Hi Parker, Its good to see Cluckie inspiring people, but Knunk is right, try to dig deeper. Not just look at the surface and copy elements but think of them in a composition as a whole. Think about where the action for the animation will be and try to frame the shot with colour and shapes that lead ...

just throwing this out there...

What would happen if we left and refused to use the software?

I can see the parallel universe now...

Hi All, We're excited about 7. We're going to be upgrading shortly, we're just finishing a series that we've been working away on for the last 8 months. After which we're switching everything over to version 7. Squeakydave: We produce all character animation within the software, no trace and paint h...

Hi man,

Thanks for the kind words, we're very flattered that you even mention Chuck in a sentence with us!!

Yep, all models were built in AS. Take a look at the making of Cluckie on the site there's some imagery of the models in there.

Good luck!

FK

I remember when Flash first came out - actually a few versions on. John K was spearheading it for animation production and no one would touch it. It's exactly the same for ASP (and I know that some major productions use it in their pipeline). And 3d is not the same as 2d in production. Mainly becaus...

GCharb, Your over compicating everything, shows that are produced in Flash - and there are many, many more than TB. Don't have TD's attached to them, rather an employee who knows the software. You'd be suprised how many studios use ASP to produce animation. Its used a lot more than you realise only ...

http://freakishkid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/HappyNewYear_Image.jpg Happy New Year everyone! I hope you've all eaten and drank so much that you feel like a gigantic bloated bagpuss! To celebrate the new decade we've uploaded our Çluckie' shorts to the website. You can view them here: http://fr...

Hi, You'll never get anyone to produce that amount of work for you for free. Just in terms of time frame a single animator would probably need 20-40 months to make that kind of animation (a good animator could probably do around 1 - 2 minutes a month) I know of no one who can spare 2-4 years of thei...

Send me something anyway, the models are being produced at the moment but I'd like to take a look at the way you work, it'll make it easier for me to see what you can do.

We'll still send the test anyway just want to get some idea so send it over soon as you can.

Stu

Try get it to me this week,

I may send you a test for a new gig we've got.

Stu

Hi Dale,

I did get your message on Facebook, I have looked at your blog, the test is looking good.

Have you ever done pose to pose animation in AS?

Would love to see some from you, if you'd like to give it a go.

FK

Walktoon.

I'd really like to see some more BG artwork, I have a project that has just started and am looking for a decent BG artist. Please PM me with some more samples.

Thanks

FK

Hi All,

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FK

The backgrounds are beautifully done. I wonder if you'd mind describing your technique for creating them. I believe you use Illustrator for the main drawing/painting and refine them in Photoshop? They are created in Photoshop, some elements are done with Flash but the majority of work on them is PS...

@ oferhod Thanks! The 'Art Of:' section will keep getting bigger and bigger, we've got so many projects with so much art to show it'll be great when we finally transfer it all over to print for the book. @Antonin_K Thanks Toncsi, I'm sure we'll do it this week for sure, have to its driving me nuts!...