While you read this bunch of text go listen to this song, it's awesome.
When it comes to animating in flash, my preference is to use a brushtool. The lines you draw with the brushtool become smooth automaticly and the lines connect just fine whereas drawings with the line tool have to be corrected all the time. Deleting or editing your brushdrawing is simple aswel and seldom leaves any leftover lines. You don't accidentally end up deleting your drawing after deleting shadinglines either. I consider it a perfect tool for frame by frame animating and use the penciltool merely to create perspectives or shading. I barely ever used it to actually draw with it.
But right now, I may have to be more openminded about this penciltool. It has crossed my mind a couple of times before, but it is clear to me now that if I want to create more realistic anime, I'll have to draw with it. I came across this very interesting site earlier today. I'm probably way too impatient to create an animation with the pencil tool but I'll practise it a little. It may have some very interesting results.
I realize there are just so many things I need to improve on, besides just drawing techniques.. I need to write a fascinating story. When the story is done it's time to think out the world in detail and make multiple detailed backgrounds that make every corner of each scene in that world seem as if it really exists. I may even need to create models in swift3d. I'd also have to write the story into a script, design all characters and animate them. Everything audio related isn't much of a problem, but the rest of it makes me wonder where to begin. Yes, I want it to be perfect, but I don't have the patience RobsH66 and Adam Philips have. It makes me wish I could work in a team like in real studios. I think maybe I think too big, I need to keep my cool.
Also, I don't appear to be very active these days. I'm here, only watching anime. And I should get myself motivated to finish my animation for the Newgrounds Level Collab. Oh and if you want to, play this game with me, it's awesome.
Update, I just came across this awesome Youtube channel. This guy brought out a manga and has some great tips in his videos if you're going for detail.
O: face! I kinda copied that from Mamimi, a girl from the anime FLCL. She always makes that face.
WritersBlock
Yeah, I generally believe that I have above average patience. But I mean, think of stuff like the 2D Disney movies, Fantasia? Excellent movie, now that's animation kickin' it old skool. ;D
It's really hard to picture what the people working on something as huge as that would be going through, although that's not to say that you or I don't dream big. I think it's fantastic that you're putting all this effort into animating. Even if you don't make a career out of it, there's still that rewarding experience you go through. I felt that with my music, and I'm feeling that with my writing at the moment, although I'd like to keep up the writing, or at least make a career in that general field.
I've just put down for a 3 year University course, Bachelor of Arts, and the course is called "Mass Communication", which could go into journalism, film and television, internet media etc. I'm hell excited. Have you got any plans for formal studies in animation? From the way I see it, that'd be the way to go.
Whirlguy (Updated )
I would love to. I'm not going to college now, it's kind of a long story, but anyway I hope to be going soon. I plan to be studying graphic technology, I might study further and get into animation. Although I'd rather be in a team of fun people and work with them on a private not official project. Kinda like how you write a book in private and get it published later on. I think working on the CTSG project made me realize this. I don't think I have ever worked on a project with so much joy before.