The Art of Cartooning with Flash

Face it, funny doesn't come in the Flash box. Alas, there's no "make funny" button.

At long last, here's a book with the pure intent of helping you squeeze more entertaining bits out of Flash. If you've ever dreamt of creating your own animated cartoon, this book is a must read.

In The Art of Cartooning with Flash, you'll learn how to:

Apply the 12 classic principles of cartooning to Flash

• Build bandwidth-stingy digital puppets
• Master the walkcycle and other intricate techniques
• Craft a strong story and dynamic characters
• Storyboard and layout like a pro
• Create an animatic to test your ideas
• Analyze a cartoon, frame-by-frame

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Everything You Learned on Saturday Morning is Still True
Chapter 2: Drawing is a Funny Business
Chapter 3: Animation Basics in Flash
Chapter 4: Principles Applied
Chapter 5: Character Chunks and Walk Cycles
Chapter 6: Now What? Character and Story
Chapter 7: Building Scenes
Chapter 8: Sound—Half the Experience
Chapter 9: Makin' the Show—Jickett's Speed Shop
Appendix A: Pull Up to the Window
Appendix B: References
Appendix C: Building a Better Button

Index
What's on the CD