I just made my first animated TMNT clip!!!!

[kim_062909]

I'm so excited about it.
It's like 6 seconds long... lol but what ever gets me to drawin'!
I'm not using it with my own characters since drawing the TMNT was easier, but the first clip was Donnie laughing. It took me a while to do it but once I found out how to use my Windows Movie Maker I'm makin' a whole lot of clips. XD
It took me like two days because I was drawing it free hand on my windows paint but it looks pretty good for my first time I'd tell you what.
Lol I'm, again, really excited about it. My friends said I was born to animate. XD I'm like §W££T!

[Nethious]

You're doing it by Paint? My god, that's gotta be hard! If it was me I would just freehand it on paper and then scan it to the computer.  Good luck

[kim_062909]

lol thanks. Yeah it is really hard. XD Took me two days for this one 6 second clip.
What's worse is I don't have a scanner and only a ancient Windows ME. XD
Ah well, Ima gonna get a pen that has a USB port on the end and then use that for my pant windows. How it works is I plug it in my USB drive and it will act as the mouse, so all I need to do is press down on a piece of paper on my desk and the command will go into my comuter and draw on my paint program as of what I am drawing on the paper. lol The main problem is... is it for the OS Windows ME or not? Ah I guess I'll find out.
I wish I can figure out a way to upload the clip and post it so you can watch it. XD oh well... I'll figure it out. But thanks again! 

[Nethious]

I had no idea that something like that had be created! What if you mess up with the pen, do you have to use your mouse to erase?

[kim_062909]

I'm assuming. XD
I would have to say yes though, unless you can turn the pen around and erase with that side. lol But I do think you need to use the mouse to erase. I think the pen is for just to draw what you want other then that I think you need to use the rest of the stuff by mouse as to which I really don't have a problem coloring in the pic with the mouse and stuff. But drawing with it is hard.

[kim_062909]

Well got the pen with a cordless mouse.  $36.00 no less. 
Also with an anime program JUST to make animation like 2 minute cartoons. XD

But I got the pen off of Amazon. Every other site it's like, $120.00 or more.
And both works for every OS. I've been jumping up and down all day. 

[Nethious]

So what's it like? Have you added on to your 6 sec cartoon?

[kim_062909]

I haven't gotton the pen and stuff yet, I will tomorrow though. I'll do the mini comic I made in my comic. XD It's hilarious. Since I can't do the TMNT's voices good though I'll have to practice at it.  So everything is gonna be so hard but I guess practice makes perfect. 
I dunno what to add onto the 6 second cartoon it's just Donnie laughing. 

[Nethious]

cool, tell me what it's like when you get it in.

[kim_062909]

I got it and tried to download it to my Windows ME and it wouldn't download though it's for ALL windows. 
But I went ahead and downloaded it to my mom's Windows XP 
Heres what the stuff looks like:


I LOVE IT!!  It works perfect for my comics. I 'm so exited. 
The mouse and pen are cordless and the tablet is like, extra sensitive but it's sooo cool. The pen is as sensitive. Theres a left and right clicker in the pen and the pen works as the mouse. All it needs to do is not touch but hover the tablet and the cursor moves where you drag it. Place the pen on the tablet and you get to either draw or open the selected file. The harder you press the pen down the darker the drawing line is. 
And it's like only three steps to download it. I got it yesterday and I'm already getting the hang of it. I also can trace on a peaice of paper on the tablet. I LOVE IT!! 
Jeez it's so much better then paint I'll tell you what. XD
Now all I need is my anime program and voila! I can now officially create up to 2 minutes of anime. This thing is so simple and easy to use also you can use it on the digital pics you took. Can make it darker, bright in some places make it sharper change the tone this thing is awesome.
The mouse only takes a AAA battery. XD
In this program there's cilligraphy with all shapes and sizes and the paint brush with th.... you need to get it. you HAVE to get it.  it will blow you away. Got mine on Amazon for $36.00 brand new. It's an outdated version as to why it's cheap but hey! It works huh?! I'll draw up something good and show it how it looks. I'm new to it so trying to get it to work with me. XD I love it!   

[Nethious]

awesome I may have to get me one. lol

[kim_062909]

lol Yeah it's so cool! 
Here's the results. May take a while to load. Big pic. lol I know it may look a bit bad but this thing is hard to use. But it gets so much easier and better So I just whipped up a picture so you can see what it's like:



And you'll have to just open this one in a new window because it'll take an hour for this TMNT page to load. lol  Wouldn't want that to happen.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2319/awesomeu.png

^ ^ That's the program and what it looks like. There's a lot more to it then just that. 

You get all kinds f paint brush sizes and looks, pen sizes and looks Chalk, oil paint, pencils, erasers, ect. All that you need!!

Yeah you have to get one. 

[Nethious]

OMG I definitely have to get one now!   That is awesome! I like the RAPH above his head, it looks like neon lights.

[kim_062909]

Yeah it is. 
Pretty §W££T though huh? As seem in the other pics the turtles names are in neon too. I couldn't put Leo's name in a "Blue Neon" lol either I couldn't find it or it's not there. Ah well in the TMNT Movie Leo's starts in the jungle so I used the "Jungle Neon" 
It's hard to get to writing stuff like that because you end up looking at the screen instead of the tablet. XD Whats worse is when your tense about screwing it up. Ah don't worry, just sit back and relax then let the hand and mind do the artwork for ya! I love it.           

[kim_062909]

Ah here's a good pic I drew. lol took me 20 minutes at the most.