Flash Era Web Animation

Flash黄金期のウェブ / 1998–2010 / Style / Internet Aesthetics

Thick vector outlines, tweened morphs and splash-page cursor play: the decade in which Flash gave individuals expressive power and turned the web into one animated artwork.

Flash Era Web Animation — AI-generated interpretation 1 — AI-generated interpretation, not a reference work

Flash Era Web Animation — Bennett Foddy, QWOP, 2008 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0 — Bennett Foddy, QWOP, 2008 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0 · CC0

Flash Era Web Animation — Molleindustria, Embrioni in Fuga, 2004 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Molleindustria, Embrioni in Fuga, 2004 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

At a glance

Visual cues

Thick vector outlines
Tweened transformation
Splash pages
Cursor-following play

Best used for

An entry page that gives visitors one short piece of staged motion
Serialized short animations or playable toys distributed at small file sizes

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Dictionary entry

Type: Thick-outlined drawn letters treated as artwork and deformed like it
Composition: A fixed-size single stage shown through transitions rather than scrolling
Material: Simple vector shapes moved by tweening, with photographs kept out
Caution: Making the intro a rite of passage with no way to skip turns it into a slow obstacle for anyone arriving a second time.
Further study: Newgrounds's upload culture / 2advanced's experimental sites / Flash's end and its preservation

Related entries

Web 1.0 (ウェブ1.0)Shared effects: Nostalgia / Play.Compare Flash Era Web Animation and Web 1.0
Cartoon Modern (カートゥーン・モダン)Shared effects: Play / Exhilaration.Compare Flash Era Web Animation and Cartoon Modern

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