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Please do.Redeth wrote:Should I work on the female version as well? I could make some minor modifications to differentiate it,Jetryl wrote:Redeth - looks nice, actually. Please post the PNGs - I think that baby's commit-worthy.
Please don't.Redeth wrote:like changing the color of the bag/pouch to pink
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Ok it´s done, packed and ready to go.
Correct sequence included. It´s a little tricky so extra care must be taken when committing these.
Correct sequence included. It´s a little tricky so extra care must be taken when committing these.
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Did you know that pink was origionally supposed to be the baby boys color? And light blue was supposed to be the baby girls?Redeth wrote: like changing the color of the bag/pouch to pink
Traditionally men were associated with heat, anger, machismo, and fire of burning passions, etc. Men were red-hot tempered and energetic.
Therefore little boys would be "light red" or pink.
Girls were associated with placidity and gentleness. Calm and cool. Women were docile and passive, essentially and thusly associated with sky blue.
Little girls were then "light blue"
When ordering baby blankets to color code the deliveries at I dont know which hospital, the nurses accidently reversed the order and put baby boys in blue and baby girls in pink quite by mistake and accident.
The tradition stuck regardless - and thus the color association was born, despite it being completely off.
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asking just to be sure... is she scratching her ass? (i understand that thieves live in filthy environment, no wonder they catch fleas) or is she taking something out of her pocket? in that case, i hope you make it more visible.Redeth wrote:Ok it´s done, packed and ready to go.
Correct sequence included. It´s a little tricky so extra care must be taken when committing these.
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Yup, there are many good reasons to associate pink with women, but it´s true that it all comes down to a series of cultural and historical conventions.Qes wrote:Did you know that [...] and thus the color association was born, despite it being completely off.
I think the pouch is big enough to be recognized as such. Making it bigger would look too silly and cartoonish for my taste.Syntax_Error wrote:asking just to be sure... is she scratching her ass? (i understand that thieves live in filthy environment, no wonder they catch fleas) or is she taking something out of her pocket? in that case, i hope you make it more visible.
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Well, I'll rise to your challenge and take a crack at it then, though I don't claim to be good at spriting or anything. This is a quick edit, I'd probably want to add a few more frames where the thief bounces the bag a little, and maybe make the bag a different color than the clothes, but I'll see what response this gets first.Redeth wrote:Then you´re free to make and edit to "thief_idle_6.png" and "thief+female_idle_6.png" and post the results, I´m done with it.
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Good, that´s all I ask for, a little less talking and a little more working. I really appreciate your effort, though I´m convinced the change was for the worse. He seems to be showing some kind of fruit instead of a bag of gold. With more polishing it could be used as a variation of the same animation, though. You know, the thief stole so many things that he doesn´t even know what the heck he´s got in his pockets anymore.Master Stilgar wrote:This is a quick edit, I'd probably want to add a few more frames where the thief bounces the bag a little, and maybe make the bag a different color than the clothes, but I'll see what response this gets first.
I realize now why you failed to see the bag. You expected it to be on his hand, when it´s actually just being held tightly near its top opening. You don´t see almost any part of his hand in that frame, it´s just the bag. The color scheme might be the issue.
Anyway, here´s the resulting animation using your edited .png first, my original version below, and a huge silly bag in the last one to make it obvious.
Yeah, I said I was done with it, but when people actually do something to improve things it encourages me to keep on working. Not surprisingly, useless talk has the exact opposite effect.
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I think it's the colour scheme... I am looking and looking at your first animation and I just can't see a bag, even when I stop and open it in the Gimp.Redeth wrote:I realize now why you failed to see the bag. You expected it to be on his hand, when it´s actually just being held tightly near its top opening. You don´t see almost any part of his hand in that frame, it´s just the bag. The color scheme might be the issue.
Isn't that kind of a hazard for an artist? It makes constructive criticism impossible from anyone but another artist, usually one with some skill.Redeth wrote:Yeah, I said I was done with it, but when people actually do something to improve things it encourages me to keep on working. Not surprisingly, useless talk has the exact opposite effect.
Warning: I am not reliable.
To the untrained and casual eye (which is all that'll ever see an idle animation) it does look like ass scratching.
Perhaps he could hold it up to the light for a better look like "what is this ive got in my pocket?" Or if he moved between hands and then put it back. Something that elongates the pace between retreival form satchel, and replacement into satchel that tells us what's going on.
My two non-artistic cents,
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EDIT: I should note that ass-scratching as is, isnt a bad idea for an idle animation anyway.
Perhaps he could hold it up to the light for a better look like "what is this ive got in my pocket?" Or if he moved between hands and then put it back. Something that elongates the pace between retreival form satchel, and replacement into satchel that tells us what's going on.
My two non-artistic cents,
-Qes
EDIT: I should note that ass-scratching as is, isnt a bad idea for an idle animation anyway.
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You mean the .PNGs with the huge bag? There ya go.
("You" in general terms, not you as "Erk")
My point is, if you´re not willing to help make it any better, then shut it.Erk wrote:Isn't that kind of a hazard for an artist? It makes constructive criticism impossible from anyone but another artist, usually one with some skill.Redeth wrote:Yeah, I said I was done with it, but when people actually do something to improve things it encourages me to keep on working. Not surprisingly, useless talk has the exact opposite effect.
("You" in general terms, not you as "Erk")
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