ANIMATION AND ALL ITS GLORY!

FINALLY! Those blasted 2-D shorts are finally done!!! Thank goodness! Do you know what I learned from doing this project? That it is a lot of hard work just to get three minuets of decent animation done. But a whole half an hour? Good god. I was watching cartoons last weekend, i.e "Tom and Jerry", "Phineas and Ferb" and really looking at the graphic of the show. Sitting there and seeing how seamlessly the characters move, how well the voices, sound effects and just general craft-man ship I was in awe and applaud these cartoonists. I mean I know this sounds stupid but I mean it. Now after this project and actually doing some of the things other cartoonists I now know how complex it is. Anyone else would just watch the show and think nothing of the graphics. But because of this class, I seem to be watching a show with almost scrutiny. Watching a certain bit, imagining what style or technique they used. What kind of medium. If they drew it all by hand or if they used a program like flash etc. WOW! Also I will no longer complain on how long it takes for a new movie or new season of a cartoon to come out. Such a humbling class for the avid cartoon watcher.