Just a little experiment for an upcoming animation project.  The usual flat cartoony vectors just wouldn’t be right, so I was playing with layering bitmap fills with gradients designed to simulate 3D.  I’m pretty excited about the results…

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This was also a chance to get to grips with the new Motion Editor in Flash CS4.  I’ve made that and a CS3 version available for download if you’d like to have a look.

Download the .fla (CS4)
Download the .fla (CS3)

Have a look at www.imageafter.com if you’re looking for more texture images.