what a fantastic idea, and a great resource. Good on ya :)

So great you share that with others who doesnt have any idea :)

Yes yes yes!

TYYY I loved the first one. Wanted to also show it to you on the forum but it didnt work out.. Soooo what are the chances for more free episodes XD?

just need to steal your water effects techniques and ill be primed to take over the world.

Anyway kudos for putting alot of thought and effort into throwing together a proper set of learning tools

By the way - is it ok if I have flash 8 and not cs?

That seems awesome. Plz make moarz bitey!!!

Going to go read it now!

Well I'm always intrested in learning

It's always good to learn more of what you already know. I'm sure this'll be a very beneficial read.

If I in theory killed you and ate your brain, would I gain the ability to animate fluids?

If so, you should be selling bits of your brain, because apparently we only use like 10%. I think there's like a fair bit of worth in the rest of it.

Plus I'm like really hungry.

Oh and nice tutorials, thanks.

Moar like PoopyCastle Academy, amirite?

Woah thats a really nice gesture man.

hey thats great! sorry about your book issue , but good thing you didnt let that get you down.

I will see your page nao....

ill bookmark it who knows i might learn a few things :D the only thing im sure it wont have is how to be patient at flash cuz thats my draw back in animation and it wont make me animate crap :c

Ha. Look who's back.

Bad ass! I'll be reading it like crazy.

$2-$5 is a great price in my opinion and I cannot wait. HOWEVER... if you got the chapters sponsored instead and distributed them freely then you would still make a large chunk of cash, you wouldn't have to worry about people passing them on and you losing out on money, users would get it completely free (the price is great but some people just have no way of paying) and also sponsors would be happy as they get to sponsor popular work.

Just think about it, everybody wins ;)

Like I said... can't wait! =D

I remember seeing some lessons on your website a while back. You showed how to do a shimering star/water effect using mask layers, it helped a lot.

You raise the dampness of the entire female population the earth by 4% on your own.

Well done.

<3 :D

What are the chances of eventually seeing this available in print?

Time to go learn some cool shit from the X-Men Academy!!!

Sorry I meant Bitey Castle Academy!!!!

My school teachers were useless and I have yet to find a serious book on effects
anywhere, I think if you concentrated on that you could make a killing
sign me up for that one.

All I can say is thanks ;) This will be so much help.

If the world could have one guru of flash animation, it would be you.

The fact that I could hope to learn more from your tutorials than I will after four years of college, is a bit silly.

I need to learn light effects, like how to animate a flash from a gun on a persons face, the flash, not the muzzleflash from the gun but that burst of light that reflects off a person.

Another example would be like lightning or the flash from a camera.

Is that covered in there?

If I had flash I would gladly be under your wing, especially since your one of the best authors on the site.

YES!
A large resource for animation that's about FLASH. You're great.

Very nice first few chapters, I might invest in that soon.

Kickass! I looked at the first two, and I it turns out I already know the basics of flash. Hopefully the next chapters can show the animation part. I hope to save money for those ones cause I think they're worth it.

You have done a great deed Mr. Philips. However, I use Flash MX on a low-end computer, but that won't let me down.

Awesome, really grat stuff, perhaps i even learn how to animate with that !
BUT jus t a question from where do i download the Flash CS3 (link) ? and it's free ?

thanks

I know where I'm spending my money this year.

Finally some professional doing big effort for the lesser ones.
Il read those two free, then maybe il pay up for more if I'm able to.

Thanks for doing this. It's great that I can get a proper tutorial on how to get started in making flash, but it's even greater that it's coming from you.

Thank you so much sir.

So... Much...

Just throwing this out there but do you think it would be worth taking it to LuLu and creating a hardcover book version too? I know i wouldn't mind paying the extra money for the information in that format.

Coolio, BBB here... I'm doing alright, I'll be sure to check out the forums sometime... it's been a while...

why not tell us the publisher's name eh? i mean they practically screwed you over. why not smear their name a bit in public. >:)

if you keep doing these you should just write a book, newgrounds store could hold it maybe because theres tons of people that come to newgrounds that bitch about wanting to learn to animate

Cool and all bro, but when are you coming out with something new?

Your just downright amazing with everything you do, and my daughter loves your flashes better then any of that other crap on tv.

