Let's Make Smilies!

[Flux]

Well, if you're looking to make smilies for the challenge and practice, I'm in a Star Wars kind of mood.


How about a Jawa?

Pac-Droid.
I hope the hand looks better viewed from far away.
Uploading this to see if it looks right.
-The frames play backwards. Let me get to that.
EDIT: Fixed.
If I make it smoother, I think it works perfectly.

[Flux]

First attempt at a 15-ish frame smilie

is that pinocchio smoking a pipe?

[Buster's Uncle]

Who's Guns and Wham-o?

[Flux]

Who's Guns and Wham-o?

Someone from Steam.
I just replace my name with his and used an old quote template.
He likes to see animation like that, so I sent him a link to it on Imgur.

[Flux]

Even after all this, I'm still not sure how to go about making a coughing smilie.
Also gonna see if this turned out okay.

[Buster's Uncle]

Think about what happens when you cough - your face jerks forward a little, your mouth and eyes open wider, freezes a slit second, then it all withdraws.

[Flux]

Think about what happens when you cough - your face jerks forward a little, your mouth and eyes open wider, freezes a slit second, then it all withdraws.

So basically choking.

[Buster's Uncle]

Spasming.  A cough is to expel flem.

[Flux]

It's not fair that BUncle gets all the fun.
Here is my attempt at a grossed-out smilie.
The frames build on to eachother for some unknown reason, so I'll include what it came out too and all 3 frames. Doesn't look that good when they stack.
via Imgflip GIF Maker

Gonna shamelessy up my post count here.
Oh my, that was a really bad attempt.

[Buster's Uncle]

It's a good catch, though - vomiting is the same motion as coughing, except you hold much longer and more comes out.

+1

[Flux]

It's a good catch, though - vomiting is the same motion as coughing, except you hold much longer and more comes out.

+1

Yeah. I guess so.
Currently on frame 42 of my latest one. I figure I can edit part of it and then use it later as something else though.

[Flux]

Gonna put this up at a bunch of different FPS speeds.
-The frames play backwards, but it still looks fine.
That was about 70 frames.
I like Flux2 the best.

[Flux]

Okay, I think I have this figured out.

Make decent animation
               
              Stretch Goals!
Get some serious requests
Get a smilie on the forum

     
   

[Flux]

[Flux]

Ugh, this looks like somebody hitting their mouth OR coughing depending on how you look at it.
Ironic I'm having the most trouble with the one thing I really wanted animated