Apocalypse_Jane t1_iu45x9v wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:47 PM

Why does his head go up and down?

KillerRabbitMedia OP t1_iu499dl wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:14 PM

It's a pretty common way to animate breathing in pixel art. Because the resolution is so low, one pixel distance looks like a lot of movement

flyingtrucky t1_iu4m9p2 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:48 PM

Look into sub-pixel animation. It helps smooth out the sudden jump between pixels by instead shifting the color of adjacent pixels. Basically pixel art motion blur.

KillerRabbitMedia OP t1_iu4rcq8 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:23 PM

Thanks for the tip! I am actually familiar with sub pixel animation, you can see it on his head if you look up loo at his chin and hair. The effect is not very noticeable here because the color palette I used is very small

tifosi7 t1_iu4t1wb wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:34 PM

He’s out of breath.

RodRAEG t1_iu4y82q wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:09 PM

Probably listening to "I Really Wanna Stay At Your House."