Lavalle's (flashcartoons) progression

[flashcartoons]

here is where i post stuff that im working on, drawings, logos, quick animation etc

my first!

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/3761/kateo3.jpg

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/5342/kat2ed7.jpg

This character is for my new toon im working on called "Kat Burglar"

[dlpwillywonka]

No burglar tools? nice design

[ElusiveMoose]

Cute kitty...

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http://www.kinjokids.com/remove/katanimated.swf

here is an animation test

[dlpwillywonka]

Silly cat. don't he know he'll never hide from me. I can see him right behind the plant.

[flashcartoons]

hehe, but the police cant!

here is the title screen

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8977/kat2um9.jpg

[Terro]

Nice progress Lee, I noticed you put in some real animating into the cat. It looks more polished then your other work, very nice man.

[flashcartoons]

here is some of the intro
http://www.flashcartoons.org/version7/thisisthebank.swf

im working on the cat jumping part too it keeps going, i got some great background music for this production

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http://www.flashcartoons.org/version7/maincharacter.jpg

and here is the main character i havent named him yet :)

[dlpwillywonka]

Wow. Really nice animation. Those cop cars move great and the kick seems natural. You're getting really good Lav.

[flashcartoons]

thanks man, its alot of work :cool:

[dlpwillywonka]

You've got the nice shoulder stutter for when he's surprised too. Great touch.

[flashcartoons]

here is a police man for the cartoon

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/197/policemanpa9.jpg

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update: i redid the gun i thought it looked weird

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2544/policeman1cz4.jpg

[flashcartoons]

Animation 16% Done with this episode of "Kat Burglar"

Watch the animated preview with sound

http://www.flashcartoons.org/katburglar.swf

[dlpwillywonka]

Look good. If the cat and the burglar are the same person you may want to let the "poof" last a little bit longer. Or added a finally transform at the bottom of the window near the end.

[flashcartoons]

yea i was going to add more smoke, also updated to 18%

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here is a walkcycle

http://www.flashzombies.com/preview/walkburglar.swf

[Monsieur Rat]

WOW! That's absolutely fantastic, Lavalle. You've improved so much since I left. The legs are spot on!

[flashcartoons]

http://www.kinjokids.com/comic/strip22.jpg

i took a break from kat burglar and did a kinjokids strip, right now tho im working on kat burglar

[Simon Smith]

Nice! who said lack of motivation couldn't be productive and funny :D

[flashcartoons]

Nice! who said lack of motivation couldn't be productive and funny :D

thanks, actually making that kinjokids comic strip helped me get back into the swing of things, i animated for 3 hours last night

i have 75 seconds of animation complete on katburglar :D

[Steelsoldier]

I love that stuff man good job

[flashcartoons]

thanks alot, here is something i made the other day

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4879/marv30dz6.jpg

[Squash-n-Stretch]

here is a walkcycle

http://www.flashzombies.com/preview/walkburglar.swf

The reason the arms aren't working too good is because they aren't mirror copies of each other; plus the arm that should be the biggest because it is closest to us is actually smaller than the one far away. Good work with the feet though.

[flashcartoons]

hope you like, i sketched a total of 6 @ work some funnier than others :)

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2207/strip24mf1.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7606/strip25xc5.jpg

[flashcartoons]

oh looky i made 3 more!

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/4176/strip26su8.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9084/strip27jl7.jpg

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7238/strip28vl9.jpg

i havent released these cartoons on my site yet, but i will weekly until 4th of july!!! so you all get to see it first :eek:

[flashcartoons]

weee i made more, wow im on a roll

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5956/strip29wr1.jpg

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6406/strip30ne9.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/379/strip31ut9.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7253/strip32wf3.jpg

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and mooore

http://www.kinjokids.com/comic/strip34.jpg

http://www.kinjokids.com/comic/strip33.jpg

http://www.kinjokids.com/comic/strip32.jpg

i changed 32 to be 28, i really dont remember why, but enjoy

[flashcartoons]

here is a background im working on for my newest animation

i first sketched it on my wacom, then just used line tool, pretty simple

still need to add many props, plant, rabbit cage, stands etc

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4484/classmt9.jpg

[Ferx]

Hey Flash C!

Nice background and colours, but you need to work in the perspective ;) . The walls, window and floor are in isometric perspective (parallel lines only) and desk is in perspective of one point.

That is an example of a room drawed in a perspective of 1 point:

http://www.speedee.com.mx/2Dtutorials/perspective_1pt.jpg

In the techniques section are some links to perspective tutorials. I hope this help you :)

http://www.animationforum.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3117

[Ima Gooner]

yep, ferx's right. One point perspective is real easy to do, and it'll definitely make the background better.

[flashcartoons]

that perspective stuff is really hard to understand....

