Couldn't complete my animation in time. I was working on Tomamoto's very finely voiced entry. Really wish I could've finished it.
But between the projects and exams, I just didn't have time. I never have time anymore. College does that.
And now I've got to get to work on Spirit of Halloween 3. Cause if I don't have it done in time for THIS Halloween... I don't think anyone's gonna want to watch it at that point.

Looking forward to seeing what the rest of you cook up for Talk Like A Pirate Day. Have fun!

I'm off to get some sleep before Penn State vs Temple.

So back in 2006, I created "Dare" (rather hastily) for a graduation at the church I was currently attending. I didn't think the internet would take too kindly to it, but I was encouraged to put it up by quite a few, so I went ahead and did. Now the thing's got about half a million views across the internet. Which is pretty neat. Heh, I still will have people bring that one up, "Hey, I saw your Dare animation" when meeting me. I'll go places and bump into random people who still remember seeing it. Wasn't that it was THAT popular, but people remembered seeing it if they had seen it.

Anyway, my good buddy Patrick asked me a little while back if he could remake it. I thought it was a great idea. I really wanted to see where he went with it.
And I love the different things he did with it. Rather than just a direct copy, it's an artistic reimagining. It's like the story as told through the eyes of Pat.

So definitely go check it out and please support it:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
507092

There will be some who like the original better, there will be many who like the new one better. I don't mind either way. Just enjoy it and watch with an open mind.

Because the public hasn't been forced to accept something this excessively since the Roman Catholic empire!

Do it. Do it. Do it.

Awesome weekend. Played nonsense card games, brought out the old N64 Super Smash Bros for nostaliga's sake, watched a lot of Monty Python, and ate an absurd amount of crap with my friends all Saturday.
Dinner with the family. Some incredible salmon and a caesar salad.
Then to the cinema to watch Star Trek, which was a pretty good movie. It was great to actually go the theaters and enjoy what I was watching for once, something that rarely happens in 2009.
Go see Star Trek. It's worth it. I'm becoming a huge fan of JJAbrams.

Now shower praise upon me.

PS. Sketchbook Tour package arrived today, I'll try to make something slightly above mediocre this time. I promise. :(

SQUEAKYTOAD.COM is ready to go. Been throwing it together in my spare time. Go check it out. I'll stick any content I create there before anywhere else.
Trying to get some other content aside from Flash stuff to motivate people to actually visit it once and a while.
Especially when I don't have any new Flash content to upload.
Yeah, I've been really busy lately. Final exams before summer break, got a new job as a photographer, and trying to pull together a live action fifteen minute film with minimal resources.

Also, I'm the winner of the ForTheLose.org Giveaway extravaganza. I thought I'd give Ralph a plug to express my gratitude. After all, I didn't really have to do anything for him (the beauty of sweepstakes). Thanks, Ralph!
(EDIT: Really all you had to do was link to his site and the contest in a blog post or subscribe to the site to be entered. Just letting you know in case he has future ones.)

And I'm really looking forward to the new Wolverine movie. If it sucks, I'm going to really have to hurt someone, cause I'm having a terrible week.
Planning on seeing it opening day. Hopefully it's awesome.
Oh hey, speaking of Wolverine and my website, here's some content you'll find on squeakytoad.com:

Yeah, that wasn't much. I really just mentioned Wolverine so you would get in here and I'd earn some ad revenue.
And, honestly, you don't care about my website.

He's been tinkering around with flash, so I thought while I was home I'd set him up with an account here. He wanted to wait till he had something better to submit, but I wanted to show him how it goes now as it would be irritating to do so over the phone from college.

So go check his work out (he's a good deal younger than most animators, so don't be too harsh with your critique). I personally think he's got a lot of potential and am interested in seeing where he goes with flash.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
488025

Oh, and be a doll and give him a good vote on his first movie, sweetie.

As for me, I'm still drowning under my studies. A few more months and I'll have time to actually work on stuff again.

Oh, and check this out:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
487585
Cool stuff from the VF twins. Two other very young animators with loads of potential.

I noticed a lot of people complaining about how Mastermind 2&3 and There She Is 3,4,5 were both nominated as a single movie for the Tank award. People pointed out that this might give them an unfair advantage.
Of course, how are the guys behind it supposed to select one over the other? Especially if the two are direct continuations?

Perhaps a new award for Best Series of the Year would solve the problem. It would also open up award possibilities for people who make shorter installations that can't be fit for Tankees as they are, but merit one in consideration of the entire series.
The Emmys and the Golden Globes have them.

Anyway, just a thought I had this morning that I thought I'd post.

Oh yeah, I am working on stuff, btw. I'm not dead or anything... some of you may be disheartened to hear either of those two statements...

TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS.

What's up, guys? Just dropped in this fine Christmas Eve to wish you all a Merry Christmas and whatnot.

Oh, and Tom's give-away of the tablets is pretty awesome this year. I remember how great it was getting mine in the mail back in '06.
What's also cool is that three of the winners got their start in collabs I ran.
Voodoo
Lazyfeet
Raguel
Huge congrats to those guys! It's really great seeing all this up-and-coming talent on NG. It's insane really how many quality artists are showing up these days. Eventually it will result in an intense cataclysmic reaction of awesome animation, which I hope to be around to see.

And while everyone has always talked about doing a feature-length flash movie (Han and I were discussing something like that as well before I became so busy and became practically alienated from everything on the internet), I must point out that KartuneHustla is attempting to organize something of the like. Not sure if it will work out (huge undertaking), but I love this guy's stuff and am pretty confident whatever he gets around to doing will be worth your while in checking out.
But if you're an animator (not just one of the many dozens of kids commenting on his news post who don't actually do anything but want their name in the credits of something like that) who's actually interested and believes it will work, go check it out.

Ok, kids, stay in school!

I've received several hundred e-mails, messages, and comments about this, so I suppose I should address it.

Yes, I missed Halloween. I started work on the movie in late September. Thought if I gave myself six weeks to work on it, I'd be good. Unfortunately, I blew the first two weeks trying to frame-by-frame everything(whereas the first two movies were heavily tweened with only a few fbf sequences and actions).
This was a bad idea considering my deadline. I then started rushing the next two weeks. Everything was looking like crap.
I finally decided, with Halloween two weeks away, I'd just forget it and make something else (so I spent the next two weeks putting together "Jigsaw").

I used to be able to set aside a week or two on my calendar, forsake social gatherings of a recreational sense, and pump out these movies.
The problem now is that those good ol' high school days are gone. I've got so much on my plate in my new life (which I moved into this August), that I don't have time to just delve into flash for hours on end. This is why I've been rather inactive of late (though it was nice to see my fans and friends hadn't forgotten me- I got a warm welcome back).

Now I'm stuck with the dilemna of when to produce the third and final segment. It's written, it's largely voiced, and, as I said, parts of it are already animated.
My first thought it to just wait till next Halloween. It is a Halloween flash after all. Releasing it outside the holiday really takes away a lot of the effect. This would also give me plenty of time between now and then to set aside a few hours each weekend and work on it, which would have it done well in advance.
The negatives are that, by that time next year, the animation I've already completed will be way outdated, and feel like a waste.
Not to mention I've got thousands of people breathing down my neck about this thing. I don't know if I'll survive till next Halloween if I don't get this thing done.

So what are your thoughts, guys?