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		<title>Designing Isometric Avatars</title>
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			This page lists the articles of the series 
			Designing Isometric Avatars.</p>
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							<url>introduction_to_isometric_avatars.xml</url>
							<text>Introduction to Isometric Avatars</text>
						</link>: This article discusses the principles in the design 
						of avatars in isometric worlds.</li>
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							<url>components_of_isometric_avatars.xml</url>
							<text>Components of Isometric Avatars</text>
						</link>: This article outlines the necessity to separate an avatar's body 
	    				into distinct parts and shows how this can be done.</li>
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							<url>walking_isometric_avatars_part_1.xml</url>
							<text>Walking Isometric Avatars (I)</text>
						</link>: This first part of this subseries introduces the theoretical 
						background to design animated avatars.</li>
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							<url>walking_isometric_avatars_part_2.xml</url>
							<text>Walking Isometric Avatars (II)</text>
						</link>: The second part part shows, how one can research biometric 
	    				locomotion parameters and how the findings are implemented
	    				in the actual design.</li>
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							<url>walking_isometric_avatars_part_3.xml</url>
							<text>Walking Isometric Avatars (III)</text>
						</link>: The third part finalizes the outlines of a walking avatar 
						by analyzing the motion of arms and subsequently designing the 
						needed frames, eventually presenting the complete avatar 
						in animated GIFs.</li>
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							<url>walking_isometric_avatars_part_4.xml</url>
							<text>Walking Isometric Avatars (IV)</text>
						</link>: The last part discusses the basic techniques to design garment
						and hair.</li>
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