I LOVE YOU YOU DESERVE IT <3

yey first comment =)

Great job, you are a very talented artist. And i'm sure you will move on to big and great things.

Congrats man, you deserve it!

just wondering, whats your job now? are you freelance or is brackenwood being turned into something bigger?

You completely deserve it as you are one of the most amazing animators out there.

You deserve the first tank award, congratulations! Post some pictures when you get the trophy... if you get one. :\

Don't worry too much 'bout what some poeple say. You belong on NG.
Ya fit in with the odd bunch of us. :3

Living life your way is always a tough battle. It is one that never ends. But who cares about the battle. Those who can liive by their dreams are the happiest of mens !

Congratualtions, Bravo, Chapeau, and every other synonyms !
_

-Bruno

more bitey????0_0

nice and congrats on the Tankie win

You deserve every award and positive comment you get.

Your work sets the bar for most people and it lets people know what flash can accomplish if applied correctly.

Keep up the great flash work!

You better keep up the good work, Adam, cause' I'm planning to give you a run for your money. *Evil laugh* I expect to see a Brackenwood movie coming out to theaters soon.

Best Regards,
-Flecko-

You inspire all!

I don't comment much, but I think your post deserves a few words. I'm one of the (I'm sure) many fans of the Brackenwood series. I've enjoyed your animations and have also watched all the little mini-animations on your site. I'd just like to say that you opening up and letting all us newgrounders know where you came from and your history of animating is really inspiring. To be honest, I was quite moved by your story, and it makes me feel like you deserve the award all the more. By sharing with us all you went through and all the work you put into your craft really pushes all of us (even the 16 year old students like me) to strive for our best. I just now logged onto newgrounds to procrastinate a little and waste some time. But after reading this post, I find myself compelled to go back and do some of my schoolwork =P. So again, congrats on winning the award, and I'll be looking forward to more flashes by you.

You deserve every second of praise that you reseive!
You've obviously worked at becoming the best your whole life, and now you have a trophy on behalf of Newgrounds to show that your hard work is worth something to a lot of people!
Congratulations!

Congratulation !!! That awards is exactly what you and your animations deserve ! :D

.:Fede:.

It's awesome to see artists connecting with their audience. I mean it's good that you actually show that you're not some soul-less machine churning out intense flash movies. Also, congrats.

Good Blog, Im glad to hear you strive to help improve those around you as well as improving yourself. It is a sincere gesture that i am sure all of us here at NG appreciate and thank you for.

Congratulations on the trophy. I love your Brackenwood shorts, and am so happy that you are making more. If you ever do decide to make a comic, you should definitely make one about the Brackenwood shorts. I would buy it as soon as it hits the shelfs.

I always found your work rather inspirational, I can't see why people would want you to leave.

Stupid people say stupid things. And jealous people say even stupider things. So don't pay attention to people when they try to drag you down. Hard work always pays off. ... Not that I can say that from experience. My natural talent is figuring out how to manipulate people into doing things for me (except for my writing, which is quite possibly the only thing I ever take that seriously). And your natural talent is obviously being quite a BEASTLY animator, so don't quite anytime soon. Hell, do what the Walt did and get yourself frozen before you die, that way later generations can experience the magic that is Brackenwood! Anyway, I just wanted to say that you really deserved that award.

You deserve it, CONGRATULATIONS.
Waterlollies inspired all of us.

You deserve everything you get. It doesn't matter that you have skill. You got that with practice and everyone could learn from you.

I find you very inspiring, I must say. You're story has touched me. Its like... Cinderella, but with more Bitey. You're a great inspiration to me, and you're one of the reasons I started making flash. When I first saw Bitey of Brackenwood, I said "Wow, I want to make that..." I moved out of making comics, and started to animate in Powerpoint (yes, it was painful). When I eventually got flash, I began to train myself. Right now, I am trying to improve my drawing, like you used to. You have re-inspired me with your post, and I am going to push myself harder. You're probably just going to read this and say "Oh, look, another fan.". I am a fan, yes, but I am an aspiring animator. It would really mean a lot to me if you replied to this, or PM'd me some tips for animation. Normally I would PM you, but I'm sure your inbox is already filled to the brim.

So don't think you don't deserve the award, you do deserve it. You're an inspiration to more than just me, and I thank you for that, man. Good luck with your future projects, and thank you for reading this.

(I'm probably missing something to say... oh well....)

You make newgrounds a better place adam and obviously make people like myself strive to be better at what we do. I look forward to your next project as always.

You have no idea how much do i understand all that you are saying. YES you should be here and you should win a lot of stuff. I mean, youve earned it, right?

Be sure to enjoy that tank a lot.

This is the response I've been waiting for. People suggesting that Waterlollies couldn't be allowed to win because the man behind it was too good irritated the crap out of me. It goes against what the site stands for. If there were a cut-off point where once you got too good, you couldn't qualify, then what would the point be in surpassing that?

I look forward to your future animations, and once again, congratulations. if anyone deserved this award, it was certainly you. ^.^

I think it's actually pretty ridiculous that people are pissed that you won. Before you came along, we were looking at animations by Legendary Frog and thinking they were more and more amazing after each one he submitted. When started submitting, you set a standard with your attention to detail that just blew our minds. I mean, it was still flash, you could tell that, but it was incredible. It's like being raised off of the dollar menu at McDonalds and then getting some five-star restraunt stuff all of a sudden.

No, man. You gotta do what you love, and you did. Your animation is teaching aspiring actors what that blank frame their looking at in flash is CAPABLE of. Not making a flash into an animation, but conveying a story WITHIN a world.

I would've been really pissed off if anybody else got the Golden Tank. You earned it. Just because it's Everything by Everyone, that doesn't exclude you.

lol, sorry not actors...animators...aspiring animators...

Either way, you got the point, I'm sure. Congratulations! We all look up to you!

You're a true genius and noble person. It's an honor just writing on your blog and you will truly go down in history of this site, no doubt about it. I always enjoyed your work and it was actually some of the first animations I seen from the site that attracted me to it, and now I visit it daily. Your work has also inspired me to put more effort and time into everything I do, and confidence that it will pay off one day. Thanks for everything and enjoy your Tank Award, you truly earned it.

Great job man, I for one think you truly earned this award. Keep up the good work, dude...and don't let people get you down. I did that once, and look at me, I'm permanently flaccid now. PERMANENTLY.

You probably answered this question a hundred of times already but if you liked it so much at Disney, why'd you drop out?

Also, the award is well deserved.

Congrats. But still, a little modesty would be nice. Sure, you worked hard to improve your skills (and it makes sense that you don't want people judging you because you're an ex-Disney animator), but you should recognize that you've got a serious advantage over the rest of us.
After all, the majority of us are in high school or college (you're thirty-seven). I and nearly everyone else here as no professional art training (you have several diplomas from art schools).
You're like eighteen years older than me and have an even larger age advantage on about 90% of Newgrounds.
With another eighteen years of practice, I hope I'll have improved a good deal.

Now everyone is going to complain I'm stirring up drama, but I'm not intending to.
I love your work (it's on my favorites list). You're an awesome animator. And your stuff really brings a great new life to this place. I show so many people I know your animations when they're released. I've even studied aspects of your animation that I liked hoping to imitate areas you've mastered.
And while there were a few other artists I was hoping would win, I suppose you're FAR more deserving than most.

I was just saying, this post is kinda lame. You have an advantage over nearly all of us, but that's no big deal. No one's trying to assassinate you because you won this award. You don't have to defend yourself. Just accept you've got the upper hand and be proud of your abilities.

Anyway, congrats on the award. And, as always, I'm really looking forward to your future animations.
You're awesome, man.

Thanks for your post, it's nice to see that dedication pays off. Much props to you and your skill and especially your skill of HARD WORK.

@ Squeaky Toad, there's a difference between humility and false humility. When someone has legitimately made valid statements about the time, effort, and skill, they've put into something, it's not boasting, especially when it has the potential to inspire others and show them the way to success.

