Where do I begin with this?
Well, for those of you who ever dared to venture into my scraps folder would know, my artistic abilities are... not the best. However, so many people that I watch have been producing Amazing high quality animations, that I got inspired to try my own hand at it, even though there was no way it was going to reach their heights.
Two problems with that, of course. Number 1. Weak artistic ability. 2. Lack of animation software.
Well. Number 1 is simple enough. I've improved slightly in the four odd years since I drew those april fool pictures with a mouse in paint. It's not amazing, but I would argue I've upgraded from a third grade art level to at least a fourth grade one since then. Plus, I've been trying to push myself past my comfort zone this year, so even if it turns out bad, it'd be nice to try.
Number 2 was the hard part, but lo-and-behold, I realized that I still had my old 3ds and flip note studio on it. So, after several painful days of getting used to it (one of which was trying to figure out how to actually export the animation), I managed to actually produce something that I think turned out pretty good! (With my expectations for it anyways)
So yeah! Here it is! It's the girls from Season 2 of ANGA in animated form! (Well, their heads anyways. I wasn't going to push myself too far past my comfort zone). Vaguely inspired by: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpej3a…
My thoughts on it: Well, I'm really upset that I had to whitewash the only character of color in the cast. Unfortunately, Flipnote studio does not play well with anything other than the five colors it offers you, and brown isn't one of them (unless you want to get super technical, which I knew would only turn out bad if I tried) (And honestly, colors in general were a bit of an issue on this one). Additionally, I definitely should have made some more in-between frames to make the animation go smoother in sections. But Otherwise... I like it! I'm immensely proud of it, and I think that you can deduce who is supposed to be which character, which really was all I was hoping for. There were some sections I really tried to push myself, and I think that one of them in particular turned out amazing (others... well... there was always going to be some room for improvement).
So yeah. Enjoy? You can leave your comments and criticisms, but odds are I already know what didn't turn out well, and honestly, with the amount of work this was... I'm probably not going to do it again. (Well... For a while at least).
Oh! And if you want to read the exploits these girls go on as they compete to become famous magician assistants: www.deviantart.com/nintendiumm…