Creating my bike link

I started by designing the bike on paper. I did this so that I had a good idea of what I was aiming for when I produced the final design on the computer. (link to the drawing)

After designing the bike on paper I then opened the program that I was going to use, Flash MX, to produce the animated gif.

I then created different layers for each part of the design. By creating different layers for each part of the design I was able to create a more detailed animation as I was able to animate each layer individually.

I started by creating the frame of the bike, I did this by using the line tool.  I constructed the main part frame by drawing two triangles, to create the handlebars I used the line tool again, but this time I curved the line. I created the seat using the paint brush. Below is how the frame looked when I had finished.

After creating the frame for the bike, I had to create the wheels. I did this using the oval tool to get the shape of the wheel; I then used the line tool to draw spokes. I then grouped the wheel and the spokes together and then to make the bike look more like a cartoon I squashed the wheel. Below you can see what the wheel looked like when it was complete.

After creating the wheel I then copied and pasted it onto a new layer so that I had two wheels for the bike.

After creating everything that I need to produce the animated gif. I then started to animate each part of the design. I did this by inserting key frames into the timeline to start a motion, after doing this I had to right click on the key frame to create motion tween, this allowed the design to be animated. I then inserted key frames at primary moments in the animation to end the motion. This is how the timeline looked when the whole animation had been finished.

Below is how the animated gif turned out.

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