whatever snowfox said
i agree so much that i couldn't have said it better myself.
originally, when i started in 2004 i was clueless to symbols, tweens, and actionscript.
as time went on i learned about symbols and tweens. never did i use a tween for i though it was used by only the most amateur of flash artists... begining to watch final fantasy flashes i decided to make some..... this is what i came up with. then came 2005 or 2006 (can't remember again....) i tried making a sprite movie. fighting sprite movies have always interested me so naturally when super mario bros Z came out, i was enticed to watch and be inspired. completely clueless to trace bitmap all my sprites were, you guessed it, bitmaps. i made it anyways..... the end result was utter shit
a couple of years pass. many other shit flashes are made but i finally get something into the portal to stay..... with a score of 1.98.....
a couple more years pass and taking a break from making solo flashes, i joined a few collabs.
my first time in a collab i was excited and rushed my part resulting in this ............
yeah......... upon seeing other parts i realized THIS WAS FUCKING SHIT!
so i looked up some of the artists i watched as a... maybe.... 9 year-old kid.
john and richie, legendaryfrog, super-flash-bros, matt rosak, and many more famous flash artists.
realizing my first mistake i found one common attribute to every flash. tweens. yes. the things i though were the most armature thing on flash turned out to be what was behind smooth animation.
lots of other shit happend with animation style and shit but i don't feel like talking about that.
of course i learned about trace bitmap a few years ago but still was kinda sub-par with sprites.
blah blah blah tweens again.
NOW this is how i animate:
sprites: ( this is for the second beat up sandbag collab but keep it under your hats if you know what i mean)
http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/090309/7 9489_fighter_vs_sandbag.php
drawing:
http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/090209/5 9589_zelda_and_link.php
yeah, i still kinda think the plot for my second part is a bit lame.... :(
but oh well!
thanx gaiz for helping me realize the right path of flash!