Ranged Enemy Animation

Tail Inspiration

The image below is a sprite sheet of a cat running. In this image inspiration was taken from the the natural wave like movement of the tail

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Initial Sketches

An initial sketch of the movement of the tail in 2d was created to gain a better understanding of the transition between frame and refine the look of the tail we aimed to achieve in later designs.

Wave animation pixil-gif-drawing

Low Fidelity Sketches

In the low fidelity sketch, the tail on the eel image itself was animated however not shaded to reduce complexity in earlier designing stages. To make the tail move realistically a point on the tail (represented by the blue line) was made and all animations stemmed from that point on the eels body.

Pixilart Sprite Sheet pixil-gif-drawing (1)

Medium Fidelity Sketches

The low-fidelity sketches were a large inspiration for the medium-fidelity product. The aim for the medium-fidelity product was to narrow down the selection of designs and create designs that included the projectile against the eel itself. Changes from low to medium fidelity are based on studio feedback and achieving studio cohesion in design for characters. These include:

Revised canvas size to suit main character weapon

Projectile designs Eel Projectile yellow Eel purple projectile

Medium Fidelity Feedback

Detailed results and analysis are provided in - Medium Fidelity User Testing.

The main changes to the design were:

Narrowed down colour
Narrowed down the shape of the projectile
Revised the size of the projectile

Hand Inspiration

Images of animated fire were used as inspiration for the eel's hand in attempt to achieve a magical, powerful look to the character. Attention was surrounded around how the shape of the fire changed per frame.

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