flipaclip app

I was very inspired yesterday by YouTube videos I watched and articles I read on the topic of animation.  Throughout my youthful days, I have experimented briefly on software to create digital art.  My experimentation always ended at MS Paint.  I still have a mint condition tablet I bought a while ago that I have not used.

Trying to bring myself up to beat on the technology available to learn animation, I realized there are many easy to use free apps out there to teach you the basic before you delve yourself too deeply into any of them.

This morning, I tried the flipaclip app.  I have not actually created an animation yet, not even a simple moving circle but I get it.  They have some sample templates there to show you different ways to animate.  I was looking at other apps which show you that it is ok to buy stock graphics to make your work faster.

The reason I chose to continue my first learning experience with flipaclip is because it currently has a contest going on and has already put the requirement of the project into a form of an activity you would complete in a work book but in a smartphone or tablet format.

In otherwords, users are provided with the tools and material to complete the project.  Users are restricted in the number of frames and audio clip.  How each person tackle the project would be different.

I am not sure if I would actually finish the project but for now I have decipher the script by listening to it attentively and dictating it at the same time.  I might have to act it out a few times before I start sketching!

I don't feel like typing the script out but here is my handwritten copy of part 1 to "beat covid-19". It might contain a few errors.  I am not a professional copier and I do not provide transcript service.

This feel fun and give me a glimpse of how an animator may receive work.

I guess, this post is my notes so far on the app, my experience and the wip project.