Flash test

[bakenius]

good morning everyone!

I'm still making progress on my new website. Since it's still extremely quiet at work I'm spending my days learning Flash. That's right, my design just begs for a Flash site if I want all the little man animated.

Anyway, here is a rough early test with the little creatures animated as buttons, I created an over and a down

Comments

[damanique]

Weee, they're so cute! They do 'flinch' back to their original state a little fast when you mouse-out or click; and the green guy has a little white spot underneath him that disappears when you mouse-over. Last but not least the guy with the glasses seems a little too jittery in his movement. :o

[bakenius]

It's far from perfect yet, I know. As for the flincing back to the original state when you mouse out or click: I have yet to learn to have reverse animation added to the actionscript to actually make smooth transitions there.. :x

[hollycomics]

Oh I see damanique also found the little white bit ;)

(Somehow I mistyped that "shite but" instead of "white bit" first time I typed it, I wasn't planning on repeating it but it made me laugh ;))

[zolphia]

Hmmm... my general dislike for pink is not threatened here

[bakenius]

Well, you always manage to give me a new perspective on the things I do. I hadn't really thought about the 'drastic emotion switch' I gave the pink fellow. But I guess you have a point here...

[zolphia]

Argumented, different perspectives are a good thing, so I'll take it as a compliment. :)
Also an annoying thing about hanging out with scientists: they only mention the bad things and don't talk about what's good already, because that's a waste of time, since nothing needs to change. Result: one only hears the negatives.
So I just want to add that I do like the other peeps. The calm, zen painter. The groovy nerd (which is great for representing design-websites, though it can be difficult to do such an odd combo. But you really did it). And the more bland, 'normal' guy. Which sounds boring, but works for a serious info-page.
I think they're all great, except for Pinky. (And now I've got the Pinky & the Brain themesong in my head)

[kees_s]

I think they should jump when you click on them, instead of repeating a movement. Then it's clearer that it is responding to the click.

[hollycomics]

I had way too much fun with this ;)

Rock DJ was on the radio (i'm at work) and I spent the whole song making the tall one dance, the green and the pink one did the background choir and the chubby one was rapping and singing. ;D All this with mouse-overs and clicks.

The only thing I noticed is that there's something white under Greenie's bottom. Ye see it?

[bakenius]

heheh. Now that's what I call interactivity. :)

[hollycomics]

Interactivity and hyperactivity go hand in hand ;)

[bakenius]

And that so early in the morning... o_O