Goanimate creating a character1/29/2024 ![]() ![]() The lack of arms and legs takes a little getting used to and sometimes those arms and legs are posed just a bit too far away from the characters body that they look daft but over all they're a lot of fun. ![]() I do like the actual character design of the Lil' Peepz. and GoAnimate just wouldn't be the same without Happy Bunny and Star Trek. At the very least I hope they won't phase out the Comedy World theme - which I use for Bat Storm. Personally I hope I'm wrong on that prediction. Most recently they've given the characters the ability to lip sync with their voices. GoAnimate's thrown so much development behind Lil' Peepz that I'm almost confidently predicting they'll be phasing out all the other themes eventually. You can create anything from ancient Egyptians, early American pilgrims right through to futuristic cyborg warriors and demons. As I said the theme's been going from strength to strength with more costumes being added to the creator by the truck load. That aside, if you don't mind the isometric nature of the props it has enabled a much wider range of custom made scenes to be created just from the props available. Either that or the props are drawn at eye level with no real perspective - just flat (see the image on the right). Unusual because almost all of the Lil' Peepz props are drawn with a slightly top down isometric perspective that I don't like much at all. Unusually the animation above features a road 'prop' that is in perspective from the Lil' Peepz theme (also those lights, city backdrop, moon and clouds are from the theme too). Perspective in the three quarter view of the buildings. Valet stand and police car but the flat eye level Notice the isometric perspective in the entrance carpet, Bat Storm isn't included because I hadn't made him at the time. The other two I'm hoping to update at some point as GoAnimate CEO, Alvin Hung, took on board my suggestion of adding some superhero costumes to the Lil' Peepz character creator and said that was definitely something they'd do in the future (it just seems logical as a lot of the action packs feature superhero like powers).īelow is a really quick animation I threw together just to show off my characters back in July of 2010. Of the three I think Jokester is probably the only one I wouldn't change. There wasn't as wide a selection of outfits back in July of 2010 and, as of writing this, still no superhero style, cowl like masks - I had to improvise with black hair and head bands. Well maybe a new hand position here and there but not too much else I imagine.Īt around the time of the release of Lil' Peepz I fired up their character creator and attempted to recreate some of my Bat Storm Cast (pictured above). This makes them relatively easy for GoAnimate staff to add new costumes and most recently, action packs.Īdding new actions, for the most part, appears to be just repositioning the character in the poses required without having to create any new drawings. Their hands and feet just kind of float around their body (or if you prefer, in the case of their feet, their body just kind of floats above them). The first thing you notice about the Lil' Peepz is their complete lack of arms or legs. To the point where nearly all the other themes on the site have paled by comparison. The Lil' Peepz theme arrived on GoAnimate in a big way back in July of 2010 (can you tell how behind I am on updating this blog?) with it's own custom character creator it's been going from strength to strength ever since. Lil' Peepz Jokester, Bat Storm and Bat Flash. ![]()
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