The technique used to put all this together fascinated me, I never thought of putting Flash animation together in a video editor as such an effective method, but it works amazingly here. Definately gonna try it out when I get to create my first proper animation (which is in its planning stages, yay!)
Also, I've (very slowly) started work on revamping The Adventures of Sir Cuthbert Pencilton. Deadlines ultimately meant I didn't have time to put as much effort into it as I'd wanted to (specifically with lighting, sound effects and backdrops), so I plan on sorting that :)
Here's one backdrop I've revamped. It lacks the doodle look so much, but I still prefer it to the old one XD
Also, I'm a little confused with what's happening when we get back. Do we go straight into presentations, and should have done all our research during the holidays, or is it something else? I'm currently writing a questionnaire for my artifacts so I can at least say I've done something, I guess.
I decided to give her a comic book style redo, so after referencing some Marvel and DC comic images (I'm not too big on comics, so I missed a lot of subtleties to the style), I got this as a result. Definately an improvement on the first design, wouldn't you agree? I had a lot of fun with the shading, most of the colouring I've seen in comic books look like gradients more than anything, so I tried to recreate that without actually using gradients (I love smudge tool).
I decided a long time ago I needed to break away from the usual anime style all the time (no way I'm giving it up completely though), but only recently did I decide to give it another crack. Trying to make my work look less anime, more 'my own' (long limbs are apparently my style), this was my first try at something new.
I've alway had issues drawing realistic human faces, even with life drawing to help me, so I kinda tries a compromise. With Japanese culture seeming to pop up a little more lately, I think I could get away with this style for something commercial, if the need calls for it. But we'll have to see. Had some positive feedback from people about it so far though. I'm planning on entering a manga contest this summer in this style to try and get some consistancy from it.
I spent the last couple of days playing a game on Newgrounds called William and Sly, although personally I don't see why the man's name is first, the fox does all the work. It's got beautifully designed graphics and a very smooth framerate, with a great level of exploration and secret areas to find. I'd recommend people take a look at it, I find it very calming. Well, except for when those creatures pop out of the ground at you.
Got to find out my game work and try to find a way to record a run through of my level. It's nothing worth looking at, but considering I don't play FPSs on account of them making me feel sick, I don't think I did too badly for a first try. Well, you'll see it when I can find screencapture software that doesn't make huge filesizes / bad quality.
First of all, I'm going to try and get an extension for my essay and presentation, but I'm hoping I won't need it. The reason being is that I've spent the last couple of days in hospital. For anyone who remembers me mentioning that my arm had an infection, well, it got worse. I went straight from a checkup on Tuesday morning to hospital where I had to stay the night, and now I've gotta have a load of medicine and have my dressings changed every day.
So, that's what's been happening to me lately, and that's why I haven't updated here lately, despite the fact I've had so much to post about that I've seen around the net. I'll get onto that when I'm feeling more up to it.
Oh yeah, Jools asked in my last journal post what I'd done to solve that problem. Turns out that in CS3, you have to swap around some of the wording in the gotoAndPlay command. I put gotoAndPlay("Scene 2",1), when in CS3 you're meant to put gotoAndPlay(1, "Scene 2). I found it kinda weird that they'd change something as trivial as that, but I figured it ^^
I saw this animation made in Flash on NewGrounds the other day, and it absolutely blew me away! It looks like a professional studio animation and it worked really well with the music. Unfortunately, it was taken off NG (for reasons I can't figure out :/), but thankfully, it's on YouTube ^^
I love the colours and how detailed the character designs are, especially with the hair blowing in the wind. It's a simple love story that open to some interpretation, but that's one of the reasons I love it :3 My interpretation is of a guy in love with an angel, who gives him a flower showing her love. As the flower grows and blossoms, so does their feelings for each other. One of my favourite metaphors for love, and gladly it isn't used way too often ^^
I wish I could do frame by frame as confidently as that, but I suppose I'll learn one day.
