Comments on: Thoughts on technical art in Flash

By: Og2t

Og2t — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:24:41 +0000

Yeah, as Flash dev (and a technical artist) I often end up converting assets from Illustrator to Flash, removing masks, flattening artwork etc. CS5 has landed but these issues remain unchanged – try to copy/paste between Fireworks and Flash. Ridiculous! Artists usually don’t care how their artwork actually “works”.

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:50:44 +0000

So is the solution to stay with one program?
Since Flash is the software you’ll be using to create the animation and interactive elements, and the MB size of your Flash game must be kept to a minimum, it would seem that creating the art in Flash to begin with may be the smartest thing to do. A technical artist seems to be needed through out the process indeed.

By: Bill Robinson

Bill Robinson — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:56:57 +0000

Great article! I knew Illustrator could do weird things in Flash, but that is ridiculous. I am a lead artist at a Flash game company and I am trying to build a set of technical guidelines for everyone here. I would love to hear more from you on this.

By: Ruben

Ruben — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:01:32 +0000

As a tech artist in traditional game development I can’t imagine how flash devs get by without a tech artist. I dabble in flash in my spare time and I can easily see how a regular artist could make non optimal choices from a peformance perspective.