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Subject: Couple of drawings I did in Flash of Halo things.
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Wow, these are great!

Can you do a flash picture of a guy in recon (No, I do nawt wantz rec0nz), with fire behind him?
Lol... just had the idea pop into my head when I saw Security guy.

  • 04.30.2009 7:44 PM PDT
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I could, but I'd need a picture of it first. I usually take them myself, but... >_>

  • 04.30.2009 7:46 PM PDT
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I am the hand of fate!

Really nice art!

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I could, but I'd need a picture of it first. I usually take them myself, but... >_>

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=70401058

It's not that good of a picture, and I was thinking you could put fire in the back yourself, but I'm not judging.

It would be kind of cool... :)

  • 04.30.2009 7:54 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hiyallz
I could, but I'd need a picture of it first. I usually take them myself, but... >_>

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=70401058

It's not that good of a picture, and I was thinking you could put fire in the back yourself, but I'm not judging.

It would be kind of cool... :)
Hm... I'll try it, but I'm not so sure how well it will turn out with everything being Black.

  • 05.01.2009 4:51 AM PDT

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you didnt do these, you kno how i kno? Because these were done in Adobe illustrator and seen them on a site somewhere. Flash doesnt make cartoons, it makes flash animations. You cant draw in flash. Im a graphic designer and kno adobe programs


Think what you want. I did these, on my own, in Flash. You have to draw what gets animated in Flash, so saying you can't draw in Flash is silly.


No, dude's got a point. I myself am a graphic designer too. Flash is HORRIBLE to draw in, absolutely horrible. It either takes a lot of time to achieve such detailed pics in Flash, or a lot of talent to cope with the messed up pentool in Flash. Only good and decent way to make these pics would be in Adobe Illustrator.
Not saying you didn't make these, but he has a point there. Also, you do not have to draw in Flash to animate in Flash. I myself never draw in Flash, always use Illustrator and then import the .ai files into Flash, works a lot better and easier.

I must say tho, a couple of these pics look very traced. Nothing wrong with tracing, but try to avoid it. Self-drawn lines are far better. I mean the pics look good, but try to improve your skill with the pentools, cuz some lines are very very curvy.
But again, you don't hear me saying these are bad pics or pics you've stolen. Just wanted to prove some point in the other dude's post and give you some advice to get better at this stuff. ;)

Edit:

I see a lot of guys talking about Photoshop.
Let me say this: Photoshop is made for editing photographs (hence: PHOTOshop), these pics are all obviously vector. Now you could work in vectors in Photoshop, but since Photoshop is a pixelbased program, the result is not good. Making vectors in Photoshop is just like trying to do a drag race in an old VW Van. Its not made for that, sure you can throw in some effects and all (basically what everybody does making Photoshop so n00b-friendly, and leaving everybody with the impression "OMG I can be teh desinerz").
Photoshop is for photo editing, Illustrator is for making vector images. Flash is also vector-based, but sucks with drawing. Thats why you make drawings in Illustrator and import them into Flash to animate them.
Thats how it is, thats how you should use the programs...

[Edited on 05.01.2009 5:29 AM PDT]

  • 05.01.2009 5:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: DonVinzone1
Posted by: Sizzled Chicken
Posted by: SteadyAR
you didnt do these, you kno how i kno? Because these were done in Adobe illustrator and seen them on a site somewhere. Flash doesnt make cartoons, it makes flash animations. You cant draw in flash. Im a graphic designer and kno adobe programs


Think what you want. I did these, on my own, in Flash. You have to draw what gets animated in Flash, so saying you can't draw in Flash is silly.


No, dude's got a point. I myself am a graphic designer too. Flash is HORRIBLE to draw in, absolutely horrible. It either takes a lot of time to achieve such detailed pics in Flash, or a lot of talent to cope with the messed up pentool in Flash. Only good and decent way to make these pics would be in Adobe Illustrator.
Not saying you didn't make these, but he has a point there. Also, you do not have to draw in Flash to animate in Flash. I myself never draw in Flash, always use Illustrator and then import the .ai files into Flash, works a lot better and easier.

