James Paterson demonstrates how he uses Flash and ActionScript 3 to animate his drawings.

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Submitted by filmbilly

Posted Dec 17 2009 04:08 PM

Artist James Paterson is a wildly talented illustrator, animator and one heck of a great guy. I had the good fortune of working with him on the ActionScript 3 training series taught by ActionScript guru and author Colin Moock. Colin is a truly gifted 'man on a mission' and the best AS3 teacher on the planet.

James has concocted a strange brew of line drawings that mixes creatures, nooses, toasters, hair dryers and other odd artifacts and curios. This imagery comes from an area of James's brain that most will never access. His AS3 skills (learned from Mr. Moock) have made this imagery available to the world in a game or what he calls a 'software environment' which you can experience for yourself on his website presstube.com.

Here's a short profile of James's show-n-tell from Colin's AS3 training series:

If that perked your interest here's the whole hog:

Cover of Colin Moock's Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend Course 1

Learn more about this topic from Colin Moock's Lost ActionScript 3.0 Weekend Course 1.

Pack your bags for the Lost ActionScript Weekend. In Course 1 of this unique DVD training series, you'll learn how to program in ActionScript 3.0, starting with the basics and moving into intermediate programming techniques. World-renowned ActionScript guru and educator Colin Moock presents this intimate learning experience, based on his bestselling O'Reilly book, Essential ActionScript 3.0, and his successful "ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up Tour."