2Dgame, my first character animation

After a dozen fuck-ups and try-and-fails I finally understood how Flash works. Kind of. Probably. Hooray! Here’s a little walk cycle animation I made today.

 

12 basic principles of animation, no. 4

No. 4, Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose

Messing around with Adobe Flash. I drew the mobster using “pose to pose” technique and smoke using “straight ahead action” technique.

“Straight ahead action” means drawing out a scene frame by frame from beginning to end, while “pose to pose” involves starting with drawing a few key frames, and then filling in the intervals later.