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OK boys and girls, final set of this Ikenfell/Epithet Erased pixel ‘nmation series!

Ramsey’s I had the idea on mid-series and couldn’t wait to put it on pa--er, screen.  Still not sure if I should’ve change the pants to a light gray instead of keeping it white, but eh.

Percy’s...I kinda lost enthusiasm, ngl.  The original idea was having her arm cross while holding onto the sword still in its scabbard, but that would’ve blocked most of the torso.  And other poses didn’t quite look right, so I settled for this sword-twirling thing, which...is OK.  I guess?

And then Zora’s...well, maybe I did TOO much?  Freakin’ capes/ponchos/whatever, man, they SCREAM to be ani-ma-nated!  The colors didn’t cause too much trouble this time either, oddly enough.  Though I settled on simplifying the poncho scheme because keeping it at three main colors would’ve made it messy.

Dunno if/what I’m doing next, but hey, this is out there!  And here are the others in case anyone hasn’t seen them:

Marshmallowed Lost Child and When you mistake Chaotic Good for Evil

Hiimbo but Barrier-Flavored and Living Reason for N-R-F-B

Another Pixel Dailies work, this time the theme was “Art Trade”.  Mine was with Zwite1 (https://twitter.com/Zwite1) from an ask on the Pixel Dailies Discord, who requested an Uchiha from Naruto.

After finishing Ikenfell around Christmas and getting into JelloApocalypse’s Patreon goodies, I decided to get back into pixel art and make some Epithet Erased sprites based on the Ikenfell style over the past few days.  Was kinda neat figuring out how to simplify the original designs and still make them recognizable.  Though I had to give up on using the *exact* palettes if I wanted parts to stand out more than others.  MIght try making more, who knows.

And third batch completed, this time of Sylvie and the Doc Beefton.  I...went up and down with these.  

The colors and keeping the short stature like Molly’s for vanilla Sylvie was a mess to deal with. But I dig how the sudden break into laughter came out, along w/ the slight motion blur and the flow of the coat.

WELP, last post blew up so OK

2nd batch of the Epithet Erased static animations in the Ikenfell style.

Indus I struggled with how big to make it--too tall, and it’d end up looking like it’s from another game.  That and the hair style...still not quite there for me, but eh.  Mera’s I struggled with what kind of pose and movement to give her.  That, and with her original color scheme, things were WAY to pale and similar before I decided to make it a tad more colorful.

But I had some fun figuring out how to animate the chest for Indus, and Mera’s turned out better than I expected.  Think I did better with keeping her’s to a limited palette too.