To say the post is "lame" because Adam has more experience seems silly, there will never be a level playing field on NG nor in life, so whining about one person's perceived advantages over someone else is a pretty useless endeavor, just get to work and earn your place among the stars...and that won't happen by tearing down the existing stars.

The best on NG.... just don't win next year or your fans will be your worst enemies. Lol

you deserved it! got any name on a new brackenwood short?

I have never really liked your work, particuarly as a story writer, but I have to admit that I respect what you do, and Waterlollies wasn't bad as far as a story is concerned. Good job, and congratulations.

@BoMToons: Whining? I wasn't doing anything of the sort. I was just pointing out that Adam was complaining about things, and rather than just ignoring those people, he tried to present a situation where he had no advantage.
That's all.

I wasn't "tearing down" him at all. As I said, I love his stuff.

squeakytoad, could you please stop hijacking this post with your inane rambling.
I swear to god you just stick your head, say something stupid, then spend the rest of the night hitting refresh just to defend your stupid opinion.

Nothing about what adam said was "lame" or "complaining". Where does your logic come from?

Anyways congratulations adam, and if I see squeaky post one more time here..so help me god.

Yeah screw those people who say you're to good for this place... maybe this post will talk some sense into them. You deserved the award and, along with many others, I'm glad you walked away proud.

Cheers!

I wantz moar Bitey.

Me and my friends knew waterlollies would win. The animation is so smooth.

I actually had to teach myself to animate too. The only intro I got was for Swish V2.01 last year (and I still use that program fro animation as Flash is expensive and I'm not able to enter a highschool yet that would give it to me free cuz I'm really young) by my mom who was doing graphic logo designs for her company for extra cash.

RIP Mom :(

But anyways I've developed my current skills in a year or so with my only intro being that things could be drawn and slide across the screen.

I had to think of a way to add sound.

I had to learn how o make things move without then coming from offscreen at the start.

Alone.

So I actually wish to one day be as good as you, even if it's just to entertain the mass, and hopefully I can get paid.

Grats on your Award, by the way.

I hope to see more amazing drawing and smooth animation that keeps it's high level of creativity and entertainment for a full 10 minutes, and maybe for a whole 120 minutes, if you still are planning on that movie.

I'm waiting for news :D

What exactly did you focus on whilst improving your artistic skills? Anatomy? Landscapes? Everything? Did you use reference/model sheets? I must know :(

Without your cartoons to remind us of what we're all shooting for as young artists, I fear Newgrounds would be a duller place. Even the naysayers know it; they're venting because they hate knowing they stand little chance against the work that you have set your mind and life to.

Unless you're submitting content that you did FOR Disney and under Disney's explicit supervision, then you've got nothing to defend yourself from, my friend. The playing field here is completely even. You have no advantages other than what you yourself are capable of.

They separate boxers into divisions based on physical attribute, not skill. NO ONE should be discounted from a competition based on level of skill, because then it ceases to be a competition. That's called "rigging". So unless you're taking Flash steroids, or you've got a Cintiq in place of your left hand, then I fear we're all playing the same game, and next time everyone will have to try just a little bit harder to take you on.

I'm done with the sports analogies - congrats Adam! And expect stiff competition next year you son of a gun :D

Big congratulations man,you deserved that award with no doubt. And don't mind the haters man,they're just jealous of you,and you being a "pro" isn't something that separates you from us - you like to draw and create as much as we all do - you have just improved yourself to the professional level. In fact,you inspire us all to improve,when we're watchin' your movies. Hope to see more movies from you

peace :)

yup ^-^

we want you on NG
always somin I can watch when I'm feeling a little low on inspiration or something XD

The awards was for the best artist (and movie) of 07, and professioinal or not, you've proven worthy of this. Newgrounds isn't about "the best amateur", and NG itself definitley benefit of your works on here.

That was an interesting blog, thanx for sharing. It's an inspiring read, whether you're a drawing artist or not! :)
I (and many others:) can't wait to see more from you on here. Keep doing what you do!

It makes me angry that people say you should be disqualified...

I think it's probably because they are the sort of people that half-ass stuff then don't understand why it's bad... Good thing you are going to stay here though, your movies are fantastic. This sort of thing has happened before with LegendaryFrog, but it's good to see you aren't really affected by it. Also, very glad to hear about more Brackenwood, they were brilliant. I studied The YuYu for hours to work out how to draw a decent forest background (I did get it eventually, but yours is still better).

So basically, what I'm saying is: keep up the good work, you deserved the tank.

You absolutely deserve to be here, if for no other reason than to serve as a beacon to others that hard work and dedication with bring you what you want. I feel that is an inspiring message that deserves to be heard.

Your work is a joy to so many here and rightly so. I wish you all the very best.

Congrats man, your flashes are really inspiring and very whimsical. I'd love to see a full length movie on the world you've created. You deserve the acclaim and awards you've gotten. Dont let anyone tell you different! : D

Of course you wont. Keep it up though. I'd love to see this world of your developed! Keep adding to it! You cant abandon Brackenwood! Keep making them flashes. Your awesome. Truly awesome.

And so here my comment lies within the other 50 giving you praise.

Take care.

Well done on the Tank award you deserve it. The animations you do are mind blowing-ly good. Also good luck on new cartoons, if they are going to come. Nice ones :)

You definitely deserve it!

As someone pointed out, the awards were for the best animation, not the best amateur animation.

Nice job on the Tank, you deserve it.
Happy to hear there will be more Brackenwood to come.

I knew you would win.. Because you're my favorite.

Just ask Blue Hippo..

Man grats on the award you deserve it!! loved waterlollies =D

That story touches me. I hope I don't have to go through all that, but I want to go to art school and study animation. I'll always have your work to inspire.

If anyone on this portal deserves to become famous because of his drawing skills, it's you. Your work is absolutely beautiful, the stories are excellent and are at the level of perfection every artist should be aiming for. I wish you the best of luck!

those finale words are the reason I have you on my favorite artist list.

Woah I feel so inspired after reading that, You're the man Phillips! =DD

People on the site are notorious for being a buzz kill ... it happens at every contest no matter what. Its like one of the reasons nobody on staff or whatever enjoys the end process. It almost makes you not even want to do it anymore. But In the end you just have to realize that its part of the site's personality and doesnt really measure the main sentiment of the true newgrounds visitors/artists.

Cheers and well deserved. You shouldnt have to 'defend' anything.

Reading every comment and replying to a few. Thanks everyone for the overwhelming support on this post. It's just another reason I'm not going anywhere. NG is Brackenwood's home away from home :D

It's your strive for improvement that makes me respect you more than anything really, I put it in those terms because of this news post, but more so than your animation experience it's your strives in working with flash. Last year I was in real dire trouble with a school project and your website, it's tips, tutorials and guides to flash helped me more than you can imagine, I mean honestly they made a REAL difference.

I find the whole 'he has Disney animator experience' argument going on flawed to begin with, but if those people still feel so strongly about it then I suggest you look at the work with flash this guy has done, I mean he has truly unlocked the untapped power flash has for so many people, you would be surprised. It's enough to strive for knowledge, it's even more to share it.

Despite all that, there is no need to relate any of that to you deserving the award, because Waterlollies alone deserved the tank award. Congrats ;)

You are currently the best animator in NG so keep making your stuff because I know even the people that are jealous are learning from you so don't stop teaching all of us. And congratulations on winning the first ever NG tank Award you totally deserved it and I knew you were going to win since you got nominated :D

Congratulations on your great accomplishment! You deserve it!

it's really refreshing to know that you're continuing the Brakenwood series =)
an artist with incredible skills should not go missed.
just out of curiosity, what inspires you with the themes of your stories?

I want become at least good as you. Or appreciated. Where is the difference?
When this summer will come i will work hard to edit my series. My fear is that I will be too lazy.
So you take photoes of water to make it look so good ? Interesting...
Congrats you deserve it, even if Waterlollies wasn't the best short of the Brackenwood series.

