Drawing. On Paper!

I haven’t posted any sketches for an age - due to me not actually sketching for an age - so I’ve scanned the last couple of pages of my sketchbook. The top image is thanks to the current Illustration Friday topic, ‘Moon’, and I’m vectorifing ™ it as I write (well, not as I write, because that would be a feat worth boasting of, but you know what I mean.)

Outdated Flash 8 Tip Probably of Use to Nobody but Me:

I’ve been using Flash 8 for client interface design work recently and, as I’m used to MX 2004, I was completely confuzzled by the new drawing modes. I’d draw a line, and it would automatically be grouped on-stage. This meant that my drawing process in Flash - 1. draw a line, 2. curve it - had two additonal steps to it - 1. draw a line, 2. break it down, 3. click off it to deslect, then 4. curve it. Argh! I knew there must be something in the preferences to stop objects automatically grouping and, after some rummaging, I discovered the new drawing modes - well, new if you’re a couple of years behind in software updates like me! Just clicking on this little button:

…in the tools palette enables you to switch between ‘merge’ drawing mode (the Flash we know and love) and ‘object’ drawing mode (scary, Illustrator-like Flash).