Hey there Thomas! I'm just contacting you here, as I can't find any other way of reaching out to you, but I recently played Sheepy: A Short Adventure, and I was really impressed with the pixel art (the animation in particular), so I found you on twitter and was blown away by the fluidity of the animations, I especially loved the dodge rolling monkey! And I was just wondering if there was any way I could get in contact with you, as I'd love to learn how you animate your pixel art. I myself am also a gamedev, and I think my main strength lies in my pixel art, so I would love to push myself a little more (especially in animation), and I figured the best way to do that is get advice from the best artist I can find. I run a youtube channel which you can find here: Caleb Gilbert - YouTube Just so you can get a little idea of who I am and what stage I'm at if you get the chance. But if it's possible, I'd just love to have a chat and get some information on how I can animate my pixel characters like you, thank you so much!
Thanks so much, this is an amazing resource! By repurposing some of the frames in the longer animations, it's pretty easy to piece together other actions, like abrupt-halt, duck/bow, etc. I'm very happy with my purchase, thanks!!! Good luck with Sheepy!
Hello, great resource. I can use her as the main character in my new game. However, I found a big problem, that is, the characters lack the animations of Hurt and Dead. Can you please add them?
Hey :) For the death animation, I'm working on a "extra-animation" asset pack because a lot of people asked me about more animations. But for the "casting spell" one, that may be something too specific so I recommend you to simply contact a freelance animator and ask her/him to work on additional animations for your game :) And for the spritesheet, here is a tool that I usually use to make spritesheets: https://www.codeandweb.com/free-sprite-sheet-packer It's very useful and it can adapt for your specific needs !
I'm planning to do additional animations soon, roll dodge was highly asked so I'll do it for sure. For the bow n arrow ones, it may require more work (+ if you want a 360 aiming poses), so maybe your best option is to contact an animator freelance and ask him to do the extra-animations that you need.
No, at the time I've checked game like Celeste and some others and realized that they don't have any death animations, they simply make the character disappearing with an explosion/magic FX. If you have more infos about what you're looking for, I could do a death animation in the "extra-animation" I'll work on soon. But I need to know what kind of death animation you're looking for, games makes it really differently.
Hi! Sorry I'm answering that late. Unfortunatly I'm not available for any freelance for now. Feel free to tell me here the animations that you would need, I will work soon on a "extra-animation" pack for this character :)
Heyy it's been a month since you said that they will be a discount :) it is still relevant? Or has the date been pushed back? If so when will it be please
Ye that's something which have been discussed a lot if you look at all the other commentaries. I've explained that at the time, since I knew that a lot of devs work differently for animation (frame folders, spritesheet, etc), I've decided to export it like that since it's easier for devs to make a spritesheet/atlas with frame folders, following their preferences, instead of asking to devs who want to make frame folders to find a way to do it with spritesheet/atlas.
For the next ones, I'm planning to simply export into different formats in advance. But I know that even if I do it, some devs would tell me that my spritesheet is not done like the one they want (for example some devs prefers spritesheet per animation, some others prefer a single resolution for all animations instead of other prefering a different resolution per animation/spritesheet, etc).
So in the end I'm up to ideas but for now frame folders seems like the best choice to let people do what they want :)
Hi Thomas, Writing here due to lack of DMs. We find you're animation work great, and would like to know if you are open for commission? Our character design is already done, but we're looking for someone to animate move sets and abilities. Please let us know if you're interested.
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Hey there Thomas! I'm just contacting you here, as I can't find any other way of reaching out to you, but I recently played Sheepy: A Short Adventure, and I was really impressed with the pixel art (the animation in particular), so I found you on twitter and was blown away by the fluidity of the animations, I especially loved the dodge rolling monkey! And I was just wondering if there was any way I could get in contact with you, as I'd love to learn how you animate your pixel art. I myself am also a gamedev, and I think my main strength lies in my pixel art, so I would love to push myself a little more (especially in animation), and I figured the best way to do that is get advice from the best artist I can find.
I run a youtube channel which you can find here: Caleb Gilbert - YouTube
Just so you can get a little idea of who I am and what stage I'm at if you get the chance. But if it's possible, I'd just love to have a chat and get some information on how I can animate my pixel characters like you, thank you so much!
Boa noite, gostei do designer do personagem. como foi feito? Estou pensando em desenvolver um desse naipe ai mesmo, bom trabalho
this is so great! But could you consider an shooting animation?
Iām willing to pay for expansion development.
Could you perhaps include an animation for a bow and arrow attack?
Thanks so much, this is an amazing resource! By repurposing some of the frames in the longer animations, it's pretty easy to piece together other actions, like abrupt-halt, duck/bow, etc. I'm very happy with my purchase, thanks!!! Good luck with Sheepy!
Hello, great resource. I can use her as the main character in my new game. However, I found a big problem, that is, the characters lack the animations of Hurt and Dead. Can you please add them?
great asset
please add natural running start animation and jump start,Jumping and Falling Interim Animation?
