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[thesti]

Hi,
I'm learning to create a 2d character animation for games. I've seen some tutorial where we use skeletal animation to move images and create several frame to create an animation.

But, for an animation where the character will turn his head, I don't think I can use the same head image as the character turning his head.

What is usually done to create a character turning his head animation? Do we need to create multiple head images? With each image drawn from scratch?

[_glitch]

In 2D games animations are often created with spritesheets, where every state of the animation is included in one image. To answer your question: you should use such a spritesheet, not one character image with different heads, this maybe would look weird.

Edit: here is an example for such a spritesheet: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/4f/39/cc/4f39cc0b4749aed4b66ae0fe46995d99.jpg

[maruki]

I think the best approach to a head turn animation is doing it frame by frame, meaning, drawing each individual frame. You have more control over the movement and the follow-through of the hair, for example.

Here's the spritesheet of a character I made turning her head:



Here's the animation:

[JWK5]

Sloppy because I am pressed for time, but hopefully you get the idea: