Interview with an Animator

[CNO]

Hey all, I've got my first interview posted on Perfectly Functional, and it's with none other than Flash animation guru Dave Jones - with animation so tight you can bounce a quarter off it.

Check it out now:
http://www.perfectlyfunctional.com/i...davejones.html

[JohnnySix]

Cool stuff dude..!

Good to see there's another flash animator inspired by the works of Jhonen Vasquez.. I can see now how much of his style has been influenced by comics like JTMH and Squee..


Cheers

John

[Lauradot]

'Lo.

I really enjoyed reading the interview.. you so rarely get any contact from animators other than their work - Which is why we should value this forum so much.

[persistanceofvision]

More and more classically trained animators are using Flash now - they're realizing that Flash can help them not just create, but distribute their ideas quickly and to a wide audience.

[CNO]

Originally posted by persistanceofvision
More and more classically trained animators are using Flash now - they're realizing that Flash can help them not just create, but distribute their ideas quickly and to a wide audience.

One of the great things about Dave Jones tho is the way he has embraced Flash as a medium and has joined the two forms - not only are his animations great as animations, they are also small in file size and stream over the web.

I hear a few animators explain how they are using Flash as an animation tool then exporting to a more film-friendly format, because "animation made for the web isn't the same as animation made for film". While that may be true, good animation is good animation, and Dave has a touch that has been missing from a lot of modern animation, and the movies taken as they are would not look out of place, say, in a Spike & Mike's animation festival.

[quistaquay]

Its so nice to see animator's views on animation, their approach to work (and caffinated drinks).

Thanx CNO

[demons]

funny style
DS

[CNO]

Just posted the second interview with Steve Whitehouse of Whitehouse Animation Inc. and the Mr. Man series here:

http://www.perfectlyfunctional.com/i...hitehouse.html

More on the way!

[xup878]

There are some good things (Powerpuff Girls)

damn right

[persistanceofvision]

Originally posted by CNO
Just posted the second interview with Steve Whitehouse of Whitehouse Animation Inc. and the Mr. Man series here:

http://www.perfectlyfunctional.com/i...hitehouse.html

More on the way!

Thanks for that link - great interview. There will be courses about Mr. Whitehouse and Joe Cartoon in "Early Internet Animation 101" at our local colleges in 20 years.

[dementia7]

Great work CNO. Nice interviews. Really nice to see other folks makin it in Flash.

[DEM0]

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