Congratulations on the tank awards, yours was the best. Maybe negativeONE should've put Bitey in NG rumble. I had no idea that Waterlollies was supposed to be the last one! So I was checking your post for new animations like every week, and now you tell me! Brackenwood was one of my favorite series on this site, along with Madness and Tankmen and Xombie and some others. I hope to see more from you, mostly Brackenwood!

Reading this it has truly inspired me to work harder to achieve my goal of being even a 10th as good as you. (Though I am a stop-motion animator myself, but still the same game in a way right? =D)

Congrats on winning the award, can't really name anybody more deserving.

Anyway, congrats on the award. Thought I'd ask, do you have an idea of what general time your next animation will be released? Any awesome images hinting at the theme? Looking forward to it.

Lol at squeaky for attempting damage control after putting his own foot up his ass.

lmao ^

I really love watching your movies. It may sound lame, but it kind of puts me in this place when I'm watching them. I don't know how to explain it, sorry.

Congratulations on the award!

you definately deserved that NG tank award! congrats!

I Agree
But I Think Your Story proves EVERYONE can Improve
Well Done

Cheers

you should totally try something dialogue based...the voiced characters in your "30 movies in one month" were great.

Way to go! Don't let the radical minority tell you what to do. :)

Your work has always wowed me and I'm glad to be able to watch your movies on Newgrounds whenever I want: I love the fluid and flawless animation, a wonderful assortment of characters, fun stories and great, original music as well.

That's just wonderful that you got hired by Disney and you didn't let some rejections shut you down. I hope, one of these days, I may get my dream job as well.

Congratulations for winning the 1st Newgrounds Tank Award for Animation! I look forward to your next Portal entries. :)

Hey Adam Phillips.

I would like to say that I have always enjoyed your animations and even my family have, it was the second thing I ever saw on newgrounds so I was extremely impressed. However I might add that, for instance the Yu-Yu lacks a story and this really does bring it down.

But after watching hitchiker I would have to say this is one of your best works, well done to all you have achieved and the tank award. I have a few technical questions to ask you:

- do you use paintbrush or pencil in flash.
- What level of smoothing do you use because I usualy have paintbrush at about 50 with second smallest paintbrush size and it comes out really blotchy and not smooth at all.
- what frame rate do you animate in.
- do you do it all fbf and then tween or just comepletely fbf?

Thanks again.

Kind regards -
Sirtom93.

Congratulations on winning the 1st NG Tank Award for Animation! :) You more than earned it, if you ask me. I look forward to your future projects. :)

Congratulations on the tank award, you certainly deserve it. It's also very impressive that you developed the skills you have at animating in your own time.

congrats man u deserve it

Every now and then I go "man that ain't quite fair that he's a professional" but then I remember that newgrounds is everything by EVERYONE. congrats man, you earned it, although I was a little disappointed with waterlollies since I was expecting more of a YuYu type of action.

Hey where are you from, by the way?

You sir are one of the best animators to ever submit to this site! Congats on the award and may you continue to blow us all away with your inspired fash.

Congratulations. We do want you here.

Btw, about that Brackenwood movie:
is there any chance for it to get a threatical release?

Congratulations on winning Tank Awards 2008!!!

You sure are dedicated to making amazing animations!
I sometimes wonder if you ever worked on any animated movies professionally...if so...would you be offended if I asked which ones you've made, directed, or helped animate?

once again! Great Job!

-JBK

i aspire to be you
by the way are you a bladesmith
Pm me if you are

what utter dumbass would say that if your good, you should get off newgrounds. there is alot of good artists on ng. the person problbably sucked and was jelous that your so good

*sniff* *sniff* I sense a hater in this post. Lol.
I guess when you're the winner of the first NG Tank Flash movie award they really can't bother you.
You're really on a whole new level with this flash thing.
Again..Damn you really deserved this award.

You are very inspiring, you're my idol :D

Great work! You really deserve the award. I'm really looking forward to some more Brackenwood products. The first time I saw those forests and waterfalls I gasped. All that beautiful enviroment took away my breath.That is why I would really like to see some diffirent enviroment. Just to experience that moment when you hold your breath again. I can only imagine how some underground caverns or underwater world or outer space would look. Good luck with anything that you do. Whatever it is it will be the best.

Congratulations on winning, it's no suprise. You definatly deserved it, and you're one the only animators who manages to keep their flashes in the top #5 for an extended period of time. When ever I look at the top #50, one of your flashes is always there.

I'd love to see a feature length film of Brackenwood, and I think you'd crazy doing it alone (I presume). But i'm sure you could ge tit done. The Minushi series was canimated by one person, and the results were outsatndiung. I'm sure the Brackenwood movie would be jsut as good, if not better.

I hope you continue submitting your movies to Newgrounds, and good luck in your future animations.

P.S. Have you done any mainstream Disney stuff? Any thing i'm likely to have heard of?

Congrats on winning the Tank award!!

Wow man your blog was pretty inspiring.

GREAT WORK! You deserve everything you get man. You really are an amazing insperation to us all. Keep it up please, I cant wait for your new shorts!

hey, i want to say, that its worthy to have the award. dont let
anyone to tell you other stuff, about your worth.

because in the final time, only you knwo how much your worth.grats on the award

Congratulations Adam, you really deserved it.
I hope to see more Brackenwood in the future and this "Featured Film" of yours.

-SupahHank

P.S. What gave you the idea to start Brackenwood?

After seeing your previous Brackenwood flashes, I thought to myself "How could a flash be any better?" Then, after anxiously awaiting the release of Waterlollies, I finally got the chance to watch it. The very first scene I was shocked. Your previously-clean flashes were no where near as excellent as of now. As for the "haters", shame on them. They just can't handle the fact that your work is better so they come up with an excuse as to why you should be disqualified. Personally, I feel that because you ARE an ex-Disney animator that anyone here could eventually become something of the sort if only they work hard enough. Anyways, after rambling on sentence after sentence, I congratulate you on your Tank Award. You deserved it!
xRedblood

i cant wait to see what you come up with next and its so cool that you made it in the NG tank awards!

Tom's right. I think watching your animations has had a tremendous effect on my own flash work. I was fortunate enough to find a sample file for a V-cam tutorial from Prowlies by the river and got to take a closer look at how you do water. I hadn't really looked at water (in terms of drawing it) as a clear substance with reflections on it's surface... which makes a lot more sense than just using opaque blue. If you haven't already, it would be really sweet to see a few little tutorials (or even just sample files) on other effects. Congratulations on the award, you definitely deserve it.

your the Best NG Flash maker XD

Congratulations on winning the NG Tank Awards. I wish you the best luck in your career.

It doesn't matter whether you're professional or not. You deserved the award. Something would be missing from Newgrounds without you.

Fucking A! That rocks man, I had no, NO idea what crap you went through. Honostly you just changed my opinion about you because I thought you just had the right connections and then you improved. I didn't know you gritted your teeth that much and that, THAT inspires me.

You are trully one of my favorite artists, I would love to see another Bitey coming out!!!!!!

Congrats Adam.

You are definitely my favorite flash animator, and you are a huge inspiration. I love all your animations and basically all your work.

Let me just cut to the chase...

Will you have my babies?
- - -
I kid, lol.

You know what you should do more of, recoding yourself animating, I love to watch others strut their stuff and with you being the best animator in the world, you should definitely do it.

What was your inspiration for Bitey?

He's such a rude, cruel, and yet...intriguing character.

His speed amazes me.

And his compassion for others is so cruel its almost funny.

I wonder what's to come in Bitey's adventure...

I simply can't wait ^^

-JBK

By "studio churning out crap" you mean the special effects department in Disney?

Words aren't enough to describe how much you must work to come up with these animations, do you think you'll ever get paid for the Brackenwood animations

P.S I have troubles finding your early work

you are a true inspiration man

i can honestly say that one of the first animations i ever saw that TRULY inspired me into animating is littlefoot. i can remember perfectly (at my inocent age of 14) how i watched it over and over again, amazed of the magnificent art and flawless animation. i just couldnt believe my eyes.

