Man, Flash is fun, but Blogger's a beast to use! LOL - I've been trying to get this thing on here for days! Also, is it just me or is blogger REALLY hating the insertion of any file type? I exported/saved this thing in every file type I could and it just wouldn't work with Blogger! Finally I put it on Flickr and updated it.
Okay, finally got this up here, and am ready to show it around.
This project was actually an incredibly entertaining one to pull off. I think I've used every piece that we've learned, as tough as it is to actually see due to the nature of the project.
The smileys are actually all various types of shapes: Merged, which I used to create partial shapes in the background, Object Drawings, which I took off onto the paste section to fill in as I needed them, and Primative Shapes which I used for layering.
The pen tool I used for two things: The splatter affect on the right side, for one, is actually a "pen line" - just with the affect that it's very Stipled or Hatched, and with massive stroke and bounced back and forth.
I wanted the shouting by him to be very chaotic and manic, so I used the pen - hatched - to bounce all over the place. It's supposed to look exasperated and panicked.
The text, though modified, I didn't break apart due to special concerns.
Gradient Color? Only kind I use! I used a variety of gradient scales and changes in the smileys and in the guy's clothes.
The paint option is straight forward (and by far my favorite): all of the faces and free hand drawing, including the guy. The pencil is a hard tool to justify, but I did use it to emphasize the last word of the sentance.
I transformed several items here. The barrier between him and the smileys is actually a rectangle. If you look close, some of the smileys are all smooshed by the rush of the other smileys.
All in all, I believe I pulled off a fairly creative project with all the parts we learned, and can't wait to learn some more things! I wanted to use layers here, but it wasn't part of the project!
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