I was going to respond to one of the comments but I decided to make it a post instead.
The majority of the animation for this film is being done traditionally; that is using a pencil and reams of paper. I believe that is the only way that subtle and successful character animation can be done.
However there are a lot of scenes that can more easily be done in Flash to help speed up the otherwise overwhelming amount of footage. These scenes have been layed out on paper, then scanned in, cleaned up and animated in Flash. One trick that I'm using for the flash animated scenes is to animate them on 2's so as better match the traditionally animated scenes.
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Thanks for answering. I bet a lot of people trying to do their own stuff learn it through trial and error. I sure do, so it´s nice to know how others work. Most resources on animation floating around don´t go to this level of details.
I believe that is the only way that subtle and successful character animation can be done.
Interesting. I just finished animating something directly in Flash, frame by frame. But I agree. What animating with pencil and paper lacks in instant playback, it more that makes up for in familiarity, control, and versatility.
Now if I only knew how to flip.
Great blog, through and through.
I'm really looking forward to seeing this next work! I admire greatly the style you have developed over the last while and I've always liked your storytelling.
I hope you can get it done for the next festival!
Say, you might try bauhaus mirage. I've found that it gives you all the familiarity of pencil and paper and all the powerful ease of Flash. It also gives you a multiplane camera, ink-and-paint, a soundtrack and an amazing array of export tools. There's a 30-day free trial at bauhausstudios.com. You do need to have a good tablet to really use it well, a Wacom Intuos or something like. I have some samples on my site you can check out.
That's nice work, BTW. I like the colors especially.
Excuse my ignorance but what means "2s"?.By the way, good job.
Hi
2's means one drawing for every 2 'film' frames. I animate at 24 frames per second, so it would be up to 12 drawings per second. The reason I don't simply animate at 12 frames per second is that sometimes you may want to do a faster action on 1's or a slower action at maybe 3 or 5 frames so it gives you more control.
I hope that answers your question, and not more confusing.
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