Ever since that day and even to this very moment, i know i'll never be half as good you, but someday i hope to have a glimpse of your talent and maybe, just maybe, inspire a some kid, like you did with me.

with all my respect and total appreciattion, YOU DESERVE IT, not just for waterlollies, but for all of those other kids that you may have touched (in the heart dude) with the greatness of your animations.

- Otto Ruink (WAaAzZAaA)

I'd really like to see you become a bigger part of the Newgrounds community. You're a huge inspiration and idol to so many people, I'm sure they'd like to hear from you a bit more. (Posts and news updates =)?)

Well, congrats and good luck on that film!
I'd be the first to see it in theaters...

congragulations on winning your recent award, im glad you did and you earned it, ive always been impressed and inspired by your work .

Its people like you who keep me drawing constantly trying to improve myself and for that i thank you, without people like you I would have never started drawing let alone animating . So I guess im trying to say keep animating becuase alot of people depend upon you :)

Maaan...! you most definitley deserved the Tank award... and you will be deserving all of the awards you win in the following years (and I bet they will be an awful lot, only that not really awful, but awesome :) ) Anyway, you rock, you inspire us. Congratulations.

Your beautiful animations will just make people try harder to beat you next year.

You deserve every ounce of praise you can get. For many reasons you are not only my role-model, but many others on this site, and because you offer your very best to us, we strive to make the very best of ourselves.

Brackenwood feature film?! You have to tell us all how we can help, internet petition, Disney protest, whatever. That Tank Awards was yours and we must have your movie! Please.. I'm just a fan. We are all. Don't let us down.

You deserve it man.

Congratulations on the win, and I cannot wait to see this Brackenwood movie you speak of.

Keep up the amazing work, you are an inspiration to us all.

Damn! You got hired by DREAMWORKS?!?!?! Good going!

I think it would be awesome to see a 2 hour brackenwood animation in theaters.

Well youre definitely not working at a studio anymore.

Thanks for posting this! A lot of these brats need to realize that you win all the time because you are super talented and you deserve it. :)

Congrats!

(I mean no disrespect to the other nominees, but to be honest, I was hoping that one of them would blow me away so that it "wouldn't just" be your's in my #1 spot because it seemed like such an obvious shoe-in. But that didn't happen, no one really came close and the talent and execution in your movie was so superb it deserved #1 without question.)

Not to make you feel embarrassed, but, you're one of my few heroes. You and your amazing animations were the final stroke in my decision to become an animator. I someday want to do what you do now; create worlds and bring an audience there. We definitely need to have a one-on-one someday. I need to know all about the dark underbelly of the industry(You worked for Disney. You know it well).

I'm Canadian. My name is Caylex Thompson. I'm going to be a great animator. It's all because of you. Congrats on your Tank, I'll keep my ears open for that movie(DO IT. NO BUTS).

I have a question how did you change from drawing to animating also when is the special effects dvd coming out?

You really deserve it man.
I'm happy your here on NG.
Because both your work is great, and you really inspire me.
Just keep up the great work.
I'm looking forward to the rest of your work.
Have fun with the award.
And thank you for being here!

Excellent work and well earned. Could I please have a pic your waterlollies guy for an avatar? I need one he's awesome. Regardless of the answer congrats on your award.

Congrats dude. You have made a epic video and won the newgrounds award. Damn your great skills. Well heres to you. You damn genius.

Hey chluaid I was just wondering if you got your chance to make a Brackenwood movie would you direct or would you get someone else to direct?

Also would you make it with flash, animation or CGI?

oh noes! u work for disney?
:(

Hehe, well, why are you so surprised? Have you even watched your own movies!? XD

I could see it coming, Waterlollies was on the front page for the longest time this year! (thus far)

Also, and I mean this as a compliment, I think we should have a best movie award and a best movie other than one made by Adam Phillips award XP

just want to say i love ur work. will there be a following episode anytime soon? by the way, i just watched the yuyu (again) and was thinking that a brackenwood game would be awesome. free roaming, tree jumping etc. if possible that would be amazing.

omg disney hired u?! how did u imporve u skills tell me ur secrets :3

im so jealous... tank award looks so awesome lol

Wow that great! You rock man we all support ya!

so the film... is it gonna be big or REALLY BIG?

Muhah i saw the word Phillips written in the grass in some scene in Waterlollies.
Also, u get money for doing this stuff on NG?

You should make a movie of Brackenwood. I would buy it for sure.

HEY LOOKEY HERE
if you want i can give you some links to bladesmithery if you in turn do a favour and give me some links or books i should read
?Deal?

you are the best animator in the world

if you just keep improving who knows what you will make next year?

this film your making could be on t.v, mobiles, dvd around the world!!!

but this film roughly how long will it be like 10mins 30mins 60mins will it be to big to put on newgrounds??

it would mean the world for you to reply back

hey man, when i saw that you were nominated for the first Tank award, i didn't need to see who the other contestants were because you were the CLEAR winner. I just exit the whole thing and knew who would win, and went on to the Game section. So if anyone deserve this first price: It's fucking you man, FuckING you!

yea! no Disney!
did you see the movie thats coming out of theirs?
Beverlay Hills Chiuaua?

GOOD JOB DUDE, Again... I am NOT by ALL means an envious person... But YOU, are the ONLY person in the ENTIRE world.... (no celebrity's can match up to how envious I am of your skill, talent, and genius.) I am ENVIOUS to AT ALL! (no kidding...) thanks for making so many flashes, thank you for contributing to NG, I am forever thankful for watching your videos.

you are the king of flash

Send to pixar to be short in the beginning of Wall-E! :)

What you said about being too talented to be on newgrounds I see in reverse, I watch the brackenwood videos to see what someone can do in flash! Amazing!!

I'm always anxious to see any flashes you make, you rock dude, and congrats :]

Wow man, congrats!!! You deserve that and more! Cheers to my favorite animator on the site : ]

you are sooooooooooooooooo awesome

wow u get a lot of comments

u are an insperation to us all

Congratulations for winning the award. Your flash animations proved to us that you don't need animation diploma or formal training to be able to make something like this. It's all about putting the effort, passion and self discipline into your work.

Aussies for life bro.

Peace

-Dools

gongratulations:D
love your movies:D
hope you get a good education and finish your dream someday:D

Dude, you deserve all the awards and accolades, your work is stunning.

I just wanted to say that you are amazing! I am really inspired by your story here, and I love your stuff! that is all ^_^

Hello.
Sorry to take up your time, but I was just wondering if I could ask a few questions.

1/ I've recently been accepted into an animation course at university, and I imagine that the standard is similar to work-life. (Or at least I'd like to have my work to industry standard) Since I have no real experience in animation, is there any advice that you could tell me that would be beneficial for when I start my course in September? because for the last 2 years studying Graphic Design at college I've only learned to create static images, not moving.

2/ I, one day hope to work for Disney, or any other top rated animation firms. How did you manage to get in contact with Disney, and what did you do/show them to consider you for a placement?

3/ I realise that during my course I will have deadlines for projects. I don't know what programs I will be using, or what I will be creating. But are there any generic 'shortcuts' that you know of that will not comprimise quality of work, but drasticaly reduce the worktime? I realise that's probably not a very easy question to answer, or that it may not even have an answer to provide..

Thankyou for taking any of your time to help.
And if you wouldn't mind. Could you please reply back to my personal e-mail adress at liamsmith1990@hotmail.co.uk
Thankyou.

----

William smith

I know that waterlollies was really big and all... and it obviously took time to make... but whats the next flash about? And when do you think itll be released?

meh. Waterlollies was okay.

damn you sure showed how it needs to be done

Simply because you are one of the best, some people want you out? To me, that just sounds plain wrong. I agree 100% with what Tom Fulp told you. You are an inspiration for others to improve, not a hazard standing in their way of greatness.

Im glad you wont remove your flash form Newgrounds, yet saddened to find out that Waterlollies was the last Brackenwood flash. Looking forward to the film, whenever it will come. I would pay good money for a dvd collection of all your previous Brackenwoods and then some extra content (maybe those 30 shorts in 30 days), just a thought.

