Hand Animation Done

July 12, 2014: Today we finished most of the frames for the main character's hand animation (for when he is walking). Not sure how many more we need. Probably need to make different kind of hand poses too, depending on if he going to be holding something, or making hand guestures. Could do like a "come hither" hand.

The feet need a bit of work still. So far we only have him able to walk down left and down right. Actually, we need to draw the torso at different angles too. Er... make that everything. Not just torso.

We are doing him in Inkscape because Inkscape is super flexible and easy to use (once you get the hang of it). We are doing him nude as well, so that we can add different clothing later, and not have him look weird. It will kind of be like putting clothes on a paper doll.

Once we have all of the different angles and poses for the main character, we're hoping we can use it as a prototype for the other bodies in the game. Obviously we would have to change the proportions for the different body types. It's kind of neat actually, having him in pieces right now. We can pose him and make Monty Python-ish animations. :P

Anyway, here's what the hand looks like so far: 

To test the animation, we've been using Pencil 2D, which for the most part, is useful. It seems to have some pretty cool features, and it's free! It's a program for 2D animation, and you can import frames that are pre-made, or you can draw straight in the program I believe. However, we need to play with it a bit more. Some of it is a little but unintuitive. For example, we wanted to post an animated gif of the hand, but it's either not something that can be done in Pencil 2D, or we just don't know how to do it yet. It seems like that is something you should be able to with an animation program... Research will be required. Just not tonight. :P Do know, though, that *if* we were able to show you the hand in action, you would be like, "ooooh~ HAND!" :D

Next on the list is finish the feet! The hard part will actually be doing the shoes, or boots, or other footwear.

Once we complete more, we will post another update. :) So keep checking back for more. 

Have a nice weekend!