I’m right there with you. Why do people need to start the night before?? Even before midnight. I don’t get it.
I was a pyro as a teen.. I feel so sorry for the freakouts now though. I didn’t realize how bad they were until my friend told me how his mom suffered PTSD from her time serving with the US Air Force. It was then that I understood in my goofy teen brain that this can actually have the complete opposite intended effect than desired, and that is simply a matter of education. the fact that this dialogue is actually open now and it wasn’t only 20 years ago when I was a kid, is saying a lot. So, yay good internet thing.
when ppl say flash animation pretty much always what i can tell they’re actually thinking of is what is referred to in animation practice as puppet animation, which i agree sucks like 90% of the time (there are a FEW shows that use it very masterfully, like homestar runner and one i’ll show later, though)
guess what? this is flash!
this is also flash!
THIS is puppet animation:
the funniest part is that most puppet animation isn’t even done in flash anymore. people use after effects instead because it has MUCH more sophisticated and useful tools meant specifically for puppet animation.
the technique can be used well, however. my little pony does it so fluidly it looks practically seamless.
homestar runner doesn’t focus nearly as much on fluidity, but instead on constructing strong, expressive key poses and making every frame really count.
puppet animation isn’t even limited to digital mediums. in fact, it’s not new at all.
the adventures of prince achmed is the world’s oldest surviving feature-length animated film - that’s right, predating snow white by over 10 years - and it was done entirely using puppet animation; black paper cutouts atop illuminated backgrounds. and it’s truly fucking breathtaking.
Things I believe needed to be said. It’s not the technique or the tool, it’s what the artist does with it.
please for the love of g-d can somebody put radial blur around this guys face and lens flares on his eyes and completely fuck up the color and sharpness
just realized you don’t need to say 6am or 6pm. we already know the m is there so just write like 6a or 6p. can’t believe no one figured this trick out before.
or you could do the easy thing and say 0600 and 1800
yeah like adding a bunch of unnecessary zeroes is easy. you piece of shit. you fucking coward