Oh, and why havent you put BrackenSack onto Newgrounds?
That would be nice!

Oh yeah! And a very delicious congratulations on your NG award. Nobody deserves it more than you!

You really do deserve the 1st NG tank award Adam, and I hope more Brackenwood movies take future awards!
I was amazed when you said "I developed my skills in my own time. Disney hired me because of this." I always thought that you had some kind of uncanny ability to draw anything and everything.

Hey whats up you really deserved that newgrounds tank award and thank you for giving me a great video to inspire me. At first I never really was on newgrounds much and didn't do much with the community and didn't know much about it and only got on it for games I couldn't find in other places but you work was one of the ones that inspired me to make my own flash(which I started out getting mine blammed then I started getting better and taking my time on a game thats almost finished which is good I guess) it also made me stay with the community and start to vote on flash and other things. Waterlollies is one of the best flash ive seen and lots of stuff I didn't even know you could do with flash. Thank you for giving me good flash and inspiring me to live up to you work and other peoples work alike and make me own. So you deserve all of the awards don't let the people let you leave don't ever leave and let them get you down they are just jelous(Gah can't spell) about your amazing flash skills. Good job and keep up the good work.

Hey, I saw your work, and I just want to say it's pretty amazing.

But I came here to ask for your help with Flash CS3. I've been using flash on and off for about 3 or 4 years, but I haven't really been trying anything new. I am somewhat new to Actionscript as well. I can do simple scripts with 2.0 like play button scripts, etc, but nothing advanced (ie: make symbol go left when left arrow is pushed). I wanted to ask you, where did you learn all your Actionscript skills, and your animation skills (ie: running, jumping, walking)? Is there a website? Or a book, or did you learn it on your own time? Sorry but I have a couple more questions, haha. How do you make things blur, like a gaussian blur or something? And, do you use symbols alot?

Thanks man, sorry for all the questions, and good work on your work.

-schmeeble

i had to teach myself flash and i am still workin on my first but i got help from pikanjo

Amazing work and congratulations! I wish I had skills like you. Do you think you could make a tutorial on how you create your drawings and animations? It would help all of us here at newgrounds out a lot.

nice you earned it but are you going to make more Brackenwood movie if so when do you think the next one will come out because they are my favorit flashes on newgrounds

Two things, you should upload the Bingbong Of Brankenwood onto Newgrounds. If you did, well I can't find it. Also, you should give Bitey sprites to Aaron Worrall (NegativeONE) so he could be in Newgrounds Rumble. People love that game and wants Bitey to be in it. And oh yeah, this may not be a good comment because I didn't even read your thing yet. It's too long. This is just a way to tell you that Bitey should be in Newgrounds Rumble.

RIGHT YOU WORKED 4 DISNEY? 1 QUESTION WHAT THE HELL ARE U DOING MAKIN FLASH FOR NG WHEN U CUD CLEARLY BE OUT THER MAKINA MINT UR LIKE 50TIMES MORE TALKENTED THAN ANOYONE ELSE HERE ON NG

Congrats, you deserve the award

And also you are very dedicated and hard working, as you can see from your story and it ashould be a insporation to anyone including me of course! :D

well i just wanted to ask if you could make a video on how your main character grew up and his life story is because me and my friends have been wondering why he is mean sorta to every 1 else if you can or cant just message it would be helpful to know

What kind program(s) do you use? Cause I'm a newbie at flash and currently playing around with it and I watched those flashes of yours with Bitey(The brown hair faced one with horns) and I know it's unusual to see that kind of graphics and animation quality was way Nicer than I see in others in newgrounds. I would like to know how you do that and I know it's not easy to do that kind of work :P

How could anyone think it's unfair for someone to win something because he's talented? I thought that's WHY people win things?

But yeah. more Brackenwood shorts? Lovely. I probably wouldn't make any flash cartoons if it wasn't for you (though, uh, I haven't put any up yet. But in time).

Your animation skill are the best! By the way, are the waterlollies explosives or something? I dont really understand thoe bubbles...

i'm amazed that bitey ain't on tv. him and his series is actually better than some cartoons i've seen on the idiot box.

The best ever, you deserved it sooo much.

Also, is there any way to download your stuff? I'd like to put it on my ipod :3

ULTIMATE RESPECT

and your use of the word 'arse' leads me to belive that you are British...which is something I did not know

wait...scrap that!

aussies FTW

Wow, I love you. <3

are u gonna still make movies at ng ?

wow man thats cool that you got a dream job. but people that say thing like you need to improve are stupid and don't know how hard it is to do all that. i haven't tried and i know how hard it is. i think your cool and i love your videos.
wow you work at Disney thats so awesome!
r u working on a movie? if so what movie.
I love the Prowlies there cool

Congratulations!

You deserve it since you put so much effort into your flash.

I was now watching some more videos from you (After I saw Waterlollies when it got its reward) and began to think if you had ever considered professional animating.

Congratulations!

.....you dont need to improve you out rank and skill every one on newgrounds!!!!!

Congratulations on the Tank Award man. :)

I was wondering: what programs did you use at Disney? I've always loved their 3D and stuff.

Anyways, one more question: did you draw your userpic? Is it a 2D drawing, or a 3D rendering? If it's 2D, then WOW. You did the shadows so well! Everything in that pic has a fresh 3D look to it, but I'm pretty sure that it's just a drawing, correct?

And some people have skills and others don't, does that mean that there disqualified? You desire that award, you've really raised the standard in Newgrounds.

Keep it up, and I look forward to the next installment.

Loved waterlollies. I show it to every person I know if I'm on the internet. The combination of the music and the drawings are truly amazing. Every time I'm down and I watch this, I feel a little light of happiness growing again. It's truly a masterwork, thank you for creating it.

Damn, please don't end Brackenwood series now, you can continue it and make it a big serie, but anyway, congrats for the award you got.
I hope it makes you try even harder!

you really deserve all the positive comments and if anyone (if thers anyone at all) that given you a bad comment then they can just FUCK OFF. srsly i love your animation its so smooth and funny also, i say keep on going and i think you should be a serious flash artist. ever thought of making a sequel to Waterlollies or something just more Brackenwood would be so good.

Damn thats inspirational, heck, in a few years you'll probably get a bitey TV show or movie, nice job :D

smelt that sumabitch down, sell some ingots

Congrats on the award and congrats on having Bitey become part of "The Gang". I saw him when I went to the flash portal and I was exstatic! Hope you make more bitey.-Wristband Master

hey i do the same thing as you you know that bit about you on holiday taking photos and vids for improving you art and stuff ,im the same.i havent submitted anything detail on newgrounds caus ive kept giving up but when ever i fell asif im gonna give up i watch you aniamtions to inspire me in a way because i love detail in animation and i alway try to be as detailed as possible or some thing simple depends if it works together you know detailed and simple thing like grass.so yer im a big fan of your work (big indiration) and i also love all those short animations you put on youtube.

from
daxxydaxxy

you know adem,i really like your projects,they have really high level
i know thet doing stuff may need practice(after all,the job need only 1% thelant
and 99% practice)
i really want to be like you

I just wanted congratulate you on your Tank award. I recently watched the whole Brackenwood series and I was struck how this was the most visually spectactular Flash animation I had ever seen. I mean the animations were smooth and the colors blended so well, the music was great to. I watched your previous works (the Hitchhiker vids, 3:33 am, and Night shift), but never got around to watch any of the Brackenwood movies. I also went to your site and looked at your ebook on animation. I want to thank you for making that because I'm a aspiring animator and that really helped me with the basics and how to setup the workspace. When is the book going to be finished? Anyway I'm taking too much of your time, I wish you the best of luck all of your future projects, Flash or not.

Sincerly,

DeLuca2400

Hey man, I'm a big fan of you! One day I hope I also will become a famous animator...

People whp think newgrounds isn't meant for quality submissions are really weird. It's bullshit.

Keep on making great movies! :D
You deserved that tank :3

What? How do write so much. I can't even read all of this.

