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[Soulliard]

You can adjust the speed without adding frames.

[Ego_Shiner]

Almost done.

[KennEH!]

You can adjust the speed without adding frames.

I know, adding frames would just look cooler and solve the problem. Compared to the other characters frame count is lower.

[Ego_Shiner]

Flapping doesn't really work with more frames.

[Ego_Shiner]

[JLJac]

My advise is that there should be many more frames in that flapping.

Twisting of scythe is great though.

[Soulliard]

No. Flapping looks bad with lots of frames. It shouldn't look smooth.

[KennEH!]

Why not? Smooth looks so much more badass in my opinion. Also shouldn't the hand be turning inward? Unless that's just me.

[JLJac]

Yeah, I'm also an advocate for smooth. Also I think the flapping should be more subtle.

[Soulliard]

Okay, that does look amazing.

[Tazi]

Yeah, I'm also an advocate for smooth. Also I think the flapping should be more subtle.

Perfect!

[Ego_Shiner]

Okay, I'll just add the twisting to that.

[Ego_Shiner]

[Karuvitomsk]

Quick FYI-- the thing has four blades on it.

[Ego_Shiner]

I know, just forgot for a sec.

[Soulliard]

I don't like the twisting, to be honest.

Cabadath is brutally efficient, and avoids unnecessary motions. I like the idea of a nearly static idle sprite (like Guy from Street Fighter).

Also, if Cabadath were to twist his weapon, it would be a more natural movement to twist it inwards.

[Ego_Shiner]

Yes but the twisting would keep his scythe arm from growing stiff or falling asleep or even just being unprepared.

[Poppants]

Wow, holy crap. By the time I come back, he looks about a thousand times more epic.

...And he's already himself, you know.

Seriously, though. Those sprites look amazing. Anyway, I...actually tried to edit them a bit, at least for accuracy.



It turned out...all right, I guess, but not as good as the one already there. Mainly because the one already there is freaking awesome, animated , and freaking awesome. Thusly, at least, you should use this reference to maybe fix a few things:



Definitely the best reference out there. It's the pixel art from the credits of Trilby's Notes, the biggest Tall Man picture Yahtzee ever put in his games.

I keep seeing buttons on coats, but he only really has those four, and they aren't the shiny kind and such. The top of the coat isn't so much a collar (Not sure what to call it in clothing terms), but a suit.

...

Just something to keep in mind, I guess. Just a few accuracy edits, and he'll be perfect.

As to the twisting, it may not fit his character, or what have you, but the animation is beautiful. 

[godsavant]

I love the scythe-turn. As for Nightshade's concern, I think its absence will usually lead people to think we were going for bare-minimum animation, instead of as a reflection of Cabadath's character.

Poppant's new rendition does look a bit more balanced. I've yet to see it animated as awesomely, though.

[Ego_Shiner]

Poppants- My only issue with yours is that with the scarf that small it just looks like ruffles. I know technically thats the length of it but to make it look good in this style you often have to skew the proportions.