Harold & the Purple Crayon for the Flash Set

Posted Jun 6th 2006 9:54AM by David Robinson
Filed under: Art, Flash Platform, Flash 8

Here's something to add a little laughter to your day...or a lot of laughter, depending on how you react to such things. So, just to play it safe, don't look at this in the middle of a meeting like John Dowdell did yesterday! Wait till you have a few minutes alone (or invite your closest cube-mates) and let it roll.

Alan Becker did a great job updating the Harold and the Purple Crayon concept, infusing it with the frustration and angst that every Flash animator has experienced at one time or another. There's something really satisfying about seeing the Flash IDE under attack.

Enjoy!

[via JD]

Reader Comments

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1. I really enjoyed this animation.

Posted at 12:43PM on Jun 6th 2006 by Chris Charlton

2. A spark of genius along with nice animation, loved it :)

Posted at 3:01PM on Jun 6th 2006 by Monele

3. Hm, animation is good, but models are too abstractive

Posted at 5:33PM on Jun 7th 2006 by Alex

4. That was great! I laughed so hard.

Posted at 5:54AM on Jun 9th 2006 by Wins

5. Alan Becker is only 17 years old. This is incredibly good! And the figures play off of the whole stick figure/ action movie phenomenon.
I laughed 'til the tears rolled.

Posted at 6:06PM on Jun 24th 2006 by em

6. lol, this animation is just amazing.

Posted at 9:38PM on Jul 7th 2006 by proestilo

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