You're a good man. I think....No. I know you deserved that NG tank award. Did you really work for Disney? Anyway congratulations and hope you better for the future.

congrats i had some?'s did u ever work on any movies and will we see bitey any more

wow i like how much passion u put into ur work and i was wondering how u eep urmind focus and dertermend to keep geting better at what u do

Well I can see why some people think it's unfair, but it isn't. I mean, after reading that, I'm concerned that nothing is professional. And I'm glad you came to Newgrounds because then you'd be at Disney or something, you wouldn't get any credit, and nothing on Newgrounds would ever be as good as Brackenwood.

Everyone loves your movies, and I think if you make one each year, it'll always win tank award. I can see how people think that is cheap, but you probably spend a lot of time and effort to produce something as good as this. Some people don't realize this but when I saw the opening scenes of Waterlollies, I was amazed at how good you can animate the water and the feather thing to make it look realistic, and that doesn't seem like something one person could do.

In short, you deserve to be on Newgrounds and we honor you for your hard work. Of course, you probably have to take away parts of your life for these shorts, plus they probably cost money. So... anyone who loves Brackenwood, go and buy some Bitey T-shirts!

200 comment! yaay! are you planning any release fro next brackenwood??

You've always been an inspiration for me, and you've definitely raised the bar for what people expect out of flash movies here on Newgrounds.

I kinda feel bad because I feel like I've done the opposite. =\

But! Honestly it's largely because of you that I want to improve my flashing/animating abilities. Bit by bit I will work.

EGORAPTOR? Well I didn't know good flash makers envy other good flash makers. But no, I don't think Egoraptor is making NG look bad. Most cartoons are just for fun anyway, so Awesome is just another random series that makes us laugh. However, I must say this is definitely better than Awesome, because while Awesome is just for a cheap laugh and it gets old, this never gets old, and I find myself watching it over and over again =D

hey i sew your works of this LittleFoot and YoYu and all this stuff and i have question for you:
want to take this char of all thoose movies and build a game with me?(ill do the as)and the game will be like DMC-Devil May Cry but in 2D and it will looks cool!
so what you say?

I was just wondering, is there an mp3 for any of the music in your bitey flashes? I love the music and wish I could have it to bring with me places.

Congrats, your awesome. You are very inspiring, and just as Tom had said, you do make me want to improve. I love your work, and hope that I can be as good as you some day.

By the way, are your British?

Hey, The user Sakupen has Prowlies at the river in his videos submitted, yet when i click it only shows you on the left side of the page for the video. Was he actually involved in that video?

Know what? Have you been on the news yet? I mean your pretty popular in my view..My friends love ur work..This year I showed all my friends your Bitey cartoons and the others (All their favorites were Prowlies at the river). My little brother always scurries to the computer when I say "NEW BITEY CARTOON!"Lol, The Yuyu is my favorite of all time because its just so awesome seeing Bitey run away from the yuyu. Well anyways my friends and family are very happy that you won the Tankie, Your inspiration to us all and me when I work on my flash cartoons 8)

MAKE A BIG ANIM OF THE YELLOW THINGY!

Just got to say, very inspiring, Mr. Phillips.

1st - You're awesome, nuf said there.

2nd - You could redo the movie I Am Legend, replace Will Smith with yourself, replace the plot with your life, but keep the title...

I was looking through one of the first sites I'd ever seen with flash on it, and I noticed that there was a video called "Bitey Learns", which was what they had titled your animation of Bitey of Brackenwood, in the list. It said your name under the authors, but had the wrong name, so I was curious. Especially when I saw the exact video, but called "Bitey of Brackenwood" and it said that it was by "XGen Studios.

Everything was found on 2Dplay.com, and the links to the seperate animations are at:

http://2dplay.com/bitey-learns/bitey-
learns-info.htm

and

http://2dplay.com/bitey-of-brackenwoo d/bitey-of-brackenwood-info.htm

I hope I helped in some way to stop plagerism :D

I was hoping to send this in a PM, but you only take PMs from your contacts :(

Well I wanted to say something really nice but honestly everything has been said and it would sound redundant. Great work man.

Hello, I was so captivated by your Little Foot, WaterLollies and The Yuyu flashes. They are absoluutly amazing. Just wanted to say that first, KEEP THEM COMING!!!

On a different note, I was hoping to be able to have them on my desktop to be viewed when I dont have an internet Connection but I noticed that this is not possible, so i am asking if I could have a version without the protection so I can save it on my computer.

Please message me on this, Thank you, See ya!!!

How far are you with the Bbrackenwood movie? I really don't want to pressure you since I know it's hard and you've got lots of stuff to do, but I'm quite curious.

Yeah stay! It's awesome to see your stuff!

you've definetly made the best animation on newgrounds. waterlollies is at #3!

PS
-when is the next brakenwood animation coming out?

hey where is the best place to find water lollies and what the lore is musical storm?

That you are a fantastic artist?
probably.

did you also know, that really huge kinda creepy pedophile guy used your characters in his most recent flash?

<a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /448262">His latest Flash</a>

Im not sure if youre ok with that, so i just decided to tell you anyways.
sure he has the right of expression, but this is your intellectual property,
so... yea, just wanted you to note, so you can make your own choice.

Errr, the opening part "that you were a fantastic artist?" was supposed to go into a PM msg with the title "did you know," haha, i forgot to change it as i decided to post it instead, seeing as your settings dont allow for noncontacts to send you messages.

Dude, you are simply the best with a capital AWESOME.
Mr Pinchy deserves to explode. CURSE YOU MR PINCHY haha
^_^

hI, I WAS WONDERING WHAT PROGRAM DO YOU USE TO MAKE THOSE AMAZING ANIMATIONS! I LIKE TO MAKE ANIMATIONS BUT I NEVER KNOW WHAT PROGRAM TO USE, SO COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME OUT, THANKS!

OMG hired by disney? HAHAHA congrats man waterlollies really is one of best movies i've ever seen (by movies take big studios movies too) and your art is great, i look forward your first job in disney and congratulations again, you deserve it!

Your art work is incredible. I love watching you animations they truly draw you into them. I was sitting here waiting for the next thing. Love you work. Keep it up

Despite the fact that I'm not all for the more 'serious' newgrounds videos, meaning I'm not necessarily a fan of your work, I will admit that you are a DAMN good artist, a DAMN good animator and you deserve that tank.

I can easily say that you, Adam, are the most inspirational, hardworking, and talented animator and artist on Newgrounds. Brackenwood is one of the most unique and one of the best animated series that I have ever seen, even better than some Disney films. I really like the landscaping, character design, and the flow of your animations.
I've been interested in art ever since I was 4-years-old, a little over a decade ago, and have always wanted to make it big in the art industry. And after reading your story above, I can also say that you are one of the most influential people that I have ever come across in my life. I admire your work, your dedication as an artist, and the impact you have had on many other people here on the site.

I also had a few questions for you:
-You said that you developed skills in categories such as anatomy, perspective, lighting effects and color. What did you do to improve these skills?
-How did the entire Disney thing start with you? Did you go to Disney or did Disney come to you?
-How much money did you make while at Disney?
-Has animating Brackenwood ever earned you any cash?

I really appreciate everything that you have contributed to the site, and I would appreciate it if you got back to me on this. Congratulations on the Tank Award too!

You're an insight to us all. I myself am not aiming for a career in animation or artistry, however I do enjoy it very much so.

So when I have spare time from my Mathematics and Computing, I always enjoy picking up a (graphics tablet) pen and scrawling down some images.

However, it's movies like these that make me always wish I could just focus on animation, as it looks like so much fun!

Maybe later :]

Congrats for all the awards!

Damn, Tom Fulp is right! We need people like you here!
Well i'm not a flash animator but i'm working hard to improve myself as an audio artist. And one day i want to become as the great guy who scored your "Waterlollies".
Believe me or not but while i was enjoying your flash i was thinking "Hey this is better than Disney Pictures"..eheh then i saw your profile ;)
WE WANT MORE! YOU'RE GREAT!

Well said.

Never let the 13-year old trolls that populate Newgrounds get you down.

Congratulations on the NG Tank award!

