I've had a bit of an idea, would like to know what people think while it's still fresh in my brain.
As you probably don't know, I decided to learn Japanese this year, just as something to do, a bit of a challenge. I've had a couple of lessons and think it would be cool to make a flash based cartoon in which the central character goes to Japan and learns the language, culture etc. Is it going to be easy enough to make a basic-looking cartoon in Flash (assuming I can acquire a copy) and does anyone know of any sites where I could get some stock sounds from, cause I can see that being an issue as well?
It might also help if I mentioned that I want this cartoon to teach people basic words and phrases, getting more complex as I learn more and more, eventually becoming a series (assuming I stick with it that long).
You could probably manage something on the scale of Weebl and Bob, but anything higher is probably a bit ambitious and might require a degree in animation.
The character is just there to show what the guy's doing - most of the emphasis will be on floating text and the spoken stuff. Very, very simple-looking stuff (for a simple brain like mine)
i never had much trouble with it, although details are fiddly as fuck.
you can actually pull off very nice 2d animations using 3d software, and the animating itself is a helluvaload easier (this doesnt hold true for blender as its just plain odd)
animating is about 5% fun 95% tediousness no matter how you do it really
