| A few days ago, I discovered a fun and educational website called Cartoon SmartTM. Its creator, Jay Dyke, is a FlashR illustrator and animator and has worked in the field of animation since 1999. He created the Cartoon Smart website in 2004 to help others learn Flash illustration and animation the easy way with his Flash tutorials which you can purchase online and download (or on CD). The prices for his tutorials are very good considering all the information packed into each tutorial. The tutorials are in QuickTimeR format and can be played on any PC or Mac. As always, I checked out the free stuff first. The first free tutorial I viewed was about how to draw a head and it latest 15 minutes. I was very surprised how easy Dyke made it look and you will be amazed at how much you can do with Flash as an illustration program. He also has some other free tutorials: Basic Flash Tools, Publish Settings in Flash and Import & Transition Images. Once you are convinced that his tutorials are worth the price, Dyke has several others for sale. Draw Better Draw Your Cartoons in Flash --- 99 min Flash Technical Illustration --- 2 hrs + Backgrounds --- 90 min Make Awesome Text and Stuffy Corporate Logo Design --- 2 hrs + Caricatures --- 59 min Animation Motion Tweening --- 40 min Run Cycles --- 55 min Lip Syncing --- 60 min Logo Animation --- 40 min Motion Guides --- 40 min Character Animation Practice --- 107 min Layout and Sound --- 46 min Web Design Make Basic Flash Stuff --- 110 min Interface Design --- 70 min Make Advanced Flash Stuff --- 150 min Make Cool Buttons --- 65 min Gaming --- 5 lesson course on game creation Portfolio Booster --- Loading Movies Exciting Flash Ads --- 5 hrs on creating Flash ads Dreamweaver Tutorials --- 4 hrs, 5 lessons http://www.cartoonsmart.com |