Hey!

I remember a while ago I saw a list of Brackenwood shorts you were considering for the future, and one of them was a day in the life of Wee the witch (or something like that). I know Bitey is sort of the star, but I was always so intrigued with the witch character and we haven't seen her since "Bitey of Brackenwood"!

Hey man, I have seen thousands of Flash animations... but yours really go to the next level. I love the quality of your videos, the stories, characters, and your creativity.
Your videos are great !
Keep up the good work !
And congratz !

±LDR±

you are awasome men..

I highly doubt if you use flash, could you send me a pm to prove me wrong?

In the search, type in bitey and scroll down untill you find bitey of Jackinwood. find a way to remove it. apperintally it's some sort of bitey hentai or somthing. thought i'd let you know.
-Wristband Master

Please let me know where you got the Brackenwood Series music from! I owuld love just a simple link of two, or a site. Please respond!!

Hey, Adam. I didn't want to have to write you this e-mail and tried checking your website for the info that I'm sure you get asked maybe a bit more than you'd like ^_^;;

What programs do you use predominantly to create your Bitey videos? Tablet directly into Flash? A lot of Photoshop? Illustrator perhaps? I'm curious because you have a ton of tiny details in your movies I'm wondering how you created. Dare I say...I just started my path of animating and haven't been ultra good at churning out the stuff I do in Flash ^^;

Don't let anyone give you crap. You're VERY talented in my opinion. And to get where you are by personal drive alone? You're a beacon of hope to aspiring artists like myself. Keep it up,man.

Thanks that you Share you experience, I love your stuff It keeps me Hardworking,
and you get my Respect for your self-educated person !!!

Yours truly Iven Simonetti

I have been a fan of the bitey series as soon as I saw waterlollies. It has the perfect balance of imagination, mischief, and fantasy. I love the brakenwood so.

Dude...I think your a genius...OMG man....I have the Up-Most respect for you...XD....this should be an actuall Cartoon on maybe cartoon network XD!!!!!

others might not've seen it, but that rickroll this morning was just cruel :P

Hello Bud, with your animating skills, you should try make some like the simpsons. or something similar to that, because im sure if you tried making a cartoon for kids, you would land a deal with Cartoon network, or Nick. Family guy sort of animation, can you do that? also do you draw the character over and over, on every frame? i find that difficult, but im working on it lol.

Keep going mate, your going to be big! x

I don't know who these people are that say you shouldn't be here, I'd like to see them tell you to leave using proper grammar, I doubt they'd accomplish that.

Anyway, your animations are truly incredible, I'm a huge fan of Waterlollies and the YuYu.

I wish you good luck with everything Adam, can't wait to see anything new from you.

~Warchamp7

P.S You replied to Emanhattan, I'm cooler than him, wanna reply to me? :3

a challenge for you
have you heared of liveswif 2.2
well it a free flash movie maker and games like flash
everyone hates on it they make fun of us who can't pay for flash
and make fun of the art and give it 0s with out even looking
I was going to ask if you could make a cool drawing on liveswif and change there minds and give us a chance
http://www.liveswifers.org/
and you click on download and down load liveswif 2.2
I hope you give it a chance and help us out
if not it okay
P.S big fan of your work

post a pic of you holding it XD you deserve it every time i check the Portal your in number 1 :D

Hey man...I know I'm a couple of months late, but I just wanted you to know that I've been following your work here on NG for years and I love it...don't let the naysayers get you down. If you have a gift, use it...every chance you get.

awesome stuff man. i love waterlollies i have watched 20 times already, keep making more.

U ME AND HOLLYWOOD WITH MY FLASHES ALL BLAMED UR FLASHES BIG HIT. I GOT IDEA FOR U. U MAKE A FLASH ABOUT A RETARTED PRESIDANT

Hey Adam...
I am a Brazilian guy...and i have 14 years old...i start to think "i will never make a flash like this...or this...or this" But...your words...amazing...you give me new strenght to continue...
Thanks...and oh...Man...how do you draw so perfectly like this?...But now i know...with a great hard work...i can do this too!...I am a great fan of Disney...but your place is here!
And i am sure you can count on us...
Speak english is a little hard for me...but i have to thank you!
Good Luck on Brackenwood...you can make a book with all those histories...

YORE COOL

; ) XD XD

O.o yore number 1 WOOHOO yer dude

I've watched your work and you're awsome, plain awsome. I hope to be as good as you one day. I heard that you and your friend developed the Vcam, which I use very much.
I love your work with brackenwood, and I can't wait for the next episode (I felt sorry for that fat, little yellow thing).
I would hope that you could just reply on this message for me, that would have been fantastic! I heard that you were working for Disney... Very cool!
You could have made movies for the cinema, your animation-skills is way beyond any other I have ever seen. Not only do you have unnatural animation-skills, you put it together in these fantastic stories!
And the MUSIC, man, please do send me it (if you can or are allowed to do it) at simgust@hotmail.com.
I would rather watch your movies than Lord of The Rings!
I downloaded the flash file for the waterfall-thing with the Vcam, and it's awsome that too, I can see for my self what you do in each frame. YOU ARE AN FANTASTICLY SUPERGRATE artist sent by god (lol).
I'm gonna show all of my friend your work.
Please reply on this message and say something to me, would love that *cry*.

You are a truly amazing artist and you obviously deserve the near legendary reputation that you hold. I am honored to share my opinion about you. I sincerely hope that you get all the funding you need to produce a feature length Brackenwood movie and Im absolutely positive that if you truly follow your dream of brackenwood, one day you will have an absolutely incredible movie playing in theaters around the country, if not the world. Your work is, in my opinion, worthy of international attention. You are truly an inspiration to many people, as proven by the amount of Brackenwood tributes. Your vision has been seen by many, including me, and I pray that your hopes and dreams of Brackenwood evolve into the film worthy of the silver screen (to say the least) that I we all it can be. Remember, always try to improve your skills, no matter how good you are, but it sounds like you already know that. I give you and Brackenwood my best hopes and prayers for success, as you both obvioustly deserve it.

Hey man. You are such a talented guy and such an inspirational flash animator. Congrats on the tank.

By the way, just a quick question.
When you said you were employed by Disney, did you do work from home or did you have to travel to america?

This is because it's always been my dream to work with Disney or an equally large company doing what I love, but I want to do it in the country I love... (Australia) :)

Congrats again <3

It's almost sad, that you have to defend yourself for being good at what you are doing oO.
Sometimes I wonder if people realize that 'professional looking work' is done by PEOPLE, not by some magical machines or leprechauns.

It makes me sick to read comments like "Did you do it yourself? It looks so professional."
Uhm... no, the dwarfs did it!

So, why should a person, who is really good at what he's doing, not contribute to a site with many members, who have yet much to learn? You are an inspiration and people should try to work hard to become as good at you, instead of bitching and moaning about you being rewarded and recognized for your hard work.

Enough babbling. Congrats and never stop to amaze us!

Your the best artist on Newgrounds.

So you were never a character artist? then wikipedia got your story wrong! Anyway... are there any other programs you use besides flash to help you make the brackenwood movies?

Please ignore those people. Most NGers love you and your work. I cannot wait for the next Brackenwood.

congrats on your tank thanks, in added to my statement. I saw your name under the special effects supervisor in the extremely goofy movie and I thought that was cool to mention for some reason. Well be happy with your tank :)

You're probally tired of this but, you make some of the best flash animation on ng and you deserve the awards, youve even inspired my art, I am currently drawing a realistic drawing of Bitey^.^

Also can you please tell me what kind of software you used for your flash animation, I even made a post asking what some good animation software are but havn't had any good info :(

*clap* *clap* *clap*

I 8====D you.

You are so inspiring beyond belief you don't know how much you touch our hearts and regardless if its from newgrounds or off on the stoop on your street. You worked hard and improved! I think everyone should learn from that! so you are a beautiful person to help us when we need help with animations, even though im not an animator I think i want to start.

u r a god

Very motivational, especially since most of us reading are fresh out of highschool, including myself. Your animations are amazing, disney was obviously correct in hiring you.