[Ima Gooner]

alright ill try to explain... For one point you first have to draw a point on your paper wherever you want your lines to vanish (known as the vanishing point). This point will be where all the lines you construct extend to, except your vertical and horizontal lines....


Let’s take a simple rectangular prism as an example... You first draw a normal square. Next you take a line from a corner, and draw it all the way to the vanishing point. You do this for all 4 corners. Then add the horizontal and vertical lines to close the ends, and erase your construction lines....

The same logic is applied to your classroom. Look at ferx's example.. all the lines other than vertical and horizontal go to the vanishing point.
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Sorry about the lack of visual representation ^^ Hopefully you gets it... If not, I phail :rolleyes:

[flashcartoons]

i think im starting to understand, just some of the lingo is tough, i went to public school afterall... hehe

anway here is some sketches i did on my wacom intous

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7599/qewyn1.jpg

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http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4055/qewom1.jpg

did i get these right?

[Ferx]

Yea, much better. Compare your fast sketch with your background.
(I can see, you are having a really good time with your new tablet :D )

[flashcartoons]

i sure am, i did something i never done before and thats a detailed step by step storyboard

ive done mini storyboards but not from start to finish, its so easy to do it with the wacom i already have 6 pages! i plan on doing many more today

[Terro]

Kicking ass, Lee. It's about time you got a wacom. You have a great imagination and a tablet will let you unleash it in a more natural way. Keep up the practice.

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http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5629/trace0hg7.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1980/trace1kp8.jpg

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/6752/trace2zl9.jpg

moooore :)

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4782/cheechwp1.jpg

thanks for the words of encouragement terro and noob i did read thru those

now im doing some life drawings that you suggested before

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http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5649/perspective1cl3.jpg

couldnt resist :p

NOOB first you ask then you tell me in the same sentence... it was a

'question answer'

[flashcartoons]

understood http://kinjokids.com/forum/asia.gif

[flashcartoons]

here is a random troll i made in photoshop, actually my first drawing in photoshop with my wacom :)

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2954/randomtrollyc2.jpg

[flashcartoons]

i decided to play with painter @ work, (no wacom)

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4914/treesnq8.jpg

[flashcartoons]

ill have some updates later of my newest CREATiON!

[flashcartoons]

here is a taste of a cartoon im working on

please mind the quality, i saved it as a animated gif so it looks a bit pixelated

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6599/rough1wg5.gif

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http://www.flashcartoons.org/preview/tiptoetest.swf

my first tiptoe attempt, i think i have to animate his arms more

**UPDATE** i fixed it abit

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http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3784/copae8.jpg

here is one of the prizon gaurds, his hands are a work in progress :rotfl

[Terro]

Regarding your tiptoe movie, I like the way you animated his legs. You finally got rid of that tween style. But his upper portion of his body does look flat and tweened. I guess I could say that your literally half way there.

Great job on the bottom half , not so great on the upper half. lol

[flashcartoons]

i keep playing with it.. i really dont know what to change..

help?

[flashcartoons]

a bg im working on

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/9089/yrdtrvo8.jpg

[kdog]

Hey Flash,

I agree with Terro on your tiptoe scene, the legs look good, but it looks to me like they should push the body up a bit more when the legs are passing each other. Think about how you move when you tiptoe around, and exaggerate that motion. Maybe if the body comes up and almost hangs for a split second, then comes back down as he plants his next foot. You could make it an ease in or a fast in, instead of having the tweens evenly spaced. That would help it to look less "tweened", but overall good stuff. :)

I like the BG too, your perspective is improving, the only things I'd note would be that the trash can & basket could look a little more 3 dimensional, and the top lines of the darker areas at the bottom of the walls seem to get larger as they go back, they should be getting smaller going towards the vanishing point. But again, you're definitely improving, so keep it up!

[flashcartoons]

thanks for the tip toe advice, i did actually fix that in the animation

as for the background, this is the end of the alley

im experiementing with cartoony drawings and flat, no line backgrounds

i dont like the mesh all that much

[pixelmark]

Looks like you have the vaninshing point thing down pretty good! The only thing catching my eye wrong is the trim at the bottom of the left side gets bigger as it goes back. Of course, if you put something on the ground there it won't be as noticeable anyway. Oh, and the Animator's Survival Kit has some real good pointers on a tip-toe walk. Keep up the good work!

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http://www.flashcartoons.org/preview/sleepscared.swf

here is a rough animation

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here is another background im working on..

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8606/schooljt2.jpg

[Ferx]

Hey Flash, nice work ! I liked your school. :D

[flashcartoons]

thanks ferx! thanks nOOb!

here is a housewife i worked on for the CD 013

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9546/entrykk4.jpg

[flashcartoons]

ya, when i drew it, just came to me

but i guess when i think of women and money i think of housewifes, and i think shes pretty stylish milf

[flashcartoons]

http://www.flashcartoons.org/preview/walkcycle2.swf

a walkcycle im working on

[Terro]

Now thats what I'm talking about Lee. Just refine it a bit and you should be all gravy man.

