Comments on: Going Down Memory Lane

By: chia

chia — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

it’s funny that you compare Flash to Maya. i loves the Flash but to me Maya is just a big headache. Not to say that Flash isn’t kicking my butt right now but i enjoy struggling through it where i can’t even stand to look at Maya, if it hasn’t put me to sleep first.

I’m really loving the look and colors of the characters. also, did you use flash for Tabby’s animation when the website loads up? it looks great!

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Yup, I roughed it out by hand with a Wacom and then cleaned up on a level above it! Fun times.

I know how you feel about Maya…it’s a lot harder for me to build characters and get them to move smoothly. I think it also has to do with the fact that I just like 2D better.

By: not vanessa.

not vanessa. — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

hey, i remember those days. the writing is familiar. ;)……. i’m guessing junior year high school? duck had a slightly different look come freshman year lcad, didn’t he.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

thanks russ and vanessa! It was great meeting you last week as well, Russ! Can’t wait to see more chainsaws

And Vanessa you are right, the second set of drawings is from Senior Yr of high school…the first drawings ever of “Li’l Black Duck!” Before he got to be more short/squat.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Eric! Goliath is looking aweome as well

By: Russ Harris

Russ Harris — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Anne! It was nice to meet you last week. Good luck on the re-pitch! Your art is looking GREAT!!!

By: Stephen Levinson

Stephen Levinson — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

This are awsome! and its gonna be great as a flash animated cartoon! I use flash alot and i see your problem, but its a very easy situation to get out of… All you have to do, is draw the body straight with the orange circle for the face (the rest of the details such as eyes, hair, mouth and wiskers should be put in after. Now with the drawing of the body and face (you should include wiskers) you should select all of the body, make sure you include all of it, and right click ( if ur on mac control –> click) and hit envelope. After that, you can move the points right or left and it will bend the shape (curved like you’re character). Then you can label each body you made as a diferent symbol( i.e Body_Front_1, Body_Front_2, etc..) Then on the timline when you have each symbol on a different level, all u have to do is make alayer and name it “Body” and then when u want the bent body’s all you have to do is insert a blank keyframe, and place the symbol on that timeline in the right place!. I hope this helps you and I hope it helps you!

By: Stephen Levinson

Stephen Levinson — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

My bad, you should not include the wiskers. Thos should be a seperate symbol if you want them to move up and down)

By: anne

anne — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

wow! thanks so much for the tips, stephen! i forgot all about the envelope tool…

By: Stephen Levinson

Stephen Levinson — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000

No problem Anne! im glad i could help!