Pixel Art Class - Attack Effects!

Heya Pals! I spent all weekend putting together this one for you. It's been a while since I produced a full lecture / tutorial like this, but I know you all enjoy them so much so I wanted to put the effort in. This is one of the longest videos I've produced, over an hour long! In this one, we've got a deep dive into attack effects, particularly sword effects. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:32 - What are Attack Effects? 5:02 - Smash Bros Analysis 10:38 - Insignia Frame Breakdown 11:53 - Frames & Animation Curves 16:30 - Indie Game Analysis 27:20 - Before you Start Animating... 28:03 - Animation Setup 29:03 - Hitboxes & Drafting the Motion 33:06 - Double Ellipse Trick 34:32 - The Job of a Sword Smear 36:21 - Air Trails 39:20 - Character Silhouette 43:07 - Refining the Smear 46:45 - Expression through Particle Animation 52:38 - Giving the Smear Volume 55:25 - Adding the Hit Effect 57:40 - Adding Elemental Effects 58:45 - Balancing the Composition 1:02:39 - Outro Music: Helynt + Gamechops [Gamechops.com] ---- This video features clips from my stream. Catch it live: Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri 1-6pm AEST. Twitch: http://twitch.tv/adamcyounis Twitter: http://twitter.com/adamcyounis Discord: https://discord.gg/9WkRG7s Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/adamcyounis Download assets and games from the stream at http://uppon-hill.itch.io/ Later, pals!