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This is our finished. After weeks of drawing different styles, we finally chose the best design which we both agreed on. Next, it was a case of drawing up the design in photoshop as this was the software we were using to create our assets. Each limb or body part had to be done separately in order to create sprite sheets more easily in the coming weeks. From here I am able to manipulate the characters body position into a standing, running, jumping or dying phase by changing limbs and body parts to specific positions on the sprite sheet.
Here is an example of a mid running phase.