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Sword in Hand while Walking (Patreon)

Published:

2021-05-24 14:59:01

Imported:

2024-06

Tags:

graphics

Content

En guarde!

This was suggested in response to some of the orc battlers from last week.

I've made sprites like this before, so it was pretty easy to focus on this little sword animation for you today. And I'm happy to have an easy one after the rush of daily releases for orc week! 🥱

There's two versions here-- the one with the character base is best used as a reference. The second set of sheets has the sword alone, and you can use this sheet to place the sword into the hand of any walking sprite you are working with.

Note that the hand positions might not be perfectly identical for every sprite. So depending on the character, you may need to nudge the sword by a couple pixels here and there. As long as you keep the animation frames aligned using my base as a guide, it should look just fine.

Downloads:

The overlay might be more accurately thought of as an "underlay" for most directions. The front-facing direction (top row) should have the sword layered above the character sprite. The other three directions would have the sword layered below.

You could also potentially put the left and right swords differently: one in front and one behind. That would be technically correct. But the sheet isn't aligned that way by default: the sword would cover the characters face and look awkward; so right now it's designed to work best in the far hand. Generally, players don't notice when a side-view is flipped in this manner, and I prefer to prioritize the character readability over that technical consistency.

Still, you're free to re-align the sword if that will better match your own vision.

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I'll be back later in the week with something new. See you then.

Thanks!