ARGH.  I forgot I wanted to add a reply button.

Yay for imputing text.  What?  What are you talking about?  I'm a very nice person.

Dynamic Text

It's so plaaaain...  Oh well.  I need to get caught up.  Putting all of the actions on a single layer is alot more organized than spreading it all out over many.

They're an implication in the colors I chose.  I don't really expect any of you to get it, don't worry.  :P

Click the Face

*sigh*  Okay.  This one if FAAAAR from done, by my standards at least, but it's done enough for what the assignment called for.  I originally had planned to include the hairstyle of all my friends in 2D-animation but I only got around to finishing one.  I also wanted to add more clothes, eyebrows, and some other miscellaneous things blah, blah, blahbity-blah.  Maybe I'll have a chance to finish this in the future.  Until then I have to work on catching up on the assignments I'm waaaay behind on.

The face that acts as the buttons is called a Henohenomoheji.  It's a face drawn using Japanese hiragana.  Each symbol is expressed in the name, though mine is more of a Henohenomohejikukukuku because I added four 'ku' hiragana to make up the hair.

More gutton work.  YES.  There's no limit to what they can do!  This assignment took all of diligence because I had to make sure all of the instances were labeled and the coding was right.  Whew...

Jak Through the Years

BEHOLD.  THE MANY FACES OF JAK.

Each menu option is the is how Jak appeared in each game, the labels being the location where the game was centered, with the exception of Kid Jak, who is also from Jak II.

Jak and Daxter: Sandover; a sweet, young mute who has grown up in a peaceful village filled with green.  His curiousity and sense of adventure often get him into trouble.
Jak II: Haven City; After being thrown centuries into the future where he was then imprisoned for two years, this Jak is angry and ready to fight.  After his escape he finally began to speak.  It was in this future he found his child-self Kid Jak, who was then sent to the past.
Jak 3: Spargus; One year later, Jak has been exiled to the Wasteland and left to die, where he is then taken in by the desert-hardened people of Spargus, then forced to save the very people who turned their backs on him.
Jak X: Kras City; Another year later, Jak and his friends are called to Kras City to participate in savage combat races.  They have to win in order to save their lives and Jak's not about to take crap from anyone.

The background is Haven City.

For some reason, this took WAY longer than it should have.  It think because I wanted to make everything perfect, and even then I'm still bothered by a few tiny things.  *coughstupidwhitepixelscough*  At first, I wanted to also include Jak from Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier, but I could find any decent concept are of him.  It's also now that I realize there are a few more forms of Jak I wanted to add.  Oh well, I'll do that later.

Buttons are wonderful.  I love them, and I will certainly use them in the future.  Looooooove them.  The Actions window is an amazing tool.  It can do so much.  Once I got using it down, all of the rest of the buttons took a matter of moments to make.

More than Just Snow has Fallen

EDIT: I added a play button to the animation.  I wasn't sure if I was supposed to just reload it, but I didn't want to have two of the same animations on the same page, so you get an edit.  Buttons are eeeeeasy.

Falling snow motion guide, FINALLY.  I HATE YOU SNOWFLAKES.

Now I have nothing against Top Hat, the owner of the hat.  This is my act of defiance against Patricia's supposed death, Patricia being the young girl.  Though I do understand the reason for which she was/will be/would be killed.  I say it like that because her fate isn't decided upon yet.

I love motion guide, motion guide, motion guide~

Okami Amaterasu

TWO IN ONE.
This project includes both the Fireworks Magic Wand Tool and the Ken Burns Effect all in one go.  Bottom line: I LOVE THE MAGIC WAND TOOL.  It works wonders.

Okami for the WIN.  I can't wait for the sequel. Aww, I forgot there was one more picture I wanted to add... oh well.

Darkness Lies Just Beneath the Surface

Link thought he defeated his evil counterpart in the Water Temple, but no one can exist without darkness.  Shadow Link lies within, waiting.

The pixels move a bit when the circle travel over them, but it's so slight that I don't mind it too much.  I LOVE this piece.  Masking does wonders for this kind of project.