Good buddy Shulkle's AMA

Blacksmith said: (post #338781)

Hey shulklerdoodles
You want a sprite cranberry-

Where is a good maps source since goates is kill?

Huh. I thought Goates (http://goates.sue.pw/)was still active, anyways.
There's still Kirimy maps that are still active, which are the first thing you see when you google search it. And then, there are also the map pieces/packs of sorts in our resource section (gotta have 15 posts) such as Kayas’s resource junkyard, and Maple Editor’s public. Those are what I tend to use, and I think they’ll suffice.

bluezemmi said: (post #338784)

Dear Shankle,

What is your thought process when you're making a choreopgraphy/story for your animation?

So, when it comes to choreography in fights, or making some sort of story, I like to think about what I have on me right now. For instance, I know I got my sprite sheet, that’s the obvious bit. My fight could either be a simple bash, or, maybe use another character following a set theme. I’ll use my MBR vs. Min as an example. I ended up using Faith’s OC, simply because it looked cute, then started trying or orient my animation based off her abilities. Utilizing the character’s abilities is what helps any sort of animation. If there is none, go make on up judging by how they look. So, since the theme was fighting multiple, I had to think of how to make it a swarm of enemies of sorts, and I instantly thought about swarming the castle, which is where I brought in the Mushking Kingdom resources and used that. From there, it was just a matter of trying to utilize what I have. She’s got an umbrella, cool, I can jump on it and open it. This thought of, “utilizing OC’s abilities” is what helps fuel inspiration and ideas for animations. Even in the Homerun contest collab, I made my character use Monado arts in addition to the ice and fire gimmick, while having a weapon that transforms. That was really fun to do, and what helps give me ideas on what to animate in there. As for story, it’s a similar idea. Gather what you can about their personalities, and animate based on that. I think thumbnailing or sketching what you plan to do is a good idea to know how to pull off these scenes, and something I had to do quite often in my Graphic Design class. I hope this answers you question, I typed all this up in the bus, and I’ll look back again when I’m off class to make sure I’m not missing anything.

dear shankle

witch is option is better an flash trace bitmap o smoothe

olso is trace bitmap work will all kinds of sprite o maplestory ones since i have issues when i export to see the previes my flash cs3 stop working an sometimes the app close alone

dear smonkle,

how do i get a girlfriend?

dear smuskywusky,

If we all had red and blue hair and talked like this, would we also become like you?

dear shulkie,
when will you be able to reply back to this thread?

jose117 said: (post #341362)

dear shankle

witch is option is better an flash trace bitmap o smoothe

olso is trace bitmap work will all kinds of sprite o maplestory ones since i have issues when i export to see the previes my flash cs3 stop working an sometimes the app close alone

What I like to do is,

• Tracebitmap for OCs, weapons, or very small objects, because the larger pixels look much sharper.
  
• Smoothen for larger map pieces, because tracebitmapping these would explode your program.
  

As for your crashing, here's the thing.
I don't know if you've been tracebitmapping Maplestory fx or map pieces but, I'd avoid doing that. That'll probably be a source of why it crashes. If you overwhelm the program with a lot of stuff like blurs, glows, or anything that takes a lot out of CS3, it'll crash. Alternatively, you can just export the .swf, run it through Swivel, and preview from there.
Alternatively, consider upgrading. It's 2020, and I think Animate CC outclasses CS3.

StormXXVII said: (post #341365)

dear smonkle,

how do i get a girlfriend?

Now see, I had a girlfriend, but then I went into a spiral of depression afterward for a very long time, so like, you can probably just leave it to destiny to find your partner.
Expand your community and go around. You'll probably befriend someone, and it'll work from there. Honesty, loyalty, and all that. Just be a good person, and don't do bad things.

SwordGrayFire said: (post #341366)

dear smuskywusky,

If we all had red and blue hair and talked like this, would we also become like you?

I think we'd achieve world peace if you all did this.

Hunter said: (post #341404)

dear shulkie,
when will you be able to reply back to this thread?

Yeah, sure, if it's still alive, I'll answer to the best of my ability. While I feel there are probably others who can provide better answers to some of these, I'm sure no one is crazy enough to sit here on a very old thread to do this.

hi shulkle how do i create custom maple sprite sheets like new poses and what not for animating