Let me correct myself, this guide for flash is very useful, but it doesn't beat practice and hard work.

Thanks for everything!

+50$ from me <3

Add me to your pm list :P

Eh, nvm, emailed :P

YOU'RE AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg finialy someone that will tell me how to flash

Its been along time since i have tried to animate anything on my computer and now im going back and watching my fav flash on here. Brackenwood is my alltime fav to watch on this site just watching how u animate is a learning experience for me. i am like the most noobish person to flash or atleast thats how i feel about it. i put a "demo" if u will of something i was working on and almost everyone was pretty much mad at me for saying it was my first flash animation. wich it was but yea my animations are nothing to yours i was just leaving this msg to tell u U ROCK lol. so yea just keep doing whatever and i had checked out the bitey castle tuts and cant wait or the nxt to come. and u dont really need to reply ur prob busy working on stuff so its kool

i just need actionscript help and your brilliant backrounds!

hehe sweet, i really need to learn a lot more about flash so this is exactly what I am after and from a kick ass flash animator too!

cheers :D

I am hoping to get Flash soon, so will there be anything for beginners?

I bookmarked the page with the two free sampel chapters.

I always wanted to try Flash but sorta gave up on that idea cause I wasn't comfortable with reading the "vaguely" designed reading material on the matter, but now there's an option to study how it's done by the Adam Phillips man himself...how can I pass up that chance!? Maybe there's hope for me after all ;)

I'll try the first two chapters as soon as I can get my hands on the software in my upcoming new job - not flash related but they have the software there I remember - so if I feel comfortable with that starting material then I'll definitely want to continue with the rest.

Many thanks for making this stuff available, makes me imagine I'm climbing mountains and crossing rivers and jungles to find the teaching of a flash sensei, only without doing the hard part :D

Allam

You look nice today.

and hey when was the last time you logged on to your ßitey character? whenever I check you're not online anymore D: (it's zalf here, if you remember)

woops nvm

you are so awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!11111111111111

i'm definitely going to buy that book. it would be nice to learn animation from the best animator in the world. i'm never going to be as good as you though. i hope i will at least be some what good. sucks that they had ownership of your first book, but you said you improved since then so its probably a good thing. i still feel bad for you though, that must have really sucked. i don't even have an animating program. sooooo... sucks to be me. bye and good luck. oh and i made a top 20 best flashes on newgrounds post!!! guess how high you are on the list. please respond.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT MY TOP 20 BEST FLASHES LIST!!!

SERIOUSLY!!!

Hey thanks, I'll check it out.

thats awesome. i wanna start doing some flash animation of my own. ill definatly check that out.

adam phillips. best. animator. ever. period. is this tutorial for CS3? cuz i have pro 8

Adam, you are a prince!

hey adam,

why dont you post your 30 shorts here?

greetz

Is there an affordable version of this software? They're selling it for $600 here :O

LOL i came here to critize that you havent made anything xD but now i know that you are pretty busy on your chapters, i really really need to read them, but i dont have enough time! i mean, with school , videogames and my own original stye drawings there is no time to learn flash and I really need it, btw, could you please please PLEASE if you have time and all, check my drawings out, and tell me where I can improve, or if they are okay, or just comment on them, please i will thank you a lot, like if i had your msn or yahoo i would send you 100 pages filled of the word "Thanks" or "you are my idol" , because in a way you are, i wanna be like you seriously man, who doesnt? well at least not me! xD
PS: I made this comment big enough for someone to watch it, i hope it works!!!

You're my hero

I love the layout of the chapters so far, man.

ur an excellent teacher! i kno how to do all of the stuff u highlighted so far, but i must say i didn't mind 'relearning' it. if u ever publish that book i will buy it! the exercises are really great if i were a beginner i would have been freaking out at the fun i'd be having, i'm anxiously awaiting the next chapter, i just can't wait til u r at thing i don't know so that i really be learning!

