Pixel Art Character Animation for Video Games

Overview

“I will explain the importance of stop animation and wait animation in the world of video games. Then I will develop this animation step by step in the character, visually reviewing some principles of the animation that we will put into use: keyframes, movement and timing interpolations. ”

In this video lesson Daniel Benítez addresses the topic: Waiting animation: what it is and its function in video games 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pixel Art Character Animation for Video Games. Bring your characters to life frame by frame in Pyxel Edit.

Partial transcription of the video

“Waiting animation: what it is and its function in video games In this lesson, we will begin to animate our character Creating your waiting state. To do this, I will develop the animation frame by frame and we will see techniques such as creating keyframes, timing and interpolation of movement. In the end, I will add color, contour and the last details to the character so that the animation is done. Go for it. The first thing we will do is plan the waiting animation. To do this, we will see what a waiting animation is and what parts and functions videogames have. The waiting animation is, in...”

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Course summary for: Pixel Art Character Animation for Video Games

• Level: Beginner
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• 17694 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 54m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Areas

  Character Animation, Game Development, Pixel Art, Video Games