# Line drawing & masking effects - how to's **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-drawing-masking-effects-how-tos/27390 "2003-08-01T19:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jillymo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@jillymo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jillymo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-drawing-masking-effects-how-tos/27390/1 "2003-08-01T19:29:03Z")
I am looking for some opinions on the best way to do the effects on the left side of this page - the way the man is brought in (looks like he is drawn) then filled in (as vector art) and then the line moves over him to bring him in as a photo. I have some ideas of how to do this - shape tweens for the outline drawing and then masks to make the transition into the raster art. Does anyone think or know there is a better way? \The page \ [http://www.tommyshanesteiner.com/news.htm](http://www.tommyshanesteiner.com/news.htm) thanks :azn: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-drawing-masking-effects-how-tos/27390/2 "2003-08-01T20:33:25Z")
Either a shape tween, or a painstaking frame by frame animation with a mask - I’ve done that before… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/line-drawing-masking-effects-how-tos/27390/3 "2003-08-01T20:54:00Z")
yeah I am sure it will be time consuming… looks so cool though thanks for the input… :beam: