introducing...desert blade sand snail!

[TANK]

he can derp his head in a looping motion and says hello when he bites!



any criticism is welcome! just don't be too harsh its my first sprite and gif. had fun making him for an hour and i hope you enjoy looking at him for 10 seconds  ;)   .

[CherryPie]

very nice for a first animation. Allthough imo, you should consider also animating the other parts of it. Oh and shading! :D

[TANK]

Thanks! also i dont know how i should animate the shell, maybe i should have the blades twitch or pump back and forth inside the shell lol. I also tried shading his eyes and his shell and you can see how that came out doesnt really look like shading. Im going to make a cave like rancor monster next and ill try improving the shading and see what you guys think.

[Lingus]

It looks more like a slug than a snail. I would make the shell more defined if that's what you're going for. You could easily keep it the way it is and just add a slight animation to the back end and make it look like a slithering slug.

I love the derp and the hello bite.

[stick d00d]

Snails have more circular shells like this:



Looks really good though especially being your first animation... Would really like to see more. Keep at it :P

[TANK]

got distracted looking at my cat and made this instead of the rancor, its a robo cat head.
i added an extra pixel around his mouth on accident when making the attack animation, i was too lazy to go back and fix it though

[Lucifer]

Tank...

..It's beautiful. ;3

[TANK]

thanks luce :). also i gave up on the rancor because of how difficult it is to make legs move back and forth properly in 2d, i cant even do it right with stick people when i tried. So i have to make levitating or sliding movement. If anyone has any tips on legs let me know.

[stick d00d]

What do you use to animate? I kinda want to try it out...

[TANK]

im using the adobe photoshop cs6 free 30 day trial and then put them into UnFREEz to make them into gifs. Also the website uploadedit.com is good for uploading them as long as its not too big a file.

[Mr Pwnage]

May I recommend to you both after years of use....
http://www.benetonsoftware.com/Beneton_Movie_GIF.php

It's free.

[crozier]

"Giggity Giggity..."

[TANK]

i kind of rushed this one, but i think its worth a laugh, if your wondering what the whole flapping thing is its supposed to be flying  ;).

[Mr Pwnage]

i kind of rushed this one, but i think its worth a laugh, if your wondering what the whole flapping thing is its supposed to be flying  ;).

That attack animation is GODLIKE! BEWARE OF THE THUMB TWIDDLER

[TANK]

lol thats a good name for him ill call him thumb twiddler!



tried doing a weapon sprite for fco,  its a blood/ketchup cannon, hits the enemy hard while ruining their shirt in the process

redid the cannon i think it looks a little better(ignore the floating hand)




also made claws