5, that's when I get home

Sat/Sun- after 5 usually around 5:30 on rare occasions

Besides the name, you'll know you have found me by my team consisting of at least a Parasoul, Cerebella, Double, or a Squigly with Parasoul in either second or anchor

Or you could just add me and we'll know when the other is on
 
DDB said:
So what you're saying is that you're not the only one afraid to leave his stoop.
It's like what Eminem once said

And there's a million of us just like me
Play Squigly
Cerebella
Teams of 3
Controller player just like me
Afraid to leave Stoops like me
You might just be
next best thing
But not quite me
Cause
I'm StoopKid yes I'm the StoopKid
All you other StoopKids are just Stoopid
So won't the real StoopKid please stand up please stand up please stand up
Yes I'm StoopKid yes I'm the StoopKid
All you other StoopKids are just full of it
So won't the real StoopKid please stand up please stand up please stand up
 
PKStoopKid said:
It's like what Eminem once said

And there's a million of us just like me
Play Squigly
Cerebella
Teams of 3
Controller player just like me
Afraid to leave Stoops like me
You might just be
next best thing
But not quite me
Cause
I'm StoopKid yes I'm the StoopKid
All you other StoopKids are just Stoopid
So won't the real StoopKid please stand up please stand up please stand up
Yes I'm StoopKid yes I'm the StoopKid
All you other StoopKids are just full of it
So won't the real StoopKid please stand up please stand up please stand up
Just don't stoop too low to win, kid.
 
PKStoopKid said:
Hate to break it to ya, but... your opponent is in another castle. While similar, my actual PSN name is PKStoopKid.

If you would like to put your dukes up you can find me Mon/Tues easier being those are my days off from around 6 a.m to 1 p.m and then from 5 p.m to roughly 10 p.m

Then Wed-Fri it's a gamble but generally after 5, that's when I get home

Sat/Sun- after 5 usually around 5:30 on rare occasions

Besides the name, you'll know you have found me by my team consisting of at least a Parasoul, Cerebella, Double, or a Squigly with Parasoul in either second or anchor

Or you could just add me and we'll know when the other is on

Let's say I fought your doppelganger or stunt double...That fight was real scary and down to the wire, the point is: "we" gave up a good fight so skullmageddon get's his tablet.
(I don't have PS3)
 
I did the whole thing again... this time with cleaner linework provided by Skullmageddon!
It's just colored frames, this time 5 frames instead of 3.
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(Again.. I don't know how to export it cleanly but I'll figure it out some day
just open the gif on another tab..It looks so much better)
Here's a video that shows how is animated in comparison with other npcs..
 
It's great and I love it, but... Look closely at the lower right leg near the end of the animation. It's a bit messy.
 
DDB said:
It's great and I love it, but... Look closely at the lower right leg near the end of the animation. It's a bit messy.

I just noticed that.. It will be gone by the time I put some shading and light on her.
 
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