So here is my latest eCard that I designed in flash. Nothing really special but I think it turned out well. This was for a Christian Artiste - Scott Riggan.
I used Flash 8 as always. I guess the most complex part of this was the mp3 player, and it is not that big of a deal if you have been working in flash for a wile. It has your basic external XML file that loads the song information and also tells flash where to look for all the song files on the server. Enjoy!
As a guitar player myself I just had to pick Steve Vai as a subject matter. Everything you see was drawn using Flash 8 only. No graphics where imported from photoshop or any other program. This is the power you can harness when you learn how to illustrate in flash. When you click on the picture that takes you to the actual Flash file you should right click on it and zoom in and check out some of the detail.
I used a lot of the new filters and blend modes that come with Flash 8 on this one. Man it really lets you do a lot of really cool stuff. Wile you are at it compare my drawing with the home page of Vai.com. Let me know how I did. 
So here is a very cool little project that I did on not long ago. I got a new mobile phone called a Pebl. I liked the design and how simple it looked so much that I thought it would make a great MP3 player. Well this is the result. The Flash MP3 Pebl
All the song information is brought into the player using an external xml file and all the songs are loaded from a folder on the server as well. Pretty dang cool. Another thing that I did was use some of the new filters that come with Flash 8. All the glows and shadowing that you see on this Flash MP3 player are using some kind of Flash 8 filter. One of the really cool things that you can do with the filters is tween them as well. If you click around on this MP3 player a bit you will see what I mean. I hope you enjoy!
Just a quick hello. My name is Matthew Wallace. I am a Flash developer and web designer. I am a freelancer in Spring Hill, TN. This is my first attempt at running a blog and I hope you find it tasty and beneficial. Basically I hope to us it as a place to post what I am learning in flash. Hopefully it will reinforce what I am learning and also help you guys out so that we can call grow as developers.
Over all I really hope that you will join in and contribute to my site by commenting and making suggestions. I want this to become a place where we can learn and grow so that we can all serve up the most delicious Flash content out there!
