For the cutout style, Stickman has a feature that behaves like the character setup in the game "Sims". This got lot of potential because each new body part is multiplying the possibilities. By combining 9 different types of body parts, at average of 5 choices per body part, you get 1953125 possible combinations. This page contains information about how to make your own library of body parts. When a folder in the figure library is named "Body Parts", it will activate this feature when the folder is selected. In the source code it is a class named "CharacterBuilder" which is responsible for assembling the body part the right way. To understand how to develop your own body part library, you need to know these things: - A complete character will have the control points:
- leftHandPoint
- leftShoulderPoint or neckPoint
- backPoint or leftBackPoint (hip)
- You can choose names for knees and elbows as you which.
In general you can design the character as you wish, as long the control points exist.
- You build the body parts of the character's left side, not your left side.
- You only have to make the left side, since the right side is mirrored.
- The hands are attached to the arms before attached to body:
- These matrix layers decide where to put the face and head properties:
- You can control the color and borders by adding.
- skinBrush
- outBorderPen
- This is the pen used along the edge.
- inBorderPen
- This is the pen used in face, usually a little thinner than the out border.
- pantsBrush
- sleeveBrush
- The order of body part controlling colors are:
- Body
- Head
- Leg
- Arm
- For example, when adding a skinBrush to the hand, it will change color according to either 3, 2 or 1.
- If you model the body parts within 100x100 pixels, it is easier to make them match.
100x100 is the standard length of the green (X) and red arrow (Y) in Elemento. - Save the files in the format <body part>-<number>.elemento
For example: - arm-0.elemento
- body-5.elemento
- eyes-3.elemento
- hand-9.elemento
- hat-12.elemento
- head-8.elemento
- leg-7.elemento
- mouth-5.elemento
- nose-2.elemento
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