Scratch

firepool wrote:

How do you make an animated drawing? I can't seem to figure it out.

Make a new sprite, draw the first frame, go to costumes (above all the scripts there is a costumes tab) copy the firs frame, then once it is copied edit the second one - make little adjustments to make it as soon as possible. Then once you have edited it click on ok, then copy it and edit the third frame. Once you´ve got all the frames you want, add this script to the sprite:
[blocks]
<when green flag clicked>
<forever>
<wait( 0.5 )secsc>
<next costume>
<end>
[/blocks]
You can change the 0.5 to any number, the lower the number, the faster the animation. Have fun! If you have any more questions, just ask! 

What about if you want to go backwards through the costumes after going forward, do you have to do that one by one or is there a short cut like for going forward?

Thanks 

i see...thnk 

Scratch:
first of alll paint a background/sprite second of all draw the next frame for your animation and the next and the next......and you get the point. (IMPORTANT: Frames are COSTUMES NOT SPRITES)
Second of all when animating use the scripts either:
when (instert key,flag) clicked
Forever/repeat (any numbers) times
switch to costume (random)
wait (any numbers here depending on how fast you want it to be)
and repeat doing the 2 scripts (wait and the costume one) with the costumes (frames) you want for one part.
if you want ALL costumes as your animation without using certain costumes only use the "next costume" and under the next costume script the "wait (any numbers depending how fast/slow you want it to be) on the "forever" or "wait (put numbers here depending on how many times want it to repeat)
However if you want it to end (this only works with the repeat times block) under the repeat block put either stop script or stop all. this may not make any sense but i'll try to make it.

my latest animation-in-progress (unfinished)
spongebob homemade2