[flashcartoons]

thanks terro! and ya i know noob, working on that now :rotfl

[flashcartoons]

here is a scene still from my upcoming movie "Convict in Kindergarten"

:)

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5536/preview2il5uv0.jpg

[Ferx]

Nice work Flash! . I agree with Terro and Noob.

Maybe for the walk cycle, for up and down use the old and nice trick of squash and stretch. (When the "convict" put down his foot >>squash<<< and when up feet >>recover his initial form<< ... you need good timing for this but is a great excersise and your character can gain personality when walk - remeber " bounce the ball " for squash and stretch technic :D )

ahh I like your milf ( with her 60´s stylish :D)

[flashcartoons]

i bet the reason he's a convict is because he liked to visit kindagarten a little too often before he went to jail :rotfl

...wrong

im trying to make this non-perverted so its completly innocent

and thanks ferxs in the final animation i did do SQUASH! lol

[flashcartoons]

also i got some good news!!! i put a couple of my toons on YOUTUBE!!!!!

i will post 1 or 2 at a time, so far i only uploaded "braveheart wasted" and "introducing the emos" to see how they play out on there, but hey now that i know how to do it i can put all my toons on there!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xx8nmf7aMA BRAVEHEART

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmr21F7f-jw INTRODUCING THE EMOS

im not happy with what thumbnail they chose for braveheart...

[flashcartoons]

practicing gravity

http://www.flashcartoons.org/preview/ballbounceplay.swf

[kdog]

flash - I'm not sure what you intended the object to be, but unless it's a rock, you can do better. Not to come off harsh, but I know you're capable of it. When it lands, flatten out the bottom & make it get wider. Always keep in mind you can change the shape, but keep the volume the same. So have it get wide & flat, then spring up getting tall & thin. Exaggerate movements more than you think you have to, then exaggerate them some more :)

It's good stuff, just keep pushing it further

[flashcartoons]

im not sure what i intended it on being, i guess i was thinking it was a potato falling down a stair, when i drew it i did it too fast :(

ill keep practicing

[kdog]

heh, well if you're not sure, then who is? :P

Hope I didn't offend with my last comment, I just want you to put some thought into the real physics of the action. it also bounces to the left when it came from the left in the first place. Depending on the shape & hardness of the object, that ranges from unlikely to almost impossible. Just try shifting that thing's weight around. You've got the ability, but you need to step out of your existing comfort zone. You've got your style - now make it really come to life.

[flashcartoons]

im not offended at all man, no worries

this isnt anything im adding to a cartoon or anything just something random without using onion skin, thats how the ball fell lower, when i really just wanted to bounce it and never fixed the problem lol

honestly i spent more time on the background then the object :rotfl

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http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4427/teacherbe4.jpg

[Ferx]

Very nice teacher Flash!! I liked. :D
Perhaps she can wear a pair of earrings and shade her a little to seperate for the background, only a comment. Good work my friend!! :D

[flashcartoons]

okay, ill pop some earings on her, i guess she does look a bit plain

[Bill9000]

Heh! These are great.

[flashcartoons]

thanks bill! much more to come

[flashcartoons]

a run cycle im working on

http://www.flashcartoons.org/preview/runcycle.swf

[Ferx]

Nice Flash !
I'm very intrigued about the story you want to tell. A fugitive, a school, a nice teacher ... :D ... what more will come? :D

[flashcartoons]

glue :rotfl

[flashcartoons]

here is something im releasing to youtube its called

The Koopa Projects

http://www.youtube.com/v/J-6f9D_sRio

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http://www.youtube.com/v/CeAWESP7THs

i uploaded "weird al - you're pitiful" and i didnt loose any quality

[flashcartoons]

DUM DUM! finished convict in kindergarten

http://www.youtube.com/v/UjRTqWKa69E

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http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9430/30minczb7.jpg

[pixelmark]

You are constantly improving, my friend. I think you are getting real good at character design with this one!

[flashcartoons]

thanks pixel!! today i did another

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/1849/30min82407hj2.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6626/30min824072zr4.jpg

[flashcartoons]

thanks noob, i figure if i keep doing perspective drawing i will get used to it

here is some more characters

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/6499/30min824073rs1.jpg

[Ferx]

Hey Flash, nice design for the chicken !:) (are you planning a new animation with this characteres?? .. maybe "The revenge of the fried chicken"??? :D
Again nice work!!

[flashcartoons]

your not the only one who said that, you know i think i will

[flashcartoons]

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4550/bg2gy3.gif

using painter

im really trying to learn how to do bgs like this

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/2930/ybscooterlootertentar2.png

[Terro]

Your almost there flash. I got your PM, but I don't think you need any tutorials, your on the right track yourself.

