Kicking off Student Week
Let’s give it up to the next generation of Flash animators. They’re starting younger and younger these days, and I felt like the ‘tweens who tween’ deserved a little shout out as they head back into the second half of the school year. Keep your eyes on guys like Dave Logan, the ‘Bloodmobile’ animator, and Hye-Min Kim…
He’s an animator focusing on Flash up at Vancouver Film School. 
His short, ‘101 Chickies’ is full of that wacky pop-culture insanity that tends to become viral. Hye-Min has a bizarre yet simple concept: draw 101 different types of chicks (the bird-type) and end on a self-portrait. VFS has been turning out some of the latest Flash animators on major series, including Benjamin Meinhardt and Nathan Keane, who both worked on ‘The Buzz on Maggie.’
Moving to the other hemisphere, Flash Classroom, an Australian education hub aimed at students P-12, 
recently held their Flash Classroom Awards. Taking first place in the ‘Best Flash Animation’ category was Tanya Pernase, a 10th year student at Innisfail State High School. Her award winning submission is titled ‘Spirit of Nature’ and according to the site, she used “guide layers, nested animations and traditional animation techniques.”
Congrats to Tanya, and the rest of the winners and participants in the awards. It’s great to see students of all ages getting exposed to the power of Flash animation.
The Flash Classroom site also hosts a variety of animation tutorials that any Flash beginner should take advantage of.
Tags: Australia, VFS
January 31st, 2006 at 11:49 pm
Online fairy acid rules!!