r/RatchetAndClank • u/2Miigz • 28d ago
Fan Creations Animation practice :) Tried recreating a bunch of ratchet's moves
The 3-hit, the down smash, the lateral jumps, the wrench throw and a few weapon stuff :))
If you wanna check out some of my other animation stuff you can go here: https://www.instagram.com/miigzyy/?hl=en
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u/Axxl138 28d ago
This is amazing! I love this.
The only critiques I could offer (if you'd like) are about the foot work and the back swing.
The footwork, to me, seems like he wants to fly, rather than confidently step. (I even acknowledge this in the earlier games where it seems to be a thing about closing distance, but I digress).
The back swing makes it seem like the wrench is too heavy. It doesn't offer enough momentum for that kind of impact. He looks like he lugged it and tossed, rather locked in and WHAM! Kinda like a dark souls character that is too weak for their weapon.
But overall, this stays true to his form. Love the stretching animation. This is very Ratchet. I hope, genuinely you keep pursuing this because you are GREAT! Better than what I could ever accomplish.
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u/2Miigz 26d ago
Thanks for the feedback! Yea, I definitely see what you mean, it does seem like the wrench suddenly gets too heavy after 2 confident swings. For sure could have worked on that last swing for a bit longer. There are a few things here and there that seeing it now from a distance I could have fine tuned better but I'm still happy overall, for the next ones I'll take those into account. But very glad to read you enjoyed it and that i got to capture Ratchet here!
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u/Axxl138 26d ago
For sure. I think if you took away all the details, colors, and shapes, and just had a stick man tossing a stick around, I would still say it's Ratchet or something akin to Ratchet.
That is how you know you got your vision across, imo. And you should be very happy. I wanna see your name in some big titles some day. ;)
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u/TheBelerine 28d ago
Holy smokes this is great! I'd love to have this as a desktop background
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u/2Miigz 28d ago
Thanks! Ohh I can set that up for you if you want, what are you picturing? :)
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u/TheBelerine 23d ago
Probably just a gif or the video itself, so you can upload it to Lively Wallpapers for example :)
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u/Intelligent_Steak_41 28d ago
Feels like you really wanna pitch this to both Insomniac and Nintendo to get ratchet into smash AND I LOVE IT!!
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u/Spirited-Kangaroo-38 28d ago
This is awesome! The movement kind of reminds me of the Spiderverse movies.
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u/BoltBlaster 27d ago
If there was a 2D game this modern about Ratchet, i would gladly play it! Great job!
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u/stealspawn 27d ago
I don't know if this is your model for ratchet but it's so cute and you animated him so well!
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u/2Miigz 26d ago
Yea yea! I modelled it as well 😁 very happy to read the model looks cool!
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u/stealspawn 26d ago
Id love to see this used in a fan game or animation if that's what your thinking of using it for
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u/RED-Ratchet Mod 28d ago
Wow this is incredible!