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http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8479/strip36ft3.jpg

[1uc]

LMAO!:rotfl 20% off...oh man :D I like it!

[flashcartoons]

hey thanks!! i sketched up a few more new ones ill make soon :)

[pixelmark]

HAHAHAHA Great fun!

[flashcartoons]

2 new bgs in painter

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2446/bg3ie1.gif

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/3301/bg3ci1.gif

[Ferx]

Flash ............ you are 100% insane hahahahahaha :D hahahhahahaha :rotfl GREAT!!!

[flashcartoons]

thanks FERX!!! here is a still from the upcoming toon

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1087/cavemanstillgi4.jpg

the fire is being worked on, pixel the fire master!

[1uc]

amazing flash. I my opinion the green color is a bit too bright..but hey, that's me. But overall i think you're doing an incredible job! Keep it up.;)

[flashcartoons]

thanks 1uc! :rotfl

more! this is just me playing with bodies and head movement

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9061/workom1.jpg

[Ferx]

Nice background my friend !! and liked the caveman design with a bit chubby belly !! :D nice!! ( and i dont want to make a question about what idea is rounding your insane mind... hahahahahaha, i´m kidding :D ) Nice work mate! :D

[flashcartoons]

WIP!! a small test, still working on it its not just right yet


http://www.kinjokids.com/test/testcaveman.swf

[1uc]

I like the idea how he walks like a regular person not like a caveman all bent and stuff. :D i like!;)

[pixelmark]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m294/pixelmark_2006/fire1.swf

Here ya' go! I need to start my own anims thread sometime...

[flashcartoons]

that looks great pixel and thanks 1uc

pixel meet me on aim!! we can incorporate the fire

maybe start a WIP thread about this toon

[flashcartoons]

i uploaded introducing the emos 2 to youtube!! comments welcome! :rotfl

http://www.youtube.com/v/UzwvK3qV06I

[Richard]

nice stuff, like the caveman walk although u need 2 work on the loop a little. his left leg moves way 2 quick and almost gives him a limp. great work, keep it up:)

[flashcartoons]

thanks man!! here is me messing with the main character

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3484/sillyiq6.jpg

[flashcartoons]

Here is a small preview: *each of the cartoons i want to be 4-6 min long and be educational for kids

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/263/cubz2sk7.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9201/cubztogetheryl7.jpg

this cartoon is for a public access show here in minnesota, ill make a WIP about it

[1uc]

hehe looks...cute :D good luck and teach those kids a good lessons ;):D

[flashcartoons]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/382311

i wanted to post up this toon, it didnt do well on ng, but its one of my favorite kinjokids toon episodes :rotfl i think i made it back in 2002 maybe 01

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http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4023/bg3iv6.jpg

something im working on

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http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2055/random2uw4.jpg
something i made messing around in painter x

[flashcartoons]

here is line of action i was playing around with

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4200/pthz5.gif

[flashcartoons]

i made this i think in 2005 or maybe even 04

youtube quality sure is bad... but here it is anyway

http://www.youtube.com/v/prBvm3NkJKE

[dlpwillywonka]

these are some great backgrounds Flash. and the line action is quite fluid.

[tallsmartman]

lol diaper boy... :rotfl

that was funny :D

-MW

[1uc]

funny indeed :D:rotfl

[flashcartoons]

thanks guys!! i was going to make a diaperboy 2, but its too late cause the kid who did the diaperboy voice, his voice matured... :rotfl

anyway i was a bit unhappy with the video kinda stretching on youtube... but overall im happy i put it up on youtube :)

[flashcartoons]

http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bearcubscene2be1.swf

i was messing around

[Ferx]

Hahahahahahahahahaha Diaperboy is great hahahahaha really funny!! and toilet paper throw movement its cool hahahahahaha... :D
And like your bear test animation ( nice tail movement... hahahaha):D

[flashcartoons]

thanks ferx!!

here is a rocket i made practicing anticipation and squash and stretch, playing with smoke as well

http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rocketjx2.swf

[Ferx]

Really nice practice my friend. A cool rocket test!! You are improving fast!! great!! :)

[1uc]

I agree with ferx...very well done! I'd love to see it bang into one planet...:Dand there goes another practice for you - explosion :)

[Monsieur Rat]

Man I just can't get over your improvment Lavalle. The rocket is really quite good. I think the next task for you is to try and make your characters look less stiff. Make everything seem more fluid and organic, you know?

Anyway, great stuff. I'm pretty sure I've seen Diaper Boy before, but it's still just hilarious.

[flashcartoons]

thanks guys!!

i know my stiffness is a huge problem, most of my cartoons have that problem but thats because i was self teaching myself animation now taht i have other resources that can teach me the real way

which is all the fundimentals, anticipation, squash and stretch, perspective, weight etc etc

next im working on weight

[tallsmartman]

Yeah I agree, the rocket looks really good. I really like the smoke too.

Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep gettin' better :D

-MW

[flashcartoons]

thanks! here is a random pic

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3241/johnkak7.jpg

i spent most time on the head, i probably should of took more time on everything

but it was just a quick practice

EDIT: i fixed the line for his head a bit, i wasnt happy with what i had

[Monsieur Rat]

That's a really close mimic. I'd have thought it was trace, except I know you wouldn't. Plus you have that front view which is spot on, EXCEPT that the eyes are angled a little toooo much in the front on view. Looking hawt my man.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/IyLv3PMn9B0

just in time for halloween!!! emos 3 on youtube!!

comments welcome :)

[1uc]

hahaha what's with people these days :D :rotfl and I loved the ending :D great stuff dude.:rotfl

[flashcartoons]

thanks! im hoping it does well on youtube for halloween

tommorrow i have off, so im going to do more animation practice :rotfl

[flashcartoons]

something im making for halloween!

Sketch
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2234/randomsfq9.jpg

Cleanup
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6546/randoms2ec7.jpg

:)

[Monsieur Rat]

NICE WORK! That's really fantastic Flash. Great sense of just barely balancing on the chair and i love the cat. The background is really nice and gritty too. Very halloween. Love it.

[1uc]

I see you're using the techique from the upper exercise "copying a character found on John K's blog" am I right. Oh well at least it looks like this.Anyway very nice indeed :)

[flashcartoons]

mRat - i had alot of fun making the witch, that picture sketch was on the 8 page of characters i made today, im going to make another one after i eat in a few min

i made a bigger version of the witch on my blog to see more detail

1uc - i thought about coping the old woman too, but its the short man i wanted to draw most

:rotfl

[flashcartoons]

another one

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8431/scaredghostsketchke6.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4057/scaredghostyz5.jpg

probably could of spent more time on this one :banghead

[1uc]

probably could of spent more time on this one :banghead
yeap:banghead

[Ferx]

Hey Flash, the witch is really cool !! and love the cats, nice!! Great work Flash!! :D

[Monsieur Rat]

lol, the second one is still a cool concept, but I thought the old lady was a man until i saw the boobs.

[flashcartoons]

ya next time ill make sure if its a woman it looks like a woman

:rotfl

here is some random heads

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8624/ranomxopi8.jpg

[Monsieur Rat]

Now THAT looks like a woman. and I love the cesar esque dude. Very nice work!

[flashcartoons]

thanks!!!!

more :rotfl

Sketched
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6141/dogsketha8.jpg

Cleaned up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6761/random3wy3.jpg

[1uc]

Nice faces ;) the blonde guy reminds me of bananaman...don't no why:blink:, it just does. Nice dog concept as well but why did you change the background? got lazy? :rolleyes::rotfl

[flashcartoons]

i changed the background cause i usually use cityscapes, so tried something new :rotfl

[Monsieur Rat]

I like the new background better mysef. I love those eyes.

[flashcartoons]

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2833/random4hq5.jpg

really random, quick coloring, bg etc

[Monsieur Rat]

That's ace man. His fingers are a little messed up, but great attitude and display!

[flashcartoons]

ya i wasnt happy with the fingers but what i was trying to do is just draw straight ahead without changing anything

here is bugs i did (NO TRACING)

3 steps to get this picture how i wanted

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2028/step3nu8.jpg

still isnt 100% perfect but satisfied with the result

[Monsieur Rat]

haha, thats a great likeness man. super impressive. If i wasn't scrutinizing little details like the wrinkles around the wink, i'd say it was an actual piece from the show!

[1uc]

great job flash!Love the expression on him, really nice. Now COLOUR IT!:D

[flashcartoons]

i dont think im read to color!!! first i want to get better at remaking the characters in 3 steps

then!!! i will color

next im going to try making Daffy Duck

[Evil Demon Creature]

You think you could post the three steps? We could probably help find ways you could get better at the three step process if we saw your process in-depth.

Also it would probably be a good idea to superimpose your work over the original (all three steps), so that you can get a more concrete look at where things don't match up, and make note the visual errors. (It's a solid, appealing attempt, but finding where its faults are is the sure-fire best way to improve what you do)

[flashcartoons]

thanks EDC, from now on when i do the steps i will post them up :mickey1

[dlpwillywonka]

thought the old lady was a man until i saw the boobs.


Could still be an old man. Just depends on how old he is. :p

[flashcartoons]

exactly!!!

[flashcartoons]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2120/roughtkidre4.jpg

i was unsure to post this because of the line quality on the kid, but the bench i liked the lines :)

[Monsieur Rat]

Haha. Very nice. But us kids worry too! It's just about dumber things, ahahaha.

I like the lines on the kid, myself, and the bubble is pretty cool.

