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TankHead Sherman Shooting Pixel Art - Emerson Tung - Fan Animation

Original TankHead sprite was made by the great https://www.artstation.com/emersontung
Check out their work!
I'm glad I had the opportunity to work with them and make the squares dance.

Sharing my modular animation process in bringing large detailed sprites to life. This time I'm redrawing the sprite to make more complex animations than simple idle loops.

Step 1
Blocking out the movement and separating layers, this was tricky as I was required to actually re-draw the sprite and maintain 3D space.

Step 1
Blocking out the movement and separating layers, this was tricky as I was required to actually re-draw the sprite and maintain 3D space.

Step 2
Filling in the gaps, adding smears and secondary movement.

Step 2
Filling in the gaps, adding smears and secondary movement.

Step 3
Adding the final touches with the gun flash and other SFX.

Step 3
Adding the final touches with the gun flash and other SFX.