Cartooning in Flash -- Brush or Line Tool?
What is the preferred tool when cartooning in Flash? I realize that every artist has their own style, but when it comes to making animated cartoons, what is the better method?
I have a Wacom Intuos2 6x8 tablet and I love to use the brush tool because of the pressure sensitivity that a graphics tablet allows, but should I be using the line tool instead to get a cleaner, more shape-friendly cartoon to turn into symbols that I will animate?
I go in and do the "Optimize" which seems to give it a polished effect, but sometimes it takes out a bit too much line that I have to go back in and "repaint" before I convert to a symbol.
Just wondering if others do their drawing with the line tool or if they use the brush tool. Take for example, the Strongbad emails on Homestarrunner.com -- do you think they're mostly using the brush tool or line tool when craeting their animations?
Should I be drawing with the brush (since I'm more comfortable with it) and then doing "clean up" with the line tool before I convert them to symbols?
Thanks in advance, still learning what it takes to get animating, but I'm enjoying myself along the way, amidst the frustration ;)
*EDITED* .... I read a few posts and notice that most of you seem to prefer frame by frame animation rather than converting to symbols... which is the faster way to go and which looks better in your opinion? Perhaps I'm going about this the wrong way and should be doing it with the line tool and going frame by frame.... <ponder/>