[1uc]

nice one. Yes, youth is/was wonderful, isn't/wasn't it? :rolleyes:

[flashcartoons]

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3844/waiterzv3.jpg

im using the top left one :rotfl

[Monsieur Rat]

Looks really good... more more more... we're gunna take it, no we ain't gunna take it... we're not gunna take it anymoooooooooooooore.


That's what I'd be saying to the waiter if there was a fly in my soup.

[flashcartoons]

so i got some small news i purchased http://www.lavallelee.com

i owned it years ago then i let it go, then i found it was available so i picked it up again now it goes to my blog

alot of people do that

[flashcartoons]

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5562/scenedb3.jpg

most recent production, dont want to say much besides, im animating the characters and pixel is doing the bg :rotfl

[kdog]

looking good Flash!

Can't wait to see the next Lavelle/Pixel collab!

[Monsieur Rat]

God I love the waiter's expression.

[flashcartoons]

thanks guys!!!

and kdog its Lavalle

common mistake :banghead

[flashcartoons]

comic i made today

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/158/strip37ey7.jpg

[flashcartoons]

something i made in 2005

http://www.youtube.com/v/mqcYTWTled8

[Monsieur Rat]

lol, man Gary was a funny cat.

[flashcartoons]

i think mario is a bit funnier :mickey1

[flashcartoons]

Sometimes I just have spurts... dont ask me y [food]

#38

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6922/strip38ps6.jpg

#39

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1116/strip39iy7.jpg

#40

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5823/strip40eh2.jpg

#41

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5135/strip41yn4.jpg

[Monsieur Rat]

When are you going to start making bad comics? I'm getting of laughing so hard I puke.

[flashcartoons]

thanks!

i have 35+ seconds done on this new toon :)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6577/waitervu6.gif

[flashcartoons]

http://www.youtube.com/v/VGjzTs2j4uc

caesar salad finished!

[flashcartoons]

here is a bg im working on

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1460/sceneqt6.jpg

doors i think need to be a bit bigger maybe an outline

[chairman]

Hi,

I've looked at your last coupla of pages and really like your characters and the last BG pic is quite cool!!

For some reason none of the videos load/link for me...so mebee I'll try them from another computer.

Anyway...until then...cool stuff!

:)

hmmm...I clicked on your YouTube link...and it says "Service unavailable". Your MySpace vids too. I thought it was on my end but google and this site still open. Weird. Oh well...I'll keep trying........

[Monsieur Rat]

Looking great. KINJOKIDS!

[pixelmark]

A Kinjokid's animated Christmas special? Grinchalistic!

[chairman]

The vid is pretty funny. Love the expression on the waiter when looks at the "camera" at the end.

:D

[flashcartoons]

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4772/reindeerzcj1.jpg

:)

[flashcartoons]

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZysNvX8EBMg

enjoy! could of been longer, but needed it done by xmas!

[flashcartoons]

i took a break from animating to start a new website, and here is something i made for the site, its a flash quiz

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/420766

[cloud]

LOVE IT! :) :) That was awesome! Professional! specially the colors and everything everything was awesome! :banghead

[flashcartoons]

thanks cloud part 2 is finished

www.myanimespace.org/quiz2.php

this time with music and more questions

[cloud]

Hi! flashcartoon! I really love your works! Although I know nothing about web designing but think u r pro in this case n everything was very well done! What can I say! :) ;) BRAVO!

Oh, n sorry If I said something wrong, I say this sentences every time! :banghead

And I wanted to say about your animations n characters that those are really interesting! specially your simple and funny characters, wanted to say this before but forgot.... sorry!

[flashcartoons]

thanks cloud!!

i finished a new one

http://www.youtube.com/v/Aqa9Yi_rEn8

Super Mario's 2girl1cup Reaction

be sure to check out other peoples reactions, like grandmas and kermits those are what inspired mine :rotfl

[flashcartoons]

my newest kinjokids comic

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3747/strip45hg2.jpg

[flashcartoons]

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3487/lines4zm0.jpg

my latest character design: iron man

for my next animation :rotfl

[J6Studios]

Cool Stuff!

-

[flashcartoons]

thanks, here is some more of iron man, this weekend im working on the rest of his character model

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8885/lines5jl3.jpghttp://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1710/lines7lr3.jpg

[flashcartoons]

dont know if any of you remember little sally sue, but i finally put it up on youtubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr_VNDceg9g


http://www.youtube.com/v/tr_VNDceg9g

[Ferx]

Hey Flash, hahahahahahahahahahahaha great!!! totally insane!! :rotfl Love Sally Sue!!! I hope you make more animation shorts with her!! really "cute" character!!! hahahahahaha :D

[flashcartoons]

next is iron man, then im thinking another emo cartoon

after that cute and fuzzy !!

