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AmbroseBierce 2 days ago

These animations got me into Flash and soon after into programming thanks to ActionScript, one copycat music video that maybe made even stronger impression in teenage me was a sad adult-themed music video from 2004, I just found ii after looking online for a bit: I love death - Lodger (Finnish band) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BoFQV4jXun4

tetris11 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Same, I had been making stickman animations in powerpoint of all things, before a friend mentioned I should try FlashMX.

I even made this terrible thing as my first foray into AS2:

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/408469

AmbroseBierce 2 days ago | parent [-]

I made a few Flash animations and a couple made it to and MTV show here in Latin America called "Flash MTV" that featured some of the animations people sent them, unfortunately I no longer have a copy of any of them and they don't seem to be online, although you can find some made by other people on YouTube.

My initial career idea was to become an animator but I found forums of senior animators complaining about low wages and long hours and it made me second guess myself about all that and I slowly picked up programming instead, I did get a copy of a great book called "The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams, best known for directing "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", the book still lives in my library and I hold it in great steem.

rubee64 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I remember that video well

AmbroseBierce 2 days ago | parent [-]

I think it made teenage me empathize a bit more with my parents, about how bleak can existence feel.