Kitsune Sprite Sample, Ver 3.0

I like it a lot, it's just that the swing animation is a bit too... sudden. It looks more like a green semicircle appears out of nowhere than like a swing.

How is it cliche'd? Only real thing I can think of is that he's an anthropomorphic and he's got a Japanese name :\

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/kit...sunesample6.png

Updated.

thas a big ass sword.. [o.O]

One more swing and it's gonna be far more dangerous than the last two.

Then I'm done with Kitsune's sword slashing.

i'd like to see it in a GIF.

Updateyness.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/kitsunefox2001/7.png

very hawt, but i still have my opinion on the swing of the sword :/

One trickt aht is sometimes used is to have not just a blur trail but a trail of silhouettes of the sword at different positions of the swing. Basically, it's like actually drawing all the frames of a very complex and detailed sword animation, minus actually shading the sword corredtly and altering the body stance. ALSO! This is very important for fluid animations - always make sure that the first frame of your swing sprite is different then the following one. After that it isn't so important. By "different" I mean just shift a few pixels everywhere to indicate a very slight movement (try to do it everywhere though, so it's consistent) You gotta do that, especially with a sword this huge, because no one could swing that baby and not stagger a bit when trying to stop it.

Other then that... huge.

His nemisis should have like a super tiny dagger and still be able to kick his ass.

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