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My Animation Process
by jerry
August 26, 2009 1:00 am


Here’s how James Sugrue makes cartoons in flash:

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    • 18 comments   posted in Flash

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    08/26/09  5:45am
    Felicia Spano says:

    James is amazing!
    08/26/09  5:59am
    A.J. says:

    Thats some…interesting choice of animation haha
    i love it ^^
    08/26/09  6:15am
    Nina Paley says:

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

    My own Flash animation process can be unearthed here.
    08/26/09  7:14am
    Baron Lego says:

    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!
    08/26/09  8:44am
    J.L. says:

    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.
    08/26/09  8:46am
    Jason says:

    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.
    08/26/09  8:47am
    Kerri says:

    Great Job James! Refreshing to see Flash animation not in that horrible puppet animation style!
    08/26/09  9:16am
    Mr. Post-it says:

    HAHA. That was great!
    08/26/09  10:30am
    tohoscope says:

    Baron Lego- I’m still laughing over that comment.
    08/26/09  11:16am
    red pill junkie says:

    How long did this take to make?
    08/26/09  1:12pm
    James Sugrue says:

    Thanks for the nice comments everyone! red pill, to answer your question, it took me about half a day.
    08/26/09  1:33pm
    Robert Schaad says:

    Refreshing…nice, James.
    08/26/09  7:48pm
    Chris Sobieniak says:

    Keep it up James! Not bad for half a day’s work!
    08/26/09  8:49pm
    Jacob O says:

    Sweet….
    08/26/09  9:56pm
    Michael J. Ruocco says:

    I know what I like, & I like that! Once again, good work James!
    08/28/09  12:11am
    Brandon says:

    Anyone recommend any good Flash programs?
    08/28/09  1:17am
    John Paul Cassidy says:

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

    Color me impressed by this demonstration!
    08/30/09  8:20pm
    tapirtoon says:

    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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