Mate, even from the first Brackenwood you've advance phenomenally. You don't need to justify hard work!

You're back in first place! :D

Adam Phillips you are one of my idols here on Newgrounds, a lot of people know it to be true. If you check out my profile you will see it to be truth as well. Like i've said one day i hope to be at your level. I strive to be in your league. I've only had flash for 1 week and i've already accomplished more than a lot of people have done. Although you are my favorite artist, one day I will surpass you.

your story is very inspiring

Well, I'm making a Newgrounds RPG using the RPG Maker VX program, and I wanted to use Bitey in the production. Of course, there will be no money made, as it is just for entertainment value. I will not attempt to take ownership in Bitey, and I respect your opinion if you decide against it.

If you want, you can make the Bitey sprite for the game, and/or pitch some ideas for the production.

Thanks for the prep talk it helped :D im a beginner and i want to work for disney one day soo ur like y idol now, but what program did u use in waterlollies n ur other animations? i use flash but it seems quite different.

Hii.
I was just wondering, how do you make just awesome, which is such a minute word to describe them, flash videos?
If you can comment me back with some techniques and programs you use, I'd be ever so grateful.

Omg if u created a naruto flash that would be an epic win,,

*hint hint*

i was wondering, what other programs did uuse to create waterlollies,
pm please..

thx

:)

nice flash

Your work is awesome... You deserve all the awards you can get!

this is gonna sound kinda wierd but, i heard that when the animators at disney get bored they put hidden things in the backround that really shouldnt be in kids movies. is that true??

I keep hearing that there are secrets and easter eggs in the brackenwood series, but i cant find any easter eggs on the movies, can you tell me where to look?

Yeh i tolly agree with Tom. Your work raises the bar. I dont get much time to draw and do flash with the HSC. But whenever i do i always look at your work and see how i can learn from it. Your contributions to Newgrounds are INVALUABLE. If we didn't have talented people like you here contributing to newgrounds then the quality of the submissions would not increase. I mean i still do the daily deposits on experience, and i get very sad face looking at some of the movies that make it through the portal. Plus your an Aussie. Aussies for the win!

Firstly, congratulations, on your awards and successes (fairly sure at this point, that thats how you spell successes, but feel free to correct that within your mind).

Secondly, I love your work, i think its amazing. I watched waterlollies today, and various other Brackenwood shorts, and i was all but speechless, and quick to recommend them to friends. In one of my comments (to waterlollies i think) i likened it to fantasia, this was before i heard that you were employed by disney, but i can see the influence, especially in waterlollies, but perhaps not so much in others. I do, however, like these more than fantasia, but maybe thats just my short attention span, and the fact that fantasia is quite long!!

Thirdly, thank you, for lightening newgrounds with your brilliance, i myself am not an animator, and know not the difficulty that people go into to produce animation. I can however with confidence say that your storymanship (think thats a word) is second to none on newgrounds, and that the charm of your creations is rarely seen on TV or film, let alone flash websites.

So when people say you do not belong on newgrounds, they are probably right. But for all the wrong reasons. You sir belong on television. I'd much rather see this in between MTV programs than 'The Happy Tree Friends' and thats coming from a guy that has a happy tree friends T-shirt!

keep up the good work
~Mitch

Congrats!!!!
Its cool you got the first tank!!

heheh... yeaaaa... im all the way down here... im in the cool spot no one will find me here cuz this is my cool spot... yeaaaaa...

Your story and success is not only an inspiration to upcoming animators, but to everyone who has ever dreamed.
I love your animations and you deserve everything that comes your way.

Hey, i have messaged you ages ago about how i can create flash animations :D and i have finally made something i am proud of lol, Well there is one issue that i could only think of asking you. I'm trying to upload it to new grounds and when i do say it says
Error- you are attempting to upload a file with the extension
.fla

your file must have one of the following extensions
.swf

And i do not know how to put my .fla animation to .swf, and its a big problem because its stopping me from posting on new grounds, so please message back and i am sorry for wasting time as you probably have much to do.
Looking forward to hearing from you and thanks again!
Crizzle

YOUR SO AWESOME!

Let's get it onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn !

hey i just wanted to say tht your stuff is truly amazing. always brighten my day when things are going rough just from the light heartedness and gorseus artwork tht you put into it.

p.s. do you have any advice for someoen whoo has nevr doen a flash before like wht flash program to use and other thing tht might be helpful.

Your animation and the world you create is fantastic. But every other aspect is lacking. Bad story, bad humour, its not bad, its not great. A 7 at best. I have total respect for you, but there is better. Not better animation, but better everything else

I doubt you will read this, but I have re-evaulated what I previously posted and apologize. Somewhat. Waterlollies was an improvement, even a great improvement. I have utmost respect for you. its just that everytime a good work gets downvoted by your blind followers, I cringe a little. I know its not your fault, but I can't help it. I still believe there are better movies, but all that you have done and alll you have inspired is huge. I respect you, and wish you the best of luck, espically with the movie. Congrats on the award, and heres to your next being even better.

absolutely. don't take any guff from these swine. i don't know what i'd do with myself on newgrounds if you weren't here. you are one of the reasons i keep coming back, and keep kicking myself to pick up a pencil. nothing but love...

IM MEXICAN BUT...
i need to question something, how do you do the songs?
you use a special software to do it or you rec whit a true flute?
because i need one good sound maker software to personalise my owns animations.
plz adam answer me my question, ok?

i live u my e mail if u whant to chat whit me.
"marra_oz@hotmail.com"

viva la raza, viva la vida, viva MEXICO!!!!! ajuuuaaaaa!!!!!!!.

Why hello there. I have couple questions because I fail and haven't been paying attention.

So, number one, how many more Brackenwood flashes do you plan on, if you even have a definite number?

Second, I know you aren't gonna rush it for money, but how much will the movie cost (if you have a general idea yet)?

As a parting note, you, sir, deserve every award you have recieved thusfar in your flash career.

I salute you.

I was blown away by waterlollies. Did you really draw the background frame by frame in the scene where Bitey ran away from the swarm?? Looked amazing

You're a great inspiration for me and lots of other artists all over the world. :)

I just left areview on your Waterlollies movie. I also added whther or not you'd thought of merch and putting your Anims on MTV but after reading this I see you are already WELL into an outstanding career. I had no idea you had a job at Disney that is highly incredible and unbelievably awesome. You deserve every single opportunity that arises because you are a phenomenal artist. My career path after college is to attend a Motion Graphics and Animation course at Uni. I hope to achieve a greatness as high as yours in both Flash and all aspects of Animation. Hopefully leading into CGI or other computer graphics areas. You are the biggest inspiration I can find and I have only higher hopes for the rest of your career I would love it if you could send me a message and tell me the projects you've worked on in your time at Disney. It would be great to research your background it would help my already Distinction Grade portfolio. Good Luck.

Hey, my names Drew. I've (not to sound any sort of creepy) fallen in love with your work. I wish I could do what you do!
Anyways, on to why I really messaged you...
Are you going to be making a movie any time soon? I mean movie as in over an hours length, something that would be put onto DVD instead of a website.
Or even a DVD series? Because I would love to see that, I would own them all!!!
And I should be getting a great job soon and I would actually be willing to donate a fair share to help you create one of the two....
You might not think I'm serious, but then again you don't know me :D for I am very serious!!!
My Email is....private message me for that haha!!!!!!
Feel free to message me either on my NG account or my Email.

From a fan to his idol
~Drew-BOOMtokes

You deserve the awards. By the way you said on your site that in the movie youll have stuff that were hinted in your toons. Is one of them the weird bitey with cut hair in biteys dream in the prowles episode?

N****r

You're words are a real inspiration man.
I've always shown a keen interest in animation; especially character design, but I've always felt I lack the determination to constantly improve my abilities, but I now know for sure that I've gotta put a giant effort into it, spend most of my spare time drawing. I have no doubts I'll purchase your entire book for more inspiration and ideas. Thank you man, thanks a whole bunch.

-Eathan