Hey I'm an extremely big fan of your work. I'm doing a picture of Bitey for the NG Print Calendar '09 competition, and I was wondering if you could give me some tips regarding the Brackenwood world. I'd like to know how to capture the beauty in the way that you do. I've already drawn the basic Bitey sketch, it's just a matter of inking and colouring. If you could help me, maybe even give me a reference I would be extremely greatful. If you could reply ASAP that would be great, as I only have 6 days to complete it.
Cheers
Ryan

P.S. I'll post the Bitey sketch in my Art thread <a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/9 74116">here</a>
I couldn't send you a PM.

Cool

Scrolling through the comments, I said to myself "OH EMM GEE HE PLAYS WoW!".

Haha.

I bet you're a Horde player...seeing that, on the majority of realms, they don't suck as much as most Alliance players do personality wise. I'm an Alliance paladin...and I see trade chat filled with Chuck Norris and erotic stories A LOT lol.

I'd love to learn flash! I'm terribad with drawing...but everyone starts somewhere I guess! lol

I'd definitely take your lessons into consideration when I have the $ for them though....=)

You're a great person! I really admire you!

Napolean, you ever heard of the barrens chat? more chuck norris spam there than anywhere

Has flash cs4 been released yet?

Hey thanks this is rly helpful

hey, i was browsing Newgrounds and i saw your excellent animations, thought i'd comment you to say that they are awesome :)
regards,
Namphee

Hey, a few bucks does actually seem good for a tut, especially from you, and it's nice that you give em to us for free, well, for now at least. But, might I propose somethin? I'd say if you're gonna sell the tuts, people should gat a couple of free tuts if they buy a shirt. More of a coupon or somethin if they buy shirts, or you can do it the other way around, which is letting them buy the tuts and getting a coupon for shirts. Iunno, just figured I'd drop a line here for my opinion. Nice stuff, keep it all up.

I seriously doubt I have the patience to use flash for animation, but I suppose it's worth a try....

Pretty nice. But wow, I've never even noticed the Subselection tool, it never seemed needed or anything. I've read the 2 free parts, that was good for those who begin flash. I wish you'd release a part (free one) where you explain your skeleton and skinning techniques. That'd be awesome.

Btw, what kind of a tablet do you use?

This is very neat!

I'm sorry about your shitty publisher, anyone would get uber-upset after being put into a situation like that. But it's great that you have returned to positive spirits and decided to rewrite it for us all! Hope the revenue feeds you well.

Despite my best wishes for you and this, though, it's generally my advice for people not to buy books on topics relating to technology or media. The internet is so huge these days that there are many great, free and easy-to-find tutorials and e-books for almost everything you can think of, especially technological and media ones, including Flash. And most of the sold books regarding tech/media that are out there are often pirated a lot. Piracy cannot be stopped, so I'd worry about that a little. But you have your a big loyal fanbase, you're constantly in the top 50 of Newgrounds, the chapters only cost $2-$5 each and it looks like you're paying special attention to the non-tech-savvy and book-buying traditional artists moving onto digital art, so you shouldn't worry about all of this as much as most people, I think. But in my opinion making tech instructional books and software is a pretty risky business in this day and age, since not only do they have to worry about usual piracy issues, but sold instructions and software are most prone to having awesome free alternatives.

My personal advice to -anyone- looking to contribute anything to the world that can be downloaded via the internet (software, music, games, movies, books) is to embrace and flow of the exponentially speeding up river of piracy instead of trying to build a dam it to stop it. Instead of selling your products and possibly implementing anti-consumer DRM systems that can be broken by a smart cow in them, look for other (and better) ways to generate revenue. Along with the huge rises of piracy, flying right along with it has been the profits generated from advertising. If more big companies stopped selling their games and instead made it free and focused on implementing ingame ads to generate profits (which EA is already trying to do), game piracy would most likely become a thing of the past. The same thing goes for music, books, software and movies. Piracy is nothing more than the human soul wishing to be free. You can also just profit from merchandise and donations instead of advertising, like quite a many webcomics do.

Nonetheless, I don't think you have too much to worry about in particular. I wish you the best of luck with this! I'll probably buy one of the more specialized books as I already know the basic ropes. Flash special FX advice from one of the most talented and hardworking Flash animators sounds nice.

id pay for one if it were on your water effect and/or ambient lighting (that can be a real pain)

I'd love to buy your entire series. Would you accept direct cash payments instead of paypal and whatnot?

how long have you been working with flash Adam? cause i looked into it at 11 (didn't know what the hell to then), now i'm 13, and only my graphic need improvements then i become top notch! whoops, started rambling. you must've been working with it for 6 years at least.

