Animator vs. Animation
Michael sent this improved version of Alan Becker’s popular stick figure Flash animation in his WeaklyWebWit email. I’d posted the earlier version on my AFP website a year or two ago, but this one does seem smoother.
As Alan describes the depicted battle, “An animator faces his own animation in deadly combat. The battlefield? The Flash interface itself. A stick figure is created by an animator with the intent to torture. The stick figure drawn by the animator will be using everything he can find - the brush tool, the eraser tool - to get back at his tormentor. It’s resourcefulness versus power. Who will win? You can find out yourself.”
Click on the stick figure below, then click “play” and enjoy.
Wicked fun, yes? Want more? Here’s the sequel. The first one took Alan three months to create; this one took five.
Doug
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That was FUN!!
I actually prefer the first one. The sequel, while good, reminds me of the video you circulated a long time ago about what happens on your Windows desktop while you sleep.
How does someone devote so much time to one short animation? Three months? Now if someone paid him to do it, of course, but for fun?
This is so cool!! I really need to learn Flash.
This level of animation is extremely difficult and time intensive so three months is not unusual. And I believe Becker is a commercial artist, gets paid, and perhaps does a few things on the side just for the fun of it. At the very least, it has made him a household name in animation.
LOL!! What an exciting and entertaining feature!! Who would think you could find yourself rooting for a stick figure?
I like the first one too. Sequels never quite measure up (except the Jason Bourne series; I'm ready for another couple of those!)