Preparing project "Auditioning"

I finally decided that I needed animators, however, I won't just take anybody as animators. I need to know if the person can produce the same style I use. Not to sound cocky, it's more that I want the same style for every episode. Suddenly a different style just doesn't work. Look at all the years of Dragonball. It changed from very cruddy to very crisp, but this did cause some style conflicts in flashbacks.

Anyway, details on what it means when you get accepted will come when I actually launch the project. I will first try the project out on SFDT.COM, a site with stick figure animators. This is due to their experience with Flash. However, because most don't have a background in sprite animations, it is just as new for them as for most of you.

The way I've planned it now is that I make a library with poses from Kevin Keene. You may add your own backgrounds (within Flash or with bitmaps), but the main focus is Kevin Keene. There will be a few things which need to be included in the animation, like jumping and moving in sync with the music (of course of your choice).

I myself will first try the project out to see if it is doable, then the first auditionings go to SFDT.COM as a Challenge. They can choose to actually audition for the project. If not, they at least can see how diferent sprite animating is from stick, and it can give me more insight on what should be changed. Normally my brother checks for animating quality, but this time I'll judge, mainly because I have more experience with sprite animating than my brother.

Next, the auditions will go to both Pixeltendo and CaptainN.net. I might involve other sites in this, so if you have any suggestions, please comment. For now I'm setting up the sprites for this mini-project.

I can't wait to begin.