Flash CS4 is out!
Can I pay for your chapters in gold? although my pally is a bit poor atm, maybe he'll get some gold from mining in the wotlk
Got an albino drake today on my pink-haired gnome today, too

Would you happen to know of a good free program? I checked out flash CS3, but I can't afford it.

Oh geez wow, how thoughtful of you! From a disney animator himself. I'll go check it out right away.

that was absolutely amazing! U make ulit so easy for n00bs, intermediates (like me) and even advances to learn about flash! U have to publish the book; maybe sell it for like 40-60 bucks each book

Hey, I checked out your site and I have to say, wow. No...let me repeat. WOW. *Drools on keyboard*

Oh my god, I want to make this stuff like you!

But...one eensy problem for me. I don't have flash. This sucks so bad for me, and I feel a tinge of envy.

I have to say, you are one of the major inspirations of me going into creative working.

Although it's all still up in the air since I haven't even finished High School! I do want to focus on something and I find Flash a much funner alternative than just typing all my stories down on a computer.

Also, a suggestion. It would be cool for you to...say...branch out from Bitey onto something related to 'Taken'? I have to say, that 30 second flash made me jump more than 3:33am! I think a major factor would have been the overall lighting of the scenery in the kitchen.

You were able to see...whatever it was...more clearly and I think it would be just nice to see it on Newgrounds rather than hunting your flashes all down in BiteyCastle.com.

I've read some of your stories, and the one about the boy and the Yuyu was actually a very believeable story even though you mentioned it as fiction.

*Yawn* I think I'd better stop here...it's around 12:00 and I'd better get to bed. I just wish you luck on whatever you do and I hope that I get Flash soon so I can start up on those tutorials of yours!

~funnyhomeboy

These chapters are well laid out, easy to follow and great for people who were intimidated by flash because they didn't know where to begin. I loved the suggestion from a user down in the comments about finding sponsors to be able to offer successive chapters for free. Personally, I'd love to dip my first born in gold and send it to you gift wrapped, but I am the poorest sort of person... a full time student married to another full time student! Thank you for putting your time and effort into helping the masses learn.

AWESOME

you should make more cartoons! yer my favorite cartoonist!! your cartoons are reeeally really good! and i know you probably get that alot, and it won't mean alot comming from a nobody like me but seriously! waterlollies is the best cartoon on this site!! and aaalll your cartoons are really really good!! and i think you should hop back in the scene with another great movie!! but ya know. . . that's just me. . . i downloaded yer book by the way, like the first 2 chapters, i have it stapled together all neatly, on my desk to refer back to when i'm animating, anyway. . . sorry to bother you!! i'm just a big fan of your work and would like to see more!!

I'm glad that you're offering to teach others how to animate in flash and all, but what I'm really looking forward to is another Brackenwood flash. I can't wait for you to make something remarkable that will blow away everything on the top 50 (like Waterlollies did) even Fallen Angel.

I love your work, can't wait to see what you come out with next! Never stop animating! Your flashes are pure gold!

I have learned more in the first two chapters for free than I have learned watching most the tuturials on youtube. Thanks Adam. You also have tthe best water effects I have ever seen in Flash, and Im constantly searching.

Woah that must of been quite an ordeal, I can imagine your fustration.
Bu knowing what a great animator you are, it's really great news to hear your giving tutorials on flash, I will definatly buy them all, even if its just to brush up on my skills.
I've been looking for ways to better myself in flash and I couldn't think of any possible better way than to have your help! =)

Wait sorry has the final, full version been made yet?
I see all these comments of people purchasing the full version but I can only see the two free downloads on your site.
I would seriously purchase all the chapters right now if you point me in the right direction?

Yay chapter 3! I gotta go to an exam so I'll probably buy it when I get back. Sorry I have visited you on khaz, its just that the queues are so freakishly long - 1337 people in the queue when i tried to get to my gnome yesterday

who better to teach flash than Adam Phillips!

I finally got Flash pro 8, which version is your tutorial about? and I love the stories on your website, and of course, your flashes. I hope you make more and more and more and more...................

teach me