Piece by Piecemeal

Redesigned the protagonist today. Currently calling him EOL:

Before redesigning him, I actually animated the previous design but I didn’t leave myself enough pixels to do so effectively. Doing the same animations multiple times, I settled into a workflow that I thought was worth sharing.

Step one, animate the head:

Step two, animate the feet:

Step 3, animate the fists:

Step 4, animate the trunk:

Building up the animation in this way helped me focus on the forms and movement most responsible for communicating the action.

This concludes my “5 free minutes while microwaving dinner” update. Less than 48 hours to go!