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How can I draw animated stick figures and blood?
How can I create animated stick figures that look really well done? (like in the Flash movie "Animated vs Animator")
Also, how can I have stick figures explode (or "gib") and have it look fairly realistic along with blood?
Any help if greatly appriciated!
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[Horse Thief]
to draw them, just use the paintbrush (with a smaller brush than default) - then make each part of the body it's own movie clip:
head
body
right arm
left arm
right leg
left leg
...& animate them all separately, each on their own layer.
to make them "explode" you can animate each of the body parts "exploding" out from the center. for the blood, i usually painstakingly animate some blobs & hundreds of little drops...
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You don't know how to draw stick people? How desperate are you? OK, OK, I'll try to be constructive and not make fun of people who can't draw little joined-up lines and circles..sheesh. For the "blood" part, get over to Odd Job Jack (Google for it -- have I got to do everything!?...), and try downloading some of the artwork that they have made available. As well as a terrific animation resource, some of the files include special FX like water, smoke...and blood. You will need BitTorrent to download the files, because they are HUGE -- you'll have to google for that as well! Good luck!
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[Horse Thief]
look, i'm trying to be constructive, too, don't get me wrong - but if stick figures are the question, bitTorrent is a very complex answer!
..& while I'm back here, wtf is a "gib"???
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Ha ha! -- No, stick figures wasn't the question! (I believe I was fairly disparaging about stick figures). "Blood" was the question -- and I've seen those Odd Job Jack special FX files - they're very good. I suppose you always hope to show people other possibilities too, and there are some great resources at that site.
Hey -- if you don't like it, don't go there! And I don't know what "gib" means either...
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[Horse Thief]
well well well, actually, Stick Figures WAS the question - "Blood" was really just an afterthought in the original query :P
I was merely saying that if one doesn't know how to draw a stick figure then something like bitTorrent may be a bit over one's head...
Hey, yourself, I'm on your side!
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Ha ha again! I didn't quite catch the meaning of your post then! Yes, BitTorrent may be a challenge if you can't draw a stick figure, that's true!
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[Horse Thief]
heh, yeah, that's all I meant - I wasn't at all implying that the bitTorrent thing was a bad idea.
In fact, I'm going to go check out that site later for the special FX you mention - water mostly - & I've been looking for a reason why I purchased xTorrent! - haven't used it at all yet!
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Go for it -- you won't be disappointed! The files are about a Gig though -- better get some coffee ready and a book to read...
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Just so you know, a gib is like a bit of a body in game terms. Like a arm flying through the air. Or if you have ever played any super graphic games where you can blow zombies up (looking in half-life 2's direction) you will get the idea
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Senior Member
Wow, I finally understand the term "Ludacris gibs" from Rise of the Triad. Occasionally while blowing the enemy to pieces the character would say that and I would have no idea what he was talking about. I miss that game...
Anyways, constructive? I got nothing...
Whoever taught EVERYONE to put all their code on movie clips needs to be shot...
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[Horse Thief]
ahh, thanks for the education georgegowan
- hey that's funny speed85, I was actually going to mention Rise of the Triad, where sometimes when you'd hit a guy with a big weapon his eyeball would bounce off the screen at you!
hilarious!
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