I must say tho, a couple of these pics look very traced. Nothing wrong with tracing, but try to avoid it. Self-drawn lines are far better. I mean the pics look good, but try to improve your skill with the pentools, cuz some lines are very very curvy.
But again, you don't hear me saying these are bad pics or pics you've stolen. Just wanted to prove some point in the other dude's post and give you some advice to get better at this stuff. ;)


Yeah, I'm sure there are better programs than Flash, I'm just comfortable in it. Know what I mean?

  • 05.01.2009 5:22 AM PDT

Dare mighty things!

awesome!!!! how did you draw these???

  • 05.01.2009 5:56 AM PDT

Hey man, those are great.

Hey, take a look at this, its a halo pic that I drew.

Hayabusa VS Hayabusa

  • 05.01.2009 6:01 AM PDT

Sgt. Avery Johnson is actually Jesus in shapeshifter mode

These should go on a novel as extras.

  • 05.01.2009 6:37 AM PDT
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Ehrm... What? >_>

  • 05.01.2009 8:40 AM PDT
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Whats Flash?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Flash

[Edited on 05.01.2009 8:55 AM PDT]

  • 05.01.2009 8:55 AM PDT

Rawr!

Posted by: Mr King of Beer
Whats Flash?


Google It!


I like the work your doing, keep it up!

  • 05.01.2009 8:55 AM PDT

I would like to hear an explanation for why ODSTs can't throw grenades as far as Master Chief, but they can rip turrets off their metal bases and carry them around with little effort. - As for the music, there is nothing that breaks the atmosphere like randomly placed saxophone solos. You're supposed to be in a warzone, and it sounds like the softcore -blam!- they show on Cinemax after midnight. During one battle we were treated to some of the cheesiest, squeedle-ridden guitar ever heard in a game.

As far as traced reproductions go, they are kind of dull. Why do all that manual labor and not go crazy with the color palette and gradient fills in the end? I would have liked more effects in there, which would have been easy to do in Ill/PS. The flat fills really look messy with the detail you pulled into the interior linework to reflect texture on some of the objects, like the Infected Brute. I wouldn't consider them drawings, as you stated they are tracings, and I wouldn't consider them stylized vector art or very painterly for that matter. I can only agree with others that illustrating directly in Flash is a PITA and I avoid it at all costs.

  • 05.01.2009 8:56 AM PDT
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Well, that's your opinion.

  • 05.01.2009 9:01 AM PDT

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts...

Good effort, especially in Flash which is a horrible package to create illustrations. You should get Adobe Illustrator, it's far more flexible and easy to use.

Sorry if someone has already pointed this out, i didn't read the whole thread...

  • 05.01.2009 9:05 AM PDT
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How much does it cost?

  • 05.01.2009 9:06 AM PDT
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Yeah, some people pointed out Illustrator.

No idea. Mine was free. >_>

  • 05.01.2009 9:07 AM PDT

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts...

I'm not sure. I'm a graphic designer so i get all my software from work. Here in the UK it will set you back at least a few hundred pounds...

  • 05.01.2009 9:08 AM PDT
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Which means it's going to be a bit more in US Dollars.

  • 05.01.2009 9:20 AM PDT

omg the suck, just kiddin they are really cool

  • 05.01.2009 9:26 AM PDT
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Thanks guys.

  • 05.01.2009 9:55 AM PDT

Illustrator costst 600 dollars (for the program alone) Mostly however professionals will work with this in Suite edition, or a Collection edition, which will set you back about 2500 dollars (for Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver etc etc, everything you need for every medium you can imagine).
Expensive? Damn right! Worth the money? If you're a professional with your own company having to earn money through this: hell yea.
In all other cases: still worth the money, but there is also the internet.

EDIT:
last tip for the OP:
1: don't trace anymore
2: don't think gradients instantly make everything look less "flat" (as somebody else suggested above)
3: don't use black lines anymore. Either use different colored outlines, or no outlines, makes the colors blend a lot better = better result.

[Edited on 05.03.2009 2:39 AM PDT]

  • 05.03.2009 2:32 AM PDT
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I'm watching you Bungie.

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Can you make, a spartan fighting a elite with a shotgun and the elite with a sword?? Random armor!

  • 05.03.2009 2:37 AM PDT