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@epitaph200
I am making a fight animation showing off some powers of my characters but wanted to make interesting lore behind it
Any advice for what I got so far
(Arox will get his @ss kicked but after a long struggling fight we’re they both use there special moves mine being the shatter star)




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I only got up to Epitaph saying “WHAT!?” Before my device decided to cradh so I’m only reviewing up to there.
1) camera work is s**t. The camera sits in one place for the whole conversation. Have the camera cut, swerve, angle, pan, close up, birds eye, worms eye, you have so much to work with and yet you do nothing.
2) context. Providing lore to a fight is pointless if there’s no context to that lore. People like to say ‘add context to fights’ but i prefer ‘add context to the context to fights”. Nothing the characters talk about makes sense to the viewer and instead is just a waste of time.
3) character design. I won’t say any On O.B.Epitaph because he’s my own character. The professor bloke is real boring, just some black stick dude with a white shirt, grey jeans and a blue beard. It’s impossible to know who he is, what he does, what’s his personality and all that based on appearance alone. When you look at characters like Bowser, you know he’s a tyrant, a baddie, an evil king, a bully. You cna tell this becauof his appearance and stance. He stands wide, showing dominance. His shell is covered in spikes, he has big teeth and has big angry eyebrows, he’s a villain to a tee.
This guy is just a dude, there’s nothing to say on him.
4) The background is also very dull, like, where the hell is this taking place, the goddamn wilds of New Zealand. Add some rocks, mud, clouds, all sorts, make the area feel alive.
5) Animation itself is also very rocky. When i have characters talk in SNM, they move very slightly and subtly to make sure the viewer knows who’s talking. You do the same but it feels so stilted, nothing feels natural. This is also where camera work is key.
Overall) 2/10 serious improvement needed though you show some signs of progression.
Reasons why I don’t animate anymore
Ok then
1 how do I provide the motion and context for this fight
2 any advice for a strong ruthless leader of an organization
Who is still a good guy
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1) provide flashbacks, SHOW the viewer what he has done and why it’s so evil.
2) make him taller and lanky, it gives off an evil vibe. Make sure to add certain clothing that signifies his rank/job within his organisation. If he’s a head professor, give him a black or white lab coat. If he’s a general, provide him with armour, maybe a general’s cap.
To show he’s a good guy who just doesn’t know what he’s doing though will require certain animation methods. Make sure in a few of his quotes, he states that he thinks he’s doing the right thing, or that this is the only way, or that it’s for the greater good.
Maybe also give him fairly erratic movement too like nervous twitches, showing that he isn’t completely well in the head.
Any good fantasy armor you suggest
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um, something similar to Elder Scrolls
Thinking: taller wait a second HES DISSING WALUIGI
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Waluigi is tall and lanky. turns out he’s also evil.
proves my point.
Waluigi number 1
REMEMBER NOT TO ABUSE FLASHBACKS OR ELSE IT’LL BE LIKE ANOTHER S#!TTY ANIME.
Nah just one full one
Ultimate flashback attack is a different project
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VERY IMPORTANT
Is one backstory “flash back “ too much
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well, i’d say it’s fine, considering i’m adding a backstory for Charxek through a flashback
Really
Need any help?
Also any spoilers or no
I’m curious as this could add to my characters reasoning to dislike your character
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well we already know Charxek’s Backstory if you actually listened to O.B.Epitaph in Ep.5!
just watch it.
Well your making it sound like there is more
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not really, other than Charxek’s previous form. her original appearance.
Ah
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and no, i don’t need your help, i’d have already done if my IPad Mini wasn’t slower than a tortoise on Heroin. once i have the IPad 2018, i’ll be going even faster than i used to, higher quality than ever, i’ll be a goddamn freight train.
SPEEEEED IS KKEEEEYYY
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it’s 2018 Ramox
Meh
I’m not using Ugandan knuckles
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no, you’re using something even worse
i like how epitaph just comes out of the sky like some god (i know he’s a demigod thing) but he is an god sometimes
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Just a demigod who is treated like a gob by the newbies
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*God
Oh Mah Glob
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actually off yourself
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yes
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dead 2014 humour, grew out of it around the age of 15