partial animation

[Recca Phoenix]

If I wanted to do blinking character graphics, is it possible to have the animation in 2 images:
1)closed eyes (No face, just the eyes)
2) the actual face
sort of like an overlay? Or do I have to have the faces twice?

[DaFool]

You can have
1.) The full face, eyes open
2.) Closed eyes but with a bit of skin so when you composite them with the face, they cover the open eyes.

I'll have a sample in a bit...

[DaFool]

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    $ tbase = im.Composite((225, 600), (0, 0), "blank.png", (0, 300), "trollbase.png")
    $ tblink = im.Composite((225, 600), (0, 0), "blank.png", (0, 300), "trollbase.png", (0, 300), "trollblink.png")

I can then use tbase and tblink as the two states of animation.

Don't mind my "blank.png", it's for proper positioning of all the sprites so that the headshots don't get messed up.