You can use any techniques you want if you're going to render it to a sprite sheet, but if you want the character to animate in real time then there's fewer options. The animation method you need to use for this is called "cut-out" and you can learn more about it from the docs of animation software: -…
If anyone wants to have this in Maya I've created small script that does same. I've tested it only in Maya 2012, but it should work everywhere. You can just paste contents of .py file into Script Editor (PYTHON tab) and run, or you can follow README how to make script more permanent on you shelf.…
jzero: Google search for "armour girl" in the domain "http://dynamic.gamespy.com" brings up this rather nice page: http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~polycount/ubb/Forum2/HTML/009066.html?00052 Enjoy
I know you already found what you were looking for, but one series of books that I adored when I was little, was the "Foxwood tales" series by Cynthia and Brian Paterson. Those books had some really great art in them. :) [ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foxwood-Regatta-tales/dp/0091768314[/ame]
I really dont like that wood texture. It looks a lot more like UVs that have been horribly stretched then wood. The grain needs to curve and form knots like these: http://www.primatestudios.com/images/articles/painting_wood_grain/fig_12.jpg http://www.kitchendoorsonline.net/images/royal-oak.jpg…
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/downloads/index.asp?author=296 http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~polycount/ubb/Forum2/HTML/009287.html?00045 I made some good stuff....but nobody pays attention. Eh, I'll just get better and make u expect ma athoritaaee! Cartmen voice.