I agree that the jump doesn't look super natural in use. +1 to a proper running jump transition!
Does the aseprite file included?
Yes, have fun!
Hello there!
I make a aseprite file with every frame of the character and fx, can I sent to you to you add it for the others?
Hey! That's super nice to propose :)
Any way to contact you ? If you have Twitter you can dm me when you want!
I sent message for you there, I will send spritesheets together too.
Did Aesprite file get added?!
Yes, have fun!
This made my day! Thank you!
can't make payment
Is this pixel art?
Yes!
What font is used where it says "Platform Character Pack"?
It was not a pixel art font, I used Impact and Arial and re-repixelized + rework them manually :)
amazing work!
Thanks a lot !
Hello, could you offer an end of year discount?
now that I've released the game I was working on, DISCOUNT IS COMING
Hello, I bought it at the old price ($ 20,00), but the discount would be welcome.
If possible, I would like to ask 3 things:
1 - create a spritesheet with all the animations together;
2 - place a character death animation;
3 - add an animation of the character releasing a spell.
Thanks
Hello man
Hey :) For the death animation, I'm working on a "extra-animation" asset pack because a lot of people asked me about more animations. But for the "casting spell" one, that may be something too specific so I recommend you to simply contact a freelance animator and ask her/him to work on additional animations for your game :)
And for the spritesheet, here is a tool that I usually use to make spritesheets: https://www.codeandweb.com/free-sprite-sheet-packer It's very useful and it can adapt for your specific needs !
Hey! If not too late, could you please add an upslash and downslash animation for the character? This would be very cool :)
these are stunning
Thanks!
Will be great a ledge climb animation.
I'm planning to work on additional animations soon, ledge ones are included :)
late request - please add a roll dodge and firing a bow and arrow animation?
I'm planning to do additional animations soon, roll dodge was highly asked so I'll do it for sure. For the bow n arrow ones, it may require more work (+ if you want a 360 aiming poses), so maybe your best option is to contact an animator freelance and ask him to do the extra-animations that you need.
do the source files come with this so another animator can do it?
Totally! The pack includes psd files and separated frames folders so it would be easy for a pixel artist to edit them if needed :)
wait theres no death animationn
No, at the time I've checked game like Celeste and some others and realized that they don't have any death animations, they simply make the character disappearing with an explosion/magic FX. If you have more infos about what you're looking for, I could do a death animation in the "extra-animation" I'll work on soon. But I need to know what kind of death animation you're looking for, games makes it really differently.
maybe a death anim similar to hollow knight?
Hi! Sorry I'm answering that late. Unfortunatly I'm not available for any freelance for now. Feel free to tell me here the animations that you would need, I will work soon on a "extra-animation" pack for this character :)
I really love these assets, amazing work, but I can't afford them, I'm waiting to see if there's a discount :/
DISCOUT FINALLY INCOMING
Wooow!
Nice Workkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!
Heyy it's been a month since you said that they will be a discount :) it is still relevant? Or has the date been pushed back? If so when will it be please
INCOMING, I was waiting to be done with the game I was working on and it's now out :)
Kind of annoying to use when they're not in a texture atlas, regardless the animations are great!
Ye that's something which have been discussed a lot if you look at all the other commentaries. I've explained that at the time, since I knew that a lot of devs work differently for animation (frame folders, spritesheet, etc), I've decided to export it like that since it's easier for devs to make a spritesheet/atlas with frame folders, following their preferences, instead of asking to devs who want to make frame folders to find a way to do it with spritesheet/atlas.
For the next ones, I'm planning to simply export into different formats in advance. But I know that even if I do it, some devs would tell me that my spritesheet is not done like the one they want (for example some devs prefers spritesheet per animation, some others prefer a single resolution for all animations instead of other prefering a different resolution per animation/spritesheet, etc).
So in the end I'm up to ideas but for now frame folders seems like the best choice to let people do what they want :)
Are you considering any discount activities in the near future? i very like it
ye in the next months I'm planning to make some discounts :) I'll announce that on my Twitter!
ok! thx :)
DISCOUNT INCOMING
Hey Thomas would the assetssprites also be included?
if you mean the spritesheets: no. I only have exported frames in folders + join the Photoshop files if you need to edit something.
In general when I want to quickly make spritesheets, I use this website: https://www.codeandweb.com/free-sprite-sheet-packer, very easy to use :)
Hope it helps!
Hi Thomas,
Writing here due to lack of DMs. We find you're animation work great, and would like to know if you are open for commission? Our character design is already done, but we're looking for someone to animate move sets and abilities.
Please let us know if you're interested.
All the best,
Hjortron Games
Hey guys :)
Sorry but I'm not available at all for now (and for many months more), that's why I've cut DMs for now!
Hope you guys will find someone!
Hey! are you guys on discord? If so add me up! Or DM me here š¤