Would you like to live in a place like this? (hot, recorded)

[Pincho-toot]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

A standard four seasonal climate. Not my ideal place to live in.

Fair enough. Though a seasonless place would be less fun to animate (Though less work.)

[Pincho-toot]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

I'll take April through November in that climate. Love the t'storms but you can keep the winters. I'll see if I can create a gif animation for my ideal climate. Which software program did you use?

I drew them on MS Paint, believe it or not. I made them last year and decided recently to synch it up with audio.

[alex985]

Originally Posted by BadgerFilms

No specific location, just a continental climate like in the northern US.

Minneapolis?

[Pincho-toot]

Originally Posted by alex985

Minneapolis?

Made the winters a bit warmer then Minneapolis' would be, and the growing season a tad bit longer. Maybe Somewhere in Missouri or Illinois?

Maybe I'll do one of Florida, and instead of snow in the winter, the landscape is full of old white ladies

[ABrandNewWorld]

Originally Posted by BadgerFilms

I drew them on MS Paint, believe it or not. I made them last year and decided recently to synch it up with audio.

Nice, I thought you downloaded some sort of animation software. I'm impressed that you did it all just using MS paint: did you draw everything in each frame free hand or did you use any clip art?

[ABrandNewWorld]

Originally Posted by BadgerFilms

Made the winters a bit warmer then Minneapolis' would be, and the growing season a tad bit longer. Maybe Somewhere in Missouri or Illinois?

Maybe I'll do one of Florida, and instead of snow in the winter, the landscape is full of old white ladies

or do an Oklahoma one with a tornado touching down if you want more of a challenge.

[Pincho-toot]

Originally Posted by ABrandNewWorld

Nice, I thought you downloaded some sort of animation software. I'm impressed that you did it all just using MS paint: did you draw everything in each frame free hand or did you use any clip art?

I drew everything. No clip art. It involved a process of creating base backgrounds like for example "leafless base" or "snow base 1" (because of the variety of snow depths) and changing things like the clouds, grass and leaf colour and adding little animals. All the animals were drawn on a file and were placed accordingly to the scene.

[ABrandNewWorld]

Originally Posted by BadgerFilms

I drew everything. No clip art. It involved a process of creating base backgrounds like for example "leafless base" or "snow base 1" (because of the variety of snow depths) and changing things like the clouds, grass and leaf colour and adding little animals. All the animals were drawn on a file and were placed accordingly to the scene.

You are a gifted artist. I can barely draw a stick figure so I'll have to use clip art for my scenes.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

^^ You get cicadas up there in the Great North?

I'd love to call it home. Seems like a well-balanced 4 season climate.

Yes we do. I think we've had this chat before.

We're not that different from a place like Toulouse in the summer. Maybe a half degree or a degree off.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

^^ You get cicadas up there in the Great North?

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Cicadas (cigales)…

I now understand why this is perplexing to the French as I did some research.

It seems that this insect does not venture that far into the north of France.

So it's very associated with the south of country (pays des cigales and all that jazz).

The distinctive ''song'' of this insect is entrenched in the minds of the French as something that is very typical of the south.

It's really only there that you hear it.