Shmup animation: Work in Progress!

Man I have been a busy bee lately. But I knuckled down and finished a draft of a future quick Shoot-em-up animation.It's so big because it is supposed to accommodate for other things in the final.

Anyway, the main idea wad to have the ship take off from a runway (done but not added, obviously), shoot a bit, bank left, shoot a bit, bank right, shoot a bit, then travel off screen. Simple right? NO! The rate of movement was the hardest, making sure the movement per frame looked good enough to be convincing. A lot of tweaking! Argh.

The final version will have the runway and full take off sequence, reflections from the engine and guns on the craft, actually gun projectiles, and a smooth transition from start to finish.

For the meantime, here is the sprite sheet for this animation:
I believe all of these were used in the animation, except for the duplicate at the bottom. So that equals to 17 all up. Yum.