Animating ponies...

[DannyMirage]

Hey, I'm a beginning animator, I get all the basics of flash so I'm not that new at this.
anyway, I have built a pony model in Illustrator and imported it to flash, It originally had body parts as well, the legs, torso and neck but they looked off. I want to make it look as believable as possible. That being said what is the best method to animating their bodies other than frame x frame?

[Beezlebubbles]

At 5/1/12 10:23 PM, DannyMirage wrote: Hey, I'm a beginning animator, I get all the basics of flash so I'm not that new at this.
anyway, I have built a pony model in Illustrator and imported it to flash, It originally had body parts as well, the legs, torso and neck but they looked off. I want to make it look as believable as possible. That being said what is the best method to animating their bodies other than frame x frame?

Have a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8uV8XlpUM

[DannyMirage]

Have a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8uV8XlpUM

Thanks, but that doesn't help me too much, my main problem is body movement :(

[crow-feet]

At 5/2/12 04:08 PM, DannyMirage wrote:

Have a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8uV8XlpUM

Thanks, but that doesn't help me too much, my main problem is body movement :(

if you upload an swf of your ponie walk on the dump and post it here we could offer input on the animation or design issues

[Jurgen]

Really if you're working with loads of symbols it's best to use motion tweens.

Sorry I'm lazy, but a quick youtube tutorial search or even a tut search here on NG will tell you all about it.

[DannyMirage]

At 5/4/12 08:35 PM, Jurgen wrote: Really if you're working with loads of symbols it's best to use motion tweens.

Sorry I'm lazy, but a quick youtube tutorial search or even a tut search here on NG will tell you all about it.

Thanks, that's more along the line of what I was looking for I just didn't know what to call it.
I'll look into those as soon as possible!