Thoughts on my character's custom idle animations?

I don’t really know what to put in the body text… just watch the vid and give me your thoughts on it, how i could improve it, i guess, lol.

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I like them I think they are charming, maybe they could have a little more bounce and energy to them but they look good

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I dunno, but I imagine this character having a more bouncy, bobbing idle animation. Maybe make its head move up and down more.
The way it looks left and right can be enhanced by first making it look down slightly and then in the direction it wants to look toward.
Adding some more anticipation towards the other idle animations wouldn’t also hurt.

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oh my glob a 3d platformer?! (i love this genre)


Anyway, I like the animation, and my issues are more with other things. The sound effects are too loud: eye-blinking, stretching, etc. Also, most of the character is shade-smoothed, but the head is not, making it look off.

As an aside, it looks inspired by Sonic with the foot-tapping animation and the movement mechanic. I heard Dream Team’s animation is really good, but it’s difficult to get access to. Maybe looking at some ‘no commentary’ gameplay of it on YouTube would give some inspiration.

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Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, i completely forget to shade-smooth the head. It looks a lot better now. I’ll take your advice into account, thank you!

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Will take into account, thanks for the feedback.

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