Cartoon Character Tutorial

[JuniorWil]

is there any site out there that has a how to on building a basic "Flash" cartoon character with the uneven shape eyes and face?

Thank in Advance
JuniorWil

[dainbramaged]

Don't know of a site that builds the cartoon from the ground-up and animates it (although I'm sure there is one out there somewhere). Is it the drawing or the animation (or both) that is giving you trouble?

[JuniorWil]

it is the face I am having the most trouble with. I kind of want to give the illusion of 3d with the nose and the mouth.

JuniorWil

[dainbramaged]

Hmmmmm. If I understand you correctly it's a drawing problem. Got a url where i can peek at what you have right now? Might make it easier to try to help.

[JuniorWil]

Sure no problem

here it is on the web

http://www.paradigmstudios.net/flash

here is the fla

http://www.paradigmstudios.net/flash/musicvid.fla

btw I saw your site very nice

thank for you help
JuniorWil

[dainbramaged]

Thanks.

Highlights and shadows will help give volume to your character. Maybe if you curved the mouth more to make it look like it wraps around the head, it would help give the effect you're asking about.

Just something quick and easy to try.

[jj1186]

Originally posted by dainbramaged
Hmmmmm. If I understand you correctly it's a drawing problem. Got a url where i can peek at what you have right now? Might make it easier to try to help.

for your foot thing or whatever, the brain that bounces...did you make the bouncing effect by just scaling and lowering it, then raising and scaling again?

[dainbramaged]

Yes. I used scaling to squash and stretch the brain. I also used the rotation transform to skew it a bit to try to add a little more forward motion, not just up and down.

[CartoonLarry]

http://www.streamingmedia.com/tutori...utorial_id=120

Hope this helps

[Redline]

Try asking in the art and anime forum... those guys are great! I asked for character tutorials a while ago and they where really helpful!

[killabry]

http://www.polykarbon.com