Little astronaut and his robot

vladino

Hi,

I'm working on an astronaut character (will be doing the robot later on) and need help from you guys. I want to animate this character, but as you can see he has very short legs and arms. I already tried animating him walking but it does not look good at all, basically he can make only really short steps - if I try longer ones the mesh deforms too much.

I still want to keep the proportions of the character, but don't know how to go about animating him walking, shooting a gun and so on. I probably need to add more loops on the legs and arms.. how would you approach animation of this character or changed him?

Thanks for your time and help!

Ben Apuna

Great character

Have you seen the Majestic 12 thread?

The character has fairly similar proportions and there is a SDK available.

It looks like they've got some great animations with him.

Maybe check those out.

killingpeople

Dig it. should give it that black outline with a toon shader.

d2king10

I think you should use an alpha image for the eyes.

As for the animation, try making him jump into the air as his legs are extended, that way you can make him clear more space with his little legs. Also might want to add some polys to his arms so you can bend them.

Looks pretty good for such a small character.

aesir

well, he needs some more polys to bend at the knees. As for how he walks, there are plenty of cartoon characters out there with little legs like that. They just walk very quickly all pitter pattery with short steps. The run probably has longer steps as they bounce through the air.

vladino

I started working on the robot as well.. this project is going very slowly but will get there eventually

Snader

The red tube and area around that needs a bit of work. The tube is a lot more outward in the concept, rounder too, and the helmet underneath looks a bit too flat, like a slanted roof instead of a curve.