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Sometimes one of you guys need help and you need it right now! If I have a lesson in the works that will help you I’ll try to push it up on the timeline to get you back on track. Lesson 02 was to be on color theory, but reader “Amazing Robie” has a movie that’s playing back extremely slow:
I created a pattern, made it into a symbol and used the symbol sprayer tool in Illustrator to make the top of the tree. More »
In Lesson 01 we talked about doing the bulk of your drawing in Illustrator. For coloring the opposite holds true. Flash is far superior to illustrator for adding color to a drawing because it has a fill tool not unlike a bitmap editing app. Just click an enclosed space and, viola, its full of the good stuff. In Illustrator if you want the same functionality you can use the Live Paint Bucket, but it doesn’t work on shapes made by brushstrokes, open shapes, or on Tuesdays. It’s so complicated it gives you instructions every time you use it. Avoid. More »
It’s always a toss up when Flash is updated to the next version, especially for the non-programming artist. Flash 5 and MX were huge leaps and must haves. Flash MX 2004 was a major let down with more bugs than features (one of the few Flash versions in history to need patches). In fact, necessary features were actual removed (object level undo, normal actionscript mode)! Flash 8 Pro’s major features were the ones removed from MX 2004 (the two mentioned earlier) and a few photoshop style blend modes I haven’t used much – mostly because they require a player many haven’t upgraded to yet. Now CS3 has been released, and guess what? Again, there’s not much to talk about, especially for the artist. We’ve been waiting nearly two years for a change of logo from Macromedia to Adobe and a mild UI update. More »
Here is part one in what hopefully will be a long running series of lessons for cartoon animators working in Flash. Its not so much a series of tutorials as a series of tips on how to add extra punch and refinement to your work. A lot of this stuff will seem like a no brainers to a seasoned pro, but for those starting out I think these lessons will be invaluable. And perhaps there will be something a few pros can use too. I’m going to assume you have the basic equipment: A computer, a scanner, a copy of Flash 6 or higher, and a pressure sensitive graphics tablet (preferably a Wacom). More »
Women’s breast are a big deal among male artists. You’d be hard pressed to find a heterosexual one that hasn’t drawn a pair or two for his own amusement. I don’t think you could name a subject better covered in the visual medium, actually. My fascination lately has been the way breasts have been portrayed in cartoons for the past century. One thing that strikes me is the overly obvious influence of breast implants.
Excessive female nudity after the jump. Don’t tell your parents! More »