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nice! okay just a simple question : my english isnt that good so i have to ask!

the theme is "a night to remember" does that mean that we can create our own little story of a night which was so weird or whatever, that it cant be forgotten?

excuse my stupidity

here! did this an hour ago....what do you think? got some potential?

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/4e64882fe80cda2652214f88 c3097476

alright thanks for the motivation! maybe i should just forget the crappy look and concentrate on the final animation...thanks!

hey there guys m4ntiis here,

i always wanted to start animating but everytime i do start drawing stuff (and it looks like crap) i get demotivated and let it be...did you guys felt the same way? how did you manage to finally start animating?

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b7a0666c7f7eb8b1beb6cb10 4796eb26

Really good for a beginner actually. I would definitely be interested in seeing the final product.

cool ! just gimmie a little more time and you got it :D

At 14 hours ago, BananasFoster wrote:

At 1 day ago, M4ntiis wrote: i kinda finished my second animation which is 3 seconds long...it took me about 5 hours to make it...is that a normal period of time for a beginner who is using a mouse?

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b7a0666c7f7eb8b1beb6cb10 4796eb26

For a beginner, I don't see why that wouldn't be an appropriate amount of time to do what you did (good job, by the way).

For myself, it really depends on what I'm doing. If I'm animating an ocean in the background, as well as clouds, then something else in the foreground, that can easily be several hours for just seconds of animation.

It really depends what you're doing. I also procrastinate tons.

i see ...so im on the right way, huh? well i just have to learn not to waste so much time on doing other things while i make animations xD thanks =)

At 14 hours ago, lpfann2 wrote:

At 3 days ago, M4ntiis wrote: well guys heres my first animation..without any idea actually...what do you think? got the potencial? :)

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b2fab2cd436270272d8bfef1 afe0a783

Better than my first animation.

My advice is to look up as many tutorials as you can (i suggest sticking to ones based on fbf animation rather than animating with symbols and movie clips but it's your call). As a beginner you have to just be a sponge and absorb all the information you can. There's some good tuts on here as well, so you shouldn't be short of learning opportunities.

Now go out there and make us proud.

wow really motivating =) thanks! i watched the tutorials of spazkid they were really helpfull because they have lots of good tricks in it....also i will and want to do animations based on fbf because i think this has more life in it =)

i mean peace... =/

Rest in Piece...

i kinda finished my second animation which is 3 seconds long...it took me about 5 hours to make it...is that a normal period of time for a beginner who is using a mouse?

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b7a0666c7f7eb8b1beb6cb10 4796eb26

forgot to post the link

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/cac4efd3b91e9551af54eebf 36ec7963

heres another little thing i just finished...what do you think? its easier for beginners to draw with scetches n stuff...just my opinion =)

after asking some questions to get started with flash i made this out of fun...whatcha think? im also training on real paper with figures and skeletons to get a good anatomy and draw with a pen tool later...

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b2fab2cd436270272d8bfef1 afe0a783

well guys heres my first animation..without any idea actually...what do you think? got the potencial? :)

http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/b2fab2cd436270272d8bfef1 afe0a783

At 6 hours ago, Celshaded wrote: For animating in flash you should learn every thing you can about using symbols, even if you're doing frame by frame animation.

For your first animation you should start small and simple, like maybe something with stick figures, just so you can get the hang of it.

shall i use the bone tool for the stick figure animation? i know how to use it so that i can (for example) wave an arm but how can i connect body parts? like the upper arm and under arm so that it becomes a full arm...if you know what i mean :s

At 2 hours ago, Celshaded wrote: For animating in flash you should learn every thing you can about using symbols, even if you're doing frame by frame animation.

For your first animation you should start small and simple, like maybe something with stick figures, just so you can get the hang of it.

Okay thats a good idea ! Stick figures ! Thanks :D yeah i will probably do frame by frame animation and i think the most important shortcuts are F5 to F7 ...or what donyou mean by symbols?

At 7 hours ago, iceimp wrote: Life drawing lots and lots of life drawing.

I onced tried to draw anime characters and it began to look almost alike to the picture i was drawing off but for some reason i kinda stopped with that :/ but only face expressions...maybe i should start life drawing again ! Thanks for the tip ^^

At 20 minutes ago, milksncookie1 wrote: Start drinking coffee...lots of it...

Alright ..will write it down...surely is a useful tip..thanks :)

At 20 minutes ago, Croire wrote:

At 41 minutes ago, M4ntiis wrote: Hmm thats a nice idea! Thank you very much :) but what do you mean by the animators survival kit if i may ask?

It's a great book/ set of DVD's

Alright i see...thanks for the info ! Appreciate it :)

At 3 minutes ago, Croire wrote: Watch tons of other animations, look up the Animators Survival Kit, download VLC player and some of your favorite cartoons and scrub through them frame by frame and copy them. it's good practice and you learn good techniques

Hmm thats a nice idea! Thank you very much :) but what do you mean by the animators survival kit if i may ask?

At 44 minutes ago, WumbleSea wrote: It really depends on what you're trying to animate, do you have any software for animating?

Yes well i got adobe flash cs4 last week aaand the animation style should be simple with thin lines and stuff of course im a big fan of egoraptor so id like to go in that kind of art style direction :)

Good day there ladies and gentlemen !

I, that is me M4ntiis want to get involved into the busines of flashcartoons =) well it kinda was my dream eversince i watched one of my very first flashcartoons on newgrounds 7 years ago but either had no programs to create one or i was too shy...maybe some of you know what i mean^^ well today i was thinking to finally register to newgrounds and maybe create one small flashcartoon via adobe flash...the register part is done ...flash cartoon...well actually ma main question is just that maybe you guys have some tips for beginners or for super duper beginners like me? like whats the easiest way and how to get trained and stuff....appreciate it guys =) and please excuse my bad english...im a pakistani from germany :P