I’m working on some Flash character animation; these are three different techniques I experimented with. Eventually I will be creating about 50 unique characters (birds and squirrels), so I’d like to get the myriad of kinks out now. Click on the names to view each file…all criticisms would be greatly appreciated.
Version One: Cel-Shaded:
Very basic, but runs the fastest. Not sure if I like the thick black strokes so prevalent in today’s animation. Trying the techniques learned in this tutorial.
Version Two: Gradients:
A different approach with some gradients. Trying to emulate the softer style of Orisinal.
Version Three: Hand-drawn .png Files:
I like the look of the character here, but it runs extremely choppy and the wing animation is poorly done.
