Table of Contents Faster means more smears If you’re familiar with animation, Smear Frames may ring a bell. To put it simply, the faster an object moves the more distorted it will look. This concept applies to our Smoke animations as well. But since Smokes lack detail (especially pixel-art smoke), Read more…
Table of Contents Intro This post will explain how feedback was used to make improvements in these animations used in thePlatformer Starter Pack. Let us begin! First draft These animations are made to be smoke effects for the character’s blaster attacks. This means that they are large and powerful smoke Read more…
Table of Contents What we’re animating In this article, we will be discussing the animation process of a smoke cloud. The smoke cloud is referenced from the Asset: Smoke FX Lets get started! Step 1. Setting up Symmetry Options Before we start, lets set up our Aseprite workflow. We are Read more…
Table of Contents Choosing the Hue Smoke is a dense cloud made up from a mixture of gases, materials, and debris. We can assume two things from this fact: 1. Saturation will be lower due to the mixture of materials 2. The color originates from the fuel source With these Read more…
Table of Contents The thought process Before we dive into any technical walk-throughs, lets uncover the underlying principles of smoke. This way, we can have a deeper understanding of WHY smoke behaves the way it does. Lets get started! The science behind smoke Animation is science, VFX is physics Believe Read more…