A beginner guide to frame-by-frame pixel art animation via short looping cycles. It walks through idle loops (including breathing and 2-frame march-in-place styles), then run cycles: keyframes versus in-betweens, a Mega Man–style 3-frame run with strong stride and pass poses, and how to cut an 8-frame run to 6 or 4 frames while preserving contact/pass keyframes and retiming playback for energy.
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