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JERRY BECK (LA)
AMID AMIDI (NY)
My Animation Process
by jerry
August 26, 2009 1:00 am


Here’s how James Sugrue makes cartoons in flash:

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Felicia Spano says:
08/26/09  5:45am

James is amazing!

 
A.J. says:
08/26/09  5:59am

Thats some…interesting choice of animation haha
i love it ^^

 
Nina Paley says:
08/26/09  6:15am

I love it. What a great clip to use as an example.

My own Flash animation process can be unearthed here.

 
Baron Lego says:
08/26/09  7:14am

This guy clearly doesn’t understand how to use Flash as set by industry standards- he’s supposed to draw ONE, SINGLE angle of the character, break it up and then shift and slide the pieces around with lifeless, computer-like smoothness. The “archaic” method of creating pleasant, appealing-looking movement by way of multiple, new drawings is yesterday’s news, pal- get with the future!

 
J.L. says:
08/26/09  8:44am

A nice looking piece of stuff. For my money he could drop that too-long cycled eye bit or cut it back to one rotation. The music choice is genius. Think how much more difficult even this short snippet would have been to pull off with inking, painting, film and cels. As long as one bothers to really animate in Flash, the program isn’t half bad.

 
Jason says:
08/26/09  8:46am

That was as bracing as a good cup o’ joe. Thanks much for the slam at an animation process I’ve come to hate. I’ll take pencils over pixels any day.

 
Kerri says:
08/26/09  8:47am

Great Job James! Refreshing to see Flash animation not in that horrible puppet animation style!

 
Mr. Post-it says:
08/26/09  9:16am

HAHA. That was great!

 
tohoscope says:
08/26/09  10:30am

Baron Lego- I’m still laughing over that comment.

 
red pill junkie says:
08/26/09  11:16am

How long did this take to make?

 
James Sugrue says:
08/26/09  1:12pm

Thanks for the nice comments everyone! red pill, to answer your question, it took me about half a day.

 
Robert Schaad says:
08/26/09  1:33pm

Refreshing…nice, James.

 
Chris Sobieniak says:
08/26/09  7:48pm

Keep it up James! Not bad for half a day’s work!

 
Jacob O says:
08/26/09  8:49pm
 
Michael J. Ruocco says:
08/26/09  9:56pm

I know what I like, & I like that! Once again, good work James!

 
Brandon says:
08/28/09  12:11am

Anyone recommend any good Flash programs?

 
John Paul Cassidy says:
08/28/09  1:17am

See? Flash CAN be used to create good animation, especially hand-drawn.

Color me impressed by this demonstration!

 
tapirtoon says:
08/30/09  8:20pm

I think it would be better to have something with pegs for paper with three holes, right above the graphics pad!

 
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