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Expert: - 7/18/2007


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Hey joseph, im an artist and am trying to create a site of my own for my artwork.  im an abstract anatomical artist, some of my art and designs contains some tribal work.  My question is how can I animate one of these designs, in the way that it looks like its being drawn on the page.  I have very little understanding of animation.  I have all adobe programs and macro programs.  Hope to hear from you soon.

-Oscar Gomez

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Hi Oscar - Your artwork sounds very interesting. It sounds to me like your best bet is to scan your artwork, then use the scan as a template to create a vector-based replica in Flash. I don't personally use Flash, but I believe you could then probably use masks or other write-on techniques to simulate the drawing of the artwork.

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Joseph Silver is the creative director of Designomotion, a motion graphics design studio located in New York City. His work has played in Times Square, the 2004 Olympics, and the 2006 World Cup, as well as being aired in commercials and show packages for ABC, CBS, MTV, and many other television networks. His studio has over ten years of experience creating customized broadcast design and animation for leaders in network television.

Education: Columbia University

Awards and Honors: Gold and Silver Broadcast Design Awards (Promax/BDA, Tribeca Film Festival)

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