Art-201 Project-9: Flash Animation

Posted by: Ping

Project-9: A Character Walk (15-Second Flash Animation)
Project Description:
Design a character and make a walk that would describe an emotional thought
Project Size: 550 X 400
Frame Rate: 28 FPS
Date Range: November 21 ~ December 10, 2013 (two weeks)
Date of Presentation: December 10, 2013 (Final Exam Day)
Class Meets on Final Exam Day: 11:30 p.m. ~ 1:20 p.m., December 10 (Tuesday)

Technology: Adobe Flash Pro

Project Requirement:
Utilize some of the following Flash features to animate your character

  • Frame-by-frame
  • Classic Tween
  • Motion Tween (Straight Tween/Oriented Objects to Path)
  • Shape Tween
  • Mask
  • Registration Points
  • Nested Animation
  • Skeletal Animation

What is the difference between Shape, and Motion / Classic Tweens?
http://pxstudio.us/blog/?p=1158

Project Inspiration:
http://pxstudio.us/student-work/interactive/flash-animation/frame/templat.html

Project Pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/pxstudio_basic-animation/

Conclusion:
To create an illustration of a movement is simple, but to give life to a movement requires much sensibility, hard work, and perseverance. This project does not aim toward requiring a lot of techniques but acts as a springboard to further explorations, to inspire students to have broad foundation views, encouraging students to find their way to creative expression through the medium of animation.