Ryan Adams is an awesome musician and a friend of mine and he’s selling an album from a live set he played at the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh. I’ve illustrated this cover for him. I’ll have information about where you can buy the album after it goes on sale.
Here’s the timer, much easier to control than the old setInterval (or onEnterFrame)
var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000) // one second
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, updateTimer);
function updateTimer(event:TimerEvent):void {
// do something
};
Then you can start it with
timer.start();
and stop it with
timer.stop();
Check out the other properties and methods here.
Available as a print over at redbubble:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/damienmason/art/3184746-2-even-monsters-like-to-draw
Ok, I’m going to use the Flash section of this site to display finished work, but I’ll also use it for code snippets and other tips I discover as I work. I’ve just started using Actionscript 3, so it will be useful for me to have this stuff on hand, and hopefully useful for any of you who are also learning.
To start off with – buttons. Buttons have changed to fit with the event dispatcher model that AS3 uses extensively. Previously, a button link would be something like this:
button.onRelease = function():void {
// do something
};
Now, however, it need to be linked to an event, like so:
function buttonFunction(event:MouseEvent):void {
// do something
};
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonFunction);
Otherwise if you want a cut-down version you can also drop the function into the button event:
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
// do something
});
I’ve donated a couple of artworks to the MAAF Charity Card site at the request of Franzi. MAA Foundation is a small NGO who support the education of underpriviledged kids in Bangladesh and Uganda, and 100% of the profit from these cards go straight to them. Check out their site for more information Thanks to Franzi for giving me the opportunity to help out, and I hope you’ll head over there and check them out.
My cards are Floating and Flying, and I recommend having a look around the page because there are plenty of really good works from talented artists.
This is my entry into the Design a Raskull competition – check out the full details here. His name is “Headhunter”.
We’re working on an update to the The Good Dog Design Tickle Monster app. Two new monsters, check out the artwork.
Available as a t-shirt on redbubble:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/damienmason/t-shirts/2970467-2-kitten-rain
Available as a print on redbubble:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/damienmason/art/2958464-2-portrait-of-a-drowned-man
