Comments on: Watch Me Illustrate Some Fish in Flash

By: Fitz

Fitz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:01:11 +0000

Good advice… I really should, I hear they actually listen to these types of requests.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:05:55 +0000

Thanks! Yep, it’s time-lapsed. I used Adobe Flash to create it.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:02:30 +0000

The screen capture video program i use is Camtasia... or you can use the free, open source CamStudio

By: Fitz

Fitz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:59:07 +0000

Drink lots of coffee :) And practice!

By: John@Free vector patterns

John@Free vector patterns — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:12:13 +0000

Fitz,

This is the first time I’ve seen your site. Got the link from your Twitter homepage.

Wow, I’m impressed. I’ve used flash for web design stuff but never for a full illustration. I normally stick with Illustrator for that.

Flash looks pretty flexible for illos. I’ll have to give it a try.

Thanks for the inspiration
John

By: Bernard

Bernard — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:00:24 +0000

Fitz,
Man this is awesome but now I’m thinking…after 8 long years of working (nearly mastering) CorelDRAW I gave in to the WORLD pressure and switched over to a Mac (love it) and of course then Illustrator. Not only am I struggling to draw in thta program I defintaely cannot manipulate text in there thwith the same ease as CorelDRAW.

Now, I see you doing your line AND coloring in Flash?

When your done can it be converted to a vector ilo easily?

LMK,
Bernard

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By: Khaled @ Number Plates

Khaled @ Number Plates — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:30:34 +0000

I cant believe you created the entire thing in Flash and no sign of Illustrator or any other vector software. The colour saturation looks great on my monitor.

By: Austin Burns

Austin Burns — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:06:09 +0000

Wow, very inspirational! I am just beginning to mess around with Flash and watching this video makes me want to really dive into it! Hopefully one day i will be able to draw like you in Flash! It jsut stinks because I have no actual drawing skills so I can’t really make myself a template to draw from in Flash :( Anyways, keep up the good work!

By: Stephen@Random Clipart

Stephen@Random Clipart — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:21:13 +0000

As a relatively new and amateur illustrator I take heart from the fact that you, as an obviously accomplished, professional illustrator, also use Flash! I started out using Flash and just cannot make the switch to Illustrator. My own technique differs from yours as I use the brush for outlining but, like you, I also find that Illustrator just doesn’t have the tools I need i.e. a brush.

Your technique is very interesting and has gotten me thinking about giving the line tools a second chance. Thank you for taking the time to show us your workflow. I’ll definitely be stopping by again to see what else I can glean!