# Test character for visual novel with animation

**URL:** <https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160>\
**Category:** Work in progress\
**Created:** [February 26, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160 "2017-02-26T19:54:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![susssu](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/susssu/32/5826_2.png) [@susssu](https://forums.synfig.org/u/susssu)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160/1 "2017-02-26T19:54:43Z")

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Simple animation for a visual novel. Tried to make her more like hand drawn but it did not work too well.

Here is animated video: [youtube.com/watch?v=7WDM7L9btsg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WDM7L9btsg)

The character is rigged. Feel free to play with it.  
[Pers.sifz](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e2fe9e83aaefc86482818661678069edce245784.sifz) (366 KB)  
[Pers\_no anim.sifz](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/22a68c6712efb0d52377d45f7e89fd9e04ad9245.sifz) (147 KB)

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**Author:** ![Svarov](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/svarov/32/8167_2.png) [@Svarov](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Svarov)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160/2 "2017-02-27T04:46:48Z")

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Hey, nice to see you back 🙂

> [@susssu](#):
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> Tried to make her more like hand drawn but it did not work too well.

Yeah… To be honest, the animation gives quite an opposite feel, a very flash-like one. The movements look kind of unnatural. Maybe shapes aren’t properly attached to bones? Can’t really comment on this, because I never use them for body parts.

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**Author:** ![Darkspace\_be](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/darkspace_be/32/71_2.png) [@Darkspace\_be](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Darkspace_be)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160/3 "2017-02-27T08:23:32Z")

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Hi!  
Very nice and slick character design. I like it. You might work on your timing to make your animation less like a robot, but I understand this is just a test of the rig. You seem to have some joint issues on the elbows. I always work with separate upper and lower arms to avoid that.  
Greetz!

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**Author:** ![susssu](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/susssu/32/5826_2.png) [@susssu](https://forums.synfig.org/u/susssu)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160/4 "2017-02-27T13:48:23Z")

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> I always work with separate upper and lower arms to avoid that.

I have also tried this approach but animating the whole limb seemed to give more natural result. I needed to adjust the vertices to match the upper part with the lower part.

Maybe I will continue polishing up the character and animation just to prove the point that Synfig can be used for visual novel development.

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**Author:** ![susssu](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/susssu/32/5826_2.png) [@susssu](https://forums.synfig.org/u/susssu)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160/5 "2017-02-27T13:53:40Z")

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> [@Svarov](#):
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> Hey, nice to see you back 🙂
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> > [@susssu](#):
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> > Tried to make her more like hand drawn but it did not work too well.
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> Yeah… To be honest, the animation gives quite an opposite feel, a very flash-like one. The movements look kind of unnatural. Maybe shapes aren’t properly attached to bones? Can’t really comment on this, because I never use them for body parts.

Thank you. I started using Synfig again recently.

The animation is sure quite creepy but the point was more to make the static image to look more natural, to be in VN style. I need to keep up working for sure, though.

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**Author:** ![Maxim](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/maxim/32/212_2.png) [@Maxim](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Maxim)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/test-character-for-visual-novel-with-animation/4160/6 "2017-09-25T11:32:55Z")

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There I was feeling all smug about rendering out my first bouncing ball. Nice job dude!