A simple idle animation for the shopkeeper in my game! Personally, I love it, but do y’all think?
(Sorry for the screen clutter lol)
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Its a bit hard to see i would reckon to make it move faster.
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Hmm, I thought it was a still image for the first few seconds. 
It would be nice to have the characters “bob” be more frequent and a bit more exaggarated. Even with the animation playing it is hard to tell if your character is moving.
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I second both @RainingMemory and @MrNobodyDev i feel like there isn’t enough movement and that it should be more exaggerated, I suggest rotating the head down as the character it exhaling and rotate back up while inhaling, idk if that makes sense but as the shoulders go up so should the head etc. aside from the animation, I know you aren’t asking for feedback about the background and ui but it would make the whole idle better if there was more to look at. Other than that looking good so far, good luck on the improvements. 
The torso should be bobbing up and down slowly, and the arms and head should follow as well. Make sure to move the legs as well.
I see what you three mean, I will try that out later and see how it looks
I was comtemplating on moving the legs too, but I’m not sure how? As in what they would be doing
Both legs should be moved forward (from the character’s perspective) in a way so that the top parts of the legs are still connected to the body while the bottom parts remain in roughly the same places.
Here’s an updated version
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way, way better i have one more suggestion. not sure if that’s the pose you were going for but i feel like rotating the right leg so that the foot is inwards would make a more leaning against the wall effect. I also notice that your animation moves then pauses for a moment then moves again. could you try making a version where the movement is more constant (it continues to happen)?
example of pose:
The problem with making the leg stick out like that is the wall, because its slightly curved, so I had to do the pose that its in right now.
As for the pausing ill try to fix that soon.
Thank you for your help!
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This idle animation looks good, you should make it more visible and noticeable that the character is moving though. How long did it take to make this animation? What game is it used in?
Thank you! The animation took me around an hour to make, and its for a battlegrounds-style game im working on