At 3/4/07 09:53 PM, timmysjp wrote:
While I'm sure that there are many great flash artists who can animate well, but choose to use sprites in order to save time, there are just too many horrible flash artists who hide behind pre-made sprites. So not all sprite-use is bad (though it is certainly not as good as animating your own characters), but sprite-flashes are given bad reputations by bad/lazy artists who do half-assed movies.
Finally an educated response that wasn't just "sprite movies suxors"......pretty much the only one too.....
I agree that animating your own drawn characters can help with the vision of your movie, but sometimes those who are not talented artists can be extremely talented directors. So using pre-made sprites to complete our vision is a decent way to go, as long as it is well made and not half-assed.
Alvin-Earthworm, Daniel Sun, etc...
They always make awesome sprite flash movies because they have an idea that they are determined to set in motion.
So, basically, there are many shitty sprite flash artists, but you have to remember, there are some very talented ones as well.