Adam Phillips Animates "Prowlies at the River"

In this video Adam Phillips, legendary animator, completes a frame by frame sequence from his 2004 masterpiece "Prowlies at the River." Though this video is silent, any aspiring artist or fan of the series or animation in general can appreciate the talent and skill he displays here, especially considering how great the finished product is. for those curious, the program he's using in the video is Macromedia Flash MX 2004. Further details about his process and procedures are available through his website at http://biteycastle.com/

Enjoy!

Adam Phillips' Youtube account:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chluaid

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[chluaid]

Thanks for uploading folville, and thanks for the feedback everyone. To clear a few things up:

1. It's not timelapse. I'm using a graphics tablet (Wacom Intuos 3, 9x12)

2. The Flash version is MX2004

3. The character is mostly on a single layer, but there are probably around 25 layers in that scene, due to the many background elements (trees, sky, etc).

[LittleLordSissy]

nope, he left disney..

[theMOSKTO]

es en flash MX

[nobodycaresmeimei]

Pft, that takes patience.

[HackerzInc]

@ifureadthisdie actually toonboom is just as effective in FxF as flash or perhaps toonboom makes the Fxf process even easier than it would be in flash because of the tools it has. so please don't limit toonboom to only rigging, because I do FxF alone, and toonboom really has no limits.

[Darkside2205]

@Baalynth well most people seem to like using tablets but I use a mouse and do just as well

[dragonsmith]

@ifureadthisdie =o thankl man for take a minute to explaing me :)

[ifureadthisdie]

@dragonsmith Yes it's possible to make AMAZING animations in flash. But toonboom is mostly tween based, whilst flash is mostly frame by frame. Frame by Frame, is better, but a lot more work. Toonboom is just preferred because tween based is a lot easier and if you don't know how to draw maintaining proportions right then it'd give you a better result.

[ifureadthisdie]

@hornyasfuk Adam is doing it Frame by Frame which is traditional animation, usually the more preferred for better animation and style. If you wanna do it the other way (riggin/bonetool) in flash just make an MC for each peace, put them together however you want and set the pivot point (where the limb would turn from). Flash is based more on fbf animation, whilst other programs usually are based on rigging, if you don't wanna do it fbf then try toonboom.

[ifureadthisdie]

@Ajxdiddy He used a tablet.

[HackerzInc]

lol check out how tedious things were for Adam when he used flash back then

[JuicyDBASE]

I am in awe. Drawing each frame as a piece of art is so time intensive and incredible.