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Game Maker's Garage => Trash Talk => Topic started by: Gan on June 19, 2014, 10:34:44 PM

Title: Made my own animation
Post by: Gan on June 19, 2014, 10:34:44 PM

Inspired by Zoo's animation, I made my own. Took much longer than I'd like to admit...
Without further ado:

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 19, 2014, 10:52:03 PM

That thing is, admittedly, a little bit spooky, as well as obviously un-flight-worthy. But it has a certain undeniable charm. Color it up, fix any minor imperfections it has, and give it a photographic background, and prepare to rule over the internet with an iron fist.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Connors on June 19, 2014, 10:56:08 PM

What is the line coming out of it's ass every 10 seconds?

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 19, 2014, 10:57:14 PM

Poo, methinks.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Gan on June 21, 2014, 02:28:58 AM

Perhaps it's related to the smile he gets when it appears...


It takes a long time to draw even a simple picture... gah.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Connors on June 21, 2014, 01:59:34 PM

You're drawing with a computer mouse, aren't you? My advice: Don't use your mouse. Buy a tablet. Scan drawings you made on paper. Take photos. Draw on the screen with a dry-erase marker and trace it if you have to but don't draw with the mouse!

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 21, 2014, 03:44:42 PM

I agree, but tablets are expensive, and scanners are tedious. But you're 100% right.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Gan on June 21, 2014, 05:08:06 PM

But but but.... computers and layers are suppose to make it easier to animate.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 21, 2014, 05:08:54 PM

That's why you use a tablet.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Gan on June 22, 2014, 12:07:20 AM

Guess I'll just stick with my mouse then.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 22, 2014, 05:44:01 PM

Unless you get really into it. Then a Bamboo tablet might be a good investment. The cheap ones are like $80.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Connors on June 22, 2014, 10:03:23 PM

Yup I paid 75 bucks at the Apple Store.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 22, 2014, 10:39:02 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823100129&cm_re=bamboo_pad-_-23-100-129-_-Product

This one's model name looks like Cthulhu. No? Yes? Definitely Cthulhu.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Gan on June 23, 2014, 01:37:18 PM

But you can't see where the stylus end is at. How do you draw precisely?

I spent my fun money. :C On the plus side I got 16 gigs of ram coming on Thursday.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 23, 2014, 01:47:44 PM

You can see the mouse on the computer. I mean, they make drawing tablets with screens on them for professionals, but those are... Expensive, to say the least. Like $1000 expensive.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Connors on June 23, 2014, 05:06:06 PM

I tried drawing on my dad's iPad and I hated it. It's not precise enough because you can't use a proper stylus pen. We even have a pen but the tip is round like an eraser. Plus I think the glass is thick enough to make it feel less accurate. I think the professional tablets with screens are expensive for a reason.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 23, 2014, 05:13:40 PM

Oh definitely. And they're a higher resolution than the iPad.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Gan on June 23, 2014, 05:49:31 PM

Bigger screen iPads are expected to come out. And a new SDK for varying touch sizes. Might make things better in the future. Itty bitty thin stylus and a big drawing screen.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Zoo on June 24, 2014, 10:44:33 AM

Still, a drawing tablet will be more ideal, what with it connecting to a computer and whatnot. I think they usually don't do a lot independent processing.

Title: Re: Made my own animation
Post by: Connors on June 26, 2014, 11:54:39 AM

I think that's part of it, those tablet monitors are actually computers themselves.