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AnimationMacromedia Flash
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Flash is a rather brilliant tool. Limited in some respects, but great for
animating simple cartoons. |
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The Mad Scientist
The title, I guess, says it all. We were being taught how to use Flash in University. Although I did do a few short exercises and things, learning the ropes and such, this was my first proper cartoon feature. Full of stereotypes. |
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Turn the Tables
A cartoon about what would happen if the tables were turned. In this convention-breaking feature, various oppressed characters turn on their oppressors, to hilarious effect. |
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Crazy Cluedo
Based on a silly sound file that I once recorded during a period of too much spare time. A Cluedo parody in which one of the main characters lies murdered as a maniacal killer stalks Arlington Hall. In addition, the viewer gets to play sleuth by listening to each suspect’s statement and guessing the killer before watching the most improbable ending. The main characters and props are played by pictures scanned from the cards out of the original edition of the board game. |
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The Crazy Stick Cartoon
Trapped within the computer of a Mad Mystery Maniac, a knot of hapless stick figures are the powerless pawns of a psychotic animator without mercy. Who will save them from this frightful cycle of randomness? |
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Sadman’s Maze v2.0
A Flash maze game. Sadman Insane is threatening the world with his WMDs and only by penetrating the mazelike corridors of his secret headquarters can you stop him! This idea was based on a puzzle/maze that I drew in Paintbrush – years ago, so let me point out that although the main villain does bear a resemblance to a certain ousted dictator, I meant no parallel to the current troubles. I just happen to have very little respect for politics! Note: I must concede that the fps slider in the setup options does not work. If anybody knows how one can control the frame rate, I’d be glad of a pointer. Version 2 Update (03/08/2006): The frame rate has been changed from 15fps to 30fps. This means that the Flash now runs at double its former speed - therefore, you’ll also need to be quicker in the fighting sequences! |
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Experiment
This Flash features two versions of the same basic narrative. The original version is one that I submitted at University three years ago as an assignment in learning how to use Flash. Boy, it’s clunky… but still, it netted me 65% (2.1) so it couldn’t have been too bad. The new version is the same narrative, but I have tried to improve some of my techniques – better drawn componants and mouth animation, for example. |
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Platform Game Prototypes Something new that I have been dabbling with recently. I have been experimenting with ActionScript, using some tutorials that I found on FlashKit and the deviantART community of which I am a member. |
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Guide to Photoshop
This is an informative Flash-based tutorial based on a Word document I wrote up months ago. I wanted to make a better version of it. This is a tutorial on how to use Adobe Photoshop to produce digital-coloured artwork with an uncoloured hand-drawn pencil sketch as a starting point. I’ve tried to make it fairly easy for beginners to understand and it also has a few quirky moments (typical Danbuster) to keep it interesting. |
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The Hole in the Ground
Based on the old song, ‘Hole in the Ground’ sung by Bernard Cribbins. Introducing Cribbs the Cat and Fred the Dog, the Cat 'n Dog Odd Jobs team, this is one of my biggest Flash projects to date, taking about six weeks to complete and trying out a new method of animation that uses more layers for facial features. As the story goes, the pair are working the road when a bloke in a bowler hat comes along and shoves his oar in, much to Cribbs’ annoyance… |
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Cannon Wars
My latest in Flash games... loosely based on the old classic DOS-Game, Tank Wars! I made this more as a tribute to the old game, for fun and as a challenge to see what I and ActionScript were capable of. Last cannon left standing wins the game! |
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