[flashcartoons]

more of iron man

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/294/preview3tn8.jpg

[0rdertaker]

Love the Iron man nice work and btw i havent watched the movie yet.:banghead

[zilchvortex]

Nice iron man work Looking GOOOD!:);)

[flashcartoons]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/439681

EDIT: took off youtube link... youtube deleted it

finished!! and thanks everyone!! noob.. i was almost done with the whole thing when you gave your advice, and i know your right!

[flashcartoons]

so after iron man bombed... ive decided to start working on the entire

"The Animators Survival Kit"

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2658/book1af2.jpg


352 Pages of Lessons :)

I come to realize i know nothing about animating, or animation. I have come up with my own style and its not the right style. So im going to learn from ground up. Im signing up for some 'life drawing' classes too. Im hoping to do do every lesson in this book. Thus far i have done some ball bouncing, but i think im still not grasping timing and spacing.

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/timing&spacing1.swf

[flashcartoons]

okay i think i got spacing right

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5062/spacingst9.gif

[Comlock]

http://www.comlock.net/crit/ball01.jpg
take a look at "really slow" it's acctually the fastest part you'll find the movement.

It helps to overdo\caricaturise the movements. It's acctually more simple.More like this:
http://www.comlock.net/crit/balll01.jpg
It's the absolute slowest at the top of the arch. The absolute fastest at the bottom. When the jumps gets smaller and therefore "faster" you only draw less balls in the animation. the "slow on top" "fast at the bottom" spacing must always be the same. It's the same in the book but the differences on spacing is more subtle.


helps to draw the ball in this order to get the spacing more right:
(you just add more balls "inbetween" on the bigger jumps to get the motiotion slower)
http://www.comlock.net/crit/balll02.jpg

[flashcartoons]

very awesome com! thanks man! i started this book because of you!! and noob thanks for the link, this is all very helpful

:mickey1

[flashcartoons]

timing and spacing 2, using a penny, this was fun to do!

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/timing&spacing2.swf

[flashcartoons]

i havent forgoton, first i must do this book!

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/chart&inbetween1.swf

Am i correct in saying, each keyframe is number on a chart in a 24fps animation?

[flashcartoons]

when i say keyframe i was refering to flash's keyframe

so each of the numbers are not 1/24 of a second?

[kdog]

I come to realize i know nothing about animating, or animation. I have come up with my own style and its not the right style. So im going to learn from ground up. Im signing up for some 'life drawing' classes too.

Flash, that's really a good thing to hear man. I'm not knocking anything you've done in the past, because God knows you work super fast & have a great sense of humor! I admire the amount of work you crank out for sure, but there are times I can tell you've ignored many fundamentals, so it's great to hear you're going to dedicate some time to learning those, particularly the life drawing classes. They might seem tough at first but your stuff will improve dramatically & it will more than pay off in the end.

Anyway, just wanted to say that & if you have questions fire away. Hope you post some of your life drawing sketches as well! Good luck man!

[flashcartoons]

noob
im sure ill get this, if i just hammer it into my brain

kdog
thanks kdog! i have put requests into 3 schools that i found that hold those classes, i will find out prices and dates soon. here is some more of charts & inbetweens with slow out, ease out and slow in, ease in :mickey1

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/chart&inbetween2.swf

[flashcartoons]

and another

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/chart&inbetween3.swf

[flashcartoons]

are you literally going to through the whole book? please do,that would be awsome to see :blink:

when does your life drawing start?

the only life drawing in the area, and even out of the area starts july 12th...

and ya the whole book, front to back, im on page 51 so far

i still want to take a water color landscapes class too, i almost did before and paid and but then they canceled it..

lastly i will be updating my AF blog with alot of these lessons

[flashcartoons]

pointing finger, in the book he only gives you extreme #1 and #5, the rest you have to make up, so i tried

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/pointingfinger1.swf

[flashcartoons]

here is the slowing in/easing in

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/pointingfinger2.swf

[flashcartoons]

here is the slowing out/easing out and slowing in/easing in or cushioning

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/pointingfinger3.swf

[flashcartoons]

in bright red letters, NOT LIKE THIS, and thats the way i did it lol

EDIT: after looking at it carefully, i noticed those are different hands, on page 90 they start with a fist, but on the lesson im doing the pointer finger is resting on the thumb

[flashcartoons]

i get what your saying now 5,6,7,8 are all to straight and need to have more curve ;)

[flashcartoons]

here is some ball bouncing practice

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/ballbouncingpractice1.swf

EDIT: oops i didnt realize i was animating at 12fps i changed it to 24fps

[Black Spot]

Getting some double/laggy vision there. Looking forward to seeing what N00b says to sort it out. It’s like you are a test subject that we can all learn with. I’m really enjoying reading this thread.

