I tried (again) at doing what you suggested. :Smile:

http://www.swfupload.com/view/106976.htm

It does look better with his back curved, instead of two lines. Thanks for the suggestion. I just misunderstood you the first time. =P

Also: What's shape hinting?

Its hard to explain... its when you create a point where the shape tween can only move that point :S ... in a way.. without actually fully transforming it (you have a shape hint on the first keyframe of the shape tween and one on the last) also bare in mind that the point in the second keyframe of tween has to be in relatively the same position on the object you paced it on as the point in the first shape tween.

It sounds complicated but its really not. Try it ( ctrl + shift + h on the keyboard to create a hint) also it has to be created on the first keyframe of the tween. Try looking for a tutorial because i cant explain it very well. Take a look at my *in the making* movie up there ^^ ... I shape tweened every movement on that and as you can see it isnt messed up like a normal shape tween, But somhow swfup f****d the framerate up .... Grrrrrr lol

p.s sorry for complicating things lol

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Also.. try making his back leg move into the air slightly and it might give the effect of a more powerful thrust :D Its just my theory though

My first stick animation plz advise me i am a newb :( hehe

youtube.com/watch?v=39rcSG4TFtk

I think its very good for your first stick animation compared to others. The blood isnt bad either. better than mine back on the last page but i'm sorting it (if that can be used as an excuse :S) lol. The walk is a bit screwed up.. it just doesnt look right and at the start is he flying or jumping. good if hes flying but if hes jumping make him crouch down more at the start so that it looks asthough he is gonna jump high =]

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here is round 2 i tryed to focus on the person more soo than the back ground.Run walk cycleAnd yes I know at the end he bobs his head my mistake.

Any comments on the Ani I did?

Quote from Kenagi

My first stick animation plz advise me i am a newb :( hehe

youtube.com/watch?v=39rcSG4TFtk

Can i please have your sounds you used in your youtube movie?

I need some of them.

Ive sent u the sounds Lixu

M1CKY thanks for the nice comment hehe ^^ and yeh ill work on that. unfortunately i made my second animation befor reading this hehe.
But here it is anyway: youtube.com/watch?v=6j-x0qw5ScA

Hey, this is my newest animation. I spent whole this day making it.

s181.photobucket.com/albums/x144/GlennHacker/?action=view¤t=Giffordinarystickz.swf

Right I like this thread so I will keep giving feedback hehe =].

jojo, both are good but it seems a bit fast and the arms need reanimating
(the perfect url lol --> ht tp://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/288092 Note: take the space out of the http)
also if tat isnt a test try to show more of a chage between the two, instead of just changing leg speed.

No problem kengai. Actually, the second movie is really quite good! especially for a beginner man! nice one :D Also, send me a small flash showing one of ur bloods splurts lz as an .fla because i really like your style. I will give credit in my movies =] Keep up the good work and stay in contact (Y). Also, please send me those sounds too thier really good. Where did you get them from !?

Glenn I like the way the stick with the pole moves but it is a bit slow, try improving on the speed he swings but the moves are cool man! Add onto that movies it will turn out good. Try to add blood onto that animation. I know it can be a pain but if done right the effect is great!

Lilt that is also not bad for a beginner. Work on the smoothness of your movies though because it seems a bit jumpy and hectic and is hard to understand. If it is supposed to be fire on the floor near the middle of the scene it looks quite good but i suggest colour improvements (doesnt look right)

My fingers are hurting now I typed all of this up and watched all of your movies in the space of 5 mins lolz!

how do u keep your stick men withthe same sized body/head. cus as u can see from my last few posts on mine they change size quite abit. hehe.

Also since ppl are asking here is a link to where i got my sounds:
www.megaupload.com/?d=R6H4TYW0

and i will get on to the lil blood thing for u M1KEY right now. Befor i do. Do u want both the blood where they get hit, the blood where he takes the guys head off, or both?

Hey kengai thanks alot man m8 =] to keep them the same size you could add a leyer above the rest and call it temp man or something. copy and paste the keyframes of the man and paste it on that layer. everytime your man stands in the pose he was first in you could check his size. i seen that in a post once. never tried it though lol never been much of a problem to me.

could you give me both examples please i really have trouble with blood :( lol

Thanks again

p.s just thought you should know its M1CKY not M1KEY lol i'm not american hehe but im not realy bothered. just testing if you noticed lol

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wow i thought those sounds were familiar its from teh xiao xiao series lol =]

no.1) yup xaio xaio lol.
no.2) "M1CKY" hehe sry lol
no.3) Below is the download for the blood example sory it took so long i was trying to find a file upoader that worked lol
www.bestsharing.com/files/VWKw8317864/blood%20tutorial.fla.html

Thanks Kengai and you call me what you want I was just pointing it out lol =]. The delay doesnt matter, aslong as I get the damn thing lol anytime is good :D

No problem man. Hope the examle helps. oo and just so u know for credit that u said u would give me, well u have got my name wrong too its "Kenagi" not "Kengai" hehe proly just a typo but incase u add me for cred ^^ thx man.