It’s screenshot Saturday and I’m happy to share this cute character template 8 frame walking cycle!
This is going to be a part of the character templates I’m going to use with my game projects and I’m really happy how it turned out 😁. I admit it’s still rough around the edges like the body (waist area) needs better movement to compliment the vertical leg motion but I can improve that later.
The character size is 48×48 pixels and I free-styled mouse drawn and animated the body parts using Aseprite.
Took me around an hour to complete. Prior to that, I was doing some character sketches (by hand) to get a feel on what art style to use; long sleek body, short round body, big head, small head etc., and finally decided on the short round big head type. I also studied the different techniques in animation so it was a really fun full art course for me.
I’ve included a simple art style guide below with my notes for future reference. I also recorded a video while creating this pixel art animation. I’ll share that once I’ve finished the video edits and available in my Patreon and YouTube page.
Candy Cabinets Studio 