Sprite motion starts as video: notes on 2D character animation

MotifDeck is the AI game art workspace I wanted for 2D projects. You create a character from an idea or a reference, in Pixel Art, Cartoon, Anime, Hand-painted, Flat 2D, 3D Look or your own style, then build matching props and scenes around it. When the character is approved, pick a move: a guard idle, a heavy run, a low dodge, a kneeling shot. MotifDeck generates the action as continuous video, so hair, capes and accessories follow through, then extracts the frames and cleans up the background. You see all the source frames, keep the ones that work, change their order and timing, and export PNG frames, sprite sheets, GIF or ZIP. Recolor a whole sequence for enemy variants without rebuilding the motion. Every generation shows its Credit cost before you approve it. Free accounts start with 50 one-time Credits that never expire; downloading newly generated files needs a paid unlock.

Project notes and the workspace: https://motifdeck.com/