2d cartoons have their place, but still involves drawing, and drawing 2d cartoons is a true art that must be learned over years of training.
Now with Flash it might be easier to key frame and create your 2d animation, but it will still take time a skill to make anything look half right. I struggled for years, and made half ass 2d animations that were neither fluid or interesting for the viewers. The story might have been there, but the technical skill was not.
I was not good enough for 2d cartoon character creation, and things did not improve until I discovered the awesome world of 3d!
With the new technology out there right now, creating a 3d cartoon character takes litlterally a few minutes. All I have to do is download a base cartoon character model, and morph it, give it a new texture, and animate it using key frames, or motion capture data, and even quickly animaite expressions and dialogue in minutes.
2d cartoon character creation was fun, but hard for me, so I welcome the 3d world and the promise land it offers for quick and easy character creation that allows me more time to be creative and not technical.
Yes, the world of 3d animation has reached the masses. It has never been so easy to create your own character and movies. Honestly I don't think you have to have any skill at all to start creating some amazing work. All you need is inspiration, and the software will do most of the work for you.
I did not believe it until I used it.
I honestly do not know how to animate that well. I did take a crash course once in 2d animation when I went to art school, but that was all. Since I am not very good at drawing, having the aid of a 3d software character creator is like a gift from the gods.
My time is short, and I need to get things done quickly, including my animations, so the 3d world of a cartoon character creator is the perfect thing to meet my needs.
All of this is possible these days with a 3d character creator that can be found online. Any kind of character can be created this way, you can even make your own Anime character.
