Digital Cel - Hoorah!

I have to say, I'm very excited about this class. As one of 2D's biggest supporters, I recognize the importance of digital cel animation. Too often, 2D is considered a "dead art", when nothing could be further from the truth! I'm happy to say that 2D is seeing a revival lately (The Frog Princess - I can't wait!), but things are done much differently today than what many people consider "traditional animation".

Me, personally? I guess you could say I focus on character animation, so my goal for this class is just to learn Flash in order to do character animation. But, like I mentioned earlier, I'm also fascinated by experimenting with animation, and trying new things.

So, for this class, I think I'll kind of combine the two. I'd like to do character animation in a loose, sketchy-looking style - the kind you might see on an American Airlines commercial. You know, this sort of thing:



(One of my favorite animations, by the way)

Really, I'm just looking to kind of "find my style". I'm going to learn Flash, and just sort of see where it takes me. Where I have a lot of experience working with After Effects, I find myself kind of limited by it, and I think Flash can really offer me a lot more freedom in my animation.

Also, my demo reel needs some beefing up.