Hi, I'm new to these boards, and in the process of storyboarding my first non-homework-assignment animation right now. It's gonna be a lot of work, so I'd like for it to be demo-reel worthy, and I have a question about mediums.
Is Flash frowned upon?
The way I plan on using it is not to actually animate with it, but to just do all my drawings in Flash. So far, the up sides I see to using Flash is I can do all the sketching right on the computer, easily change direction (zooms, pans, rotations) without worrying about image quality, don't need to worry about inking, paper, it'll be easier to color in afterwards, etc.
Down sides are I don't gain the experience I need with inking with brush (since I suck at it - is that the way I'm supposed to clean up the outlines anyways?), or working on an animation table, and I'm afraid that something animated in Flash won't impress companies as much as the more traditional look of pencil or brush.
Comments?
planning an animation
By bossmonkey | Monday, February 14, 2005 at 5:08pm
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planning an animation
I dont think Flash is frowned upon since some studios are actually using it. Although I think pencil and paper is so much better than Flash. You can't cheat on anything and it just looks better. Flash animation has a "fake" feel to it. Nothing beats good old hand drawn 2d animation. I'd say use paper and pencil first and become familiar with that, and then do stuff in Flash.
"Animation isn't about how well you draw, but how much to believe." -Glen Keane
well I dunno about a fake feel - like I said, I wasn't planning on animating with it
I was planning on using it much like pascal did in his "door" animation
http://forums.awn.com/showthread.php?t=2022&highlight=door
if you still think it looks fake, please elaborate
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