[flashcartoons]

thanks black spot, thats good to hear, i hope you learn from my mistakes lol

for the next 6 or so pages its basically about x-sheets/dope sheets so ive been taking alot of notes on paper.

i also have some cool news, i decided to start a blogspot blog about this, it can be found here

http://learninganimation.blogspot.com/

ill make it all pretty like my other blogspot blog soon, but for now ill keep it basic

[flashcartoons]

after many many pages on exposure sheets/dope sheets/x-sheets and pegs

im getting a pretty good grasp on tradional hand drawing animating

next here im doing more on spacing

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/morespacing1.swf

[flashcartoons]

more spacing/cross points, a disc going towards us

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/morespacing2.swf

[Black Spot]

Could you put lines in the circle to show the spinning, because it’s just going up and down?

[flashcartoons]

^ for now it will be blank no graphics to show spinning, mainly it is to teach crosspoint

next here: ball revolving around a central point with middle positions/cross points

the animation is on twos

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/centralpoint1.swf

[flashcartoons]

BAM! on ones :mickey1

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/centralpoint2.swf

[flashcartoons]

how about this

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/ballbouncingpractice2.swf

[flashcartoons]

Noob, pg 87. I am not sure im doing this right. Should I do ones?

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/headturn1.swf

[cloud]

WOW! Cool attempts! :blink:

[flashcartoons]

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/headturn1.swf

i added 2 inbetweens

[flashcartoons]

some eccentric actions

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9524/eccentric1lz5.jpg

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1023/eccentric2cv1.jpg

[Terro]

Very cool thread Flash. You're bringing A.S.K. to life with your animations.

Rock On!

[flashcartoons]

thanks terro! i hope i did this one right, seems a bit off, but it looks like how the book has it, the arc goes up a bit in the beginning

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/arcaction1.swf

[Terro]

On this exercise try focusing more on the consecutive breaking of joins. The force comes from the shoulder, so animate the Shoulder to Elbow section of the arm first. The animate in the Elbow to wrist, while thinking of the force the upper arm has on the lower arm. Then the wrist using the same approach.You'll see the difference from what you got now. It'll be fluid and correct.

ATM your had flops a little because you have the wrist displaying the most force.

Overall I think this is a great exercise.
Two thumbs up.

[flashcartoons]

like this?

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/arcaction2.swf

[flashcartoons]

your extremely right! looks much better

also is Arc of Action 2 okay?

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/arcaction1update.swf

[flashcartoons]

okay, i fixed it

i added follow through

[flashcartoons]

thanks man for all your help :mickey1

[flashcartoons]

a few troll caractures i did, i call it trollatize

1uc
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2681/1uptrollgk9.jpg

kdog
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1549/kdogtrolloj9.jpg

ben
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8892/bentrollbn2.jpg

[flashcartoons]

Movement within movement

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/movement1.swf

[flashcartoons]

made a storyboard and you can download the .fla
(flash 8 only) if someone wants an older version of flash .fla let me know

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/storyboard1.zip

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/storyboard.gif

[flashcartoons]

Ball bouncing hits ground then squashes.

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/ballbouncingpractice3.swf

[shane22]

Hows cat robber coming on?

[flashcartoons]

Hows cat robber coming on?

you mean kat burglar? i put that show on hold, i think its been 2 years

ill finish it one day :mickey1

[shane22]

woah :blink:

[cloud]

WAWWWWWW! FLASH! BRAVO!!!!!!!!! I'M LAZY!!!! : (((
OH N THANKS 4 SHARING! :) :)

[flashcartoons]

Movement within movement

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/movement1.swf


whats funny is that today i was watching looney tunes, "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" and i saw this when daffy hit the wall. Very awesome to see that!

[flashcartoons]

Here is a Bouncing Frog

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/frogbouncing1.swf

[Ferx]

Nice practices Flash, the frog looks really cool!

[flashcartoons]

thanks ferx! i plan on updating this very often, keep checkin back!

another!

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/jumpingfigure1.gif

[Black Spot]

You're coming on in leaps and bounds. :D

[flashcartoons]

lol thanks black spot

now im getting into some fun stuff, like elongated inbetweens :mickey1

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/elongatedinbetween1.swf

[Metalmadcat]

So far the best thread I've read in the whole forum. The most comprehensible, consistent. If there was a price for the best thread, it should be for you Flash dude.





I come to realize i know nothing about animating, or animation. I have come up with my own style and its not the right style. So im going to learn from ground up. Im signing up for some 'life drawing' classes too. Im hoping to do do every lesson in this book. Thus far i have done some ball bouncing, but i think im still not grasping timing and spacing.



I feel the same.

[flashcartoons]

hey thanks, that means alot :mickey1

i dont plan on stopping :)

[Metalmadcat]

Right.

The best start never stops.

[flashcartoons]

some more elongated inbetweens

http://www.myanimespace.org/animation/elongatedinbetween2.swf