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I've finally released the third BiteyCastle Academy chapter, and this one's all about how to get graphics into Flash, whether by importing or creating them with the drawing tools.

The first two chapters were free but with Chapter 3, I give you a choice of how much you'd like to pay (from: not much - - up to - - more than enough).

In the 55-page PDF, I talk about the process of setting up a scene for animation. We cover separating scene elements onto separate layers, painting, mixing colour, gradients offer a couple of cool little tricks that aren't too well known.

» Live Animation Cam
No dates yet but I've started work on a new Brackenwood short. I'm using ToonBoom Digital Pro, which is great and all, but many of the effects I want to use probably won't see a successful export to .SWF. If that happens, I'll try my luck at importing a .FLV into Flash so that I can upload to Newgrounds. I got a webcam set up in my room to document the whole project and you can also catch updates on the WoodenBlog.

gbye
Phillips

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Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:21 PM Toukeman says:

Good to hear your working on more brackenwood. Almost thought you gave up on it.

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:23 PM MichaelHurst says:

Yay for more Brackenwood. Keep up the good word, Adam.

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:25 PM RaptorIV says:

I'd really like to actually see you draw something to see if you do things in one stroke or many strokes and refine it later

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:33 AM chluaid responds:

when roughing stuff out, I use many strokes.. but when cleaning up, I draw as long and continuous a stroke as possible. Just a personal method though and not always the best way (cos if you do one long continuous stroke for a character outline, then you fuck it up at the end, you press UNDO and you lose the entire outline :P

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:29 PM HolyPeanuts says:

I am totally watching you read your comments!

Nov. 16, 2008 | 10:04 PM chluaid responds:

If you see me giggle, it's at this one :D

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:29 PM JakBaronKing says:

Dude...it does matter what it's about...your animation is amazing!

Note: I love ToonBoom...my favorite show done on it is Grossology.

You know how to sue ToomBoom? That's AMAZING!

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:29 AM chluaid responds:

there's a new ToonBoom out called Animate and it's very close to Flash.. same price too. I've been using it for a few days and pretty impressed. Wrote a review on my site so check it out if you're interested. It has a personal learning edition that doesn't expire too.

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:31 PM Beebality says:

You made my day with this news ! I can't wait to see your new work !

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:37 PM 2good2b4goten says:

Awesome! Your BCA work is great, I'll make sure to get the third chapter.

Also, looking forward to your next Brackenwood piece.

I love dicks.

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:38 PM thedo12 says:

ill be watching you,

LITERALY

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:43 PM Panzer-Wolf says:

Stop eating and get back to work!

>:)

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:29 AM chluaid responds:

man's gotta eat!

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:45 PM aldlv says:

wow... it looks awesome...

Nov. 16, 2008 | 9:53 PM I-smel says:

How long have the other academies bin out for?
And "How much would you like to pay?": Classy.

HOLY SHIT GUYS LOOK- HE'S TOTALLY ANIMATING A HORSE OR SOME SHIT. IT'S SOME DUST OR SOMETHING I CAN'T TELL BUT IT'S PROBABLY AWESOME DUST.

Nov. 16, 2008 | 10:10 PM TheUnknownEntity says:

I agree with RaptorIV ..you should do a speed draw or something maybe

Nov. 16, 2008 | 10:54 PM chluaid responds:

check my YouTube channel, I got a couple there ;)

http://www.youtube.com/user/chlua id

Nov. 16, 2008 | 10:20 PM John-The-Biter says:

I'm glad your finally making something new. I'd really like to see more of a story than just stunning animation.

Nov. 16, 2008 | 10:24 PM awesomecooper says:

Yes!!! Now I have to go train my jaw. Last time I was so awe struck by the beauty I was witnessing from Waterlollies that my jaw came down and crashed into the floor breaking it to a 1000 pieces.

Nov. 16, 2008 | 10:55 PM chluaid responds:

ouch.. sorry bout that :P

Nov. 16, 2008 | 11:13 PM Maominiart says:

I'm proud of you man, can't tell anythin' about your tallents, just... A 37 years old guy, so much experience... Woah... Plz, God, let my wish come true, let sir Adam Phillips live forever, lol! :D I'm so happy that you're still workin' at your own projects. Yeah, btw, I have interestin' question about your personality. Where are you workin'? It's about animation also? :3 Cheers. Good luck with your awesome works. :3 (am I just said: good luck? ppffftt...) XD

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:18 AM chluaid responds:

thanks man :D
I work from home, but take on freelance work from all over. I've been working entirely over the internet for the past 4 years and have only met about 5% of my clients face-to-face.. best job ever!

Nov. 16, 2008 | 11:52 PM CheesePieTomato says:

Yay!

And now you have to make sure you dress nicely in your own home

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:19 AM chluaid responds:

yeah.. no more early mornings answering email in my undies.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:26 AM MrScriblam says:

oh boy

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:30 AM zeedox says:

He was drawing with the tablet and now he is back on to Newgrounds. "chluaid-vision" is the best!

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:33 AM WolfBlitz2 says:

answering emails in your undies?
you are like a modernised bogan

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:35 AM WolfBlitz2 says:

I have a question
why no stubbies around the desk?

Nov. 17, 2008 | 3:38 AM chluaid responds:

cos beer is bad.. I drink vodka or gin from classy tumblers!

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:47 AM MrScriblam says:

you're smiling
my heart just jumped

Nov. 17, 2008 | 3:39 AM chluaid responds:

probably smiling at the silly things that go on in my head :D

Nov. 17, 2008 | 2:49 AM MaestroRage says:

I don't even do flash, but i'll buy your third chapter :D! You deserve a lot for those things, I can see it being a huge help to many artists

Nov. 17, 2008 | 9:09 AM chluaid responds:

thanks man, hope you're right.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 3:03 AM Zwickel says:

Looking forward for your dvds! Big fan here man :)

Nov. 17, 2008 | 9:09 AM chluaid responds:

hey man, long time no see :)
DVDs are a ways off yet, but they'll come eventually.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 3:27 AM lemonshaman says:

YESSS! My hero is back :)!

Nov. 17, 2008 | 9:10 AM chluaid responds:

where'd he go?

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:03 AM lenkobiscuit says:

Its the master himself woop

Never tried ToonBoom, heard good things about it though. Best of luck man!!

Nov. 17, 2008 | 9:08 AM chluaid responds:

thanks :D

Nov. 17, 2008 | 6:09 AM JKAmovies says:

Well I just bought it mate ~_^

Now waiting for the send :P

Shouldn't take long coz I'm Aussie same as you?

Also can't wait for the new Brackenwood short, And the Movie :)

You should make a Bitey Of Brackenwood DVD collection and sell it at NG And Biteycastle. That'll be awesome :P

well all the luck and can't wait till the new short :)

Nov. 17, 2008 | 9:08 AM chluaid responds:

thanks mate! Hope you got it OK. Sorry for the delay (was playing WoW for a bit too long tonight).
Enjoy the chapter and let me know what you think of it.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 9:20 AM Peglay says:

Wow i love your flame drawing style........i hope il learn to draw flames like you

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:49 PM chluaid responds:

chapter 5 perhaps :P

Nov. 17, 2008 | 10:20 AM OctoFlash says:

i love you. not the gay way dude! ;)
wow man the tutorial sounds nice, i'll definitely buy it! :DDDDD

yeah i'll contact you in skype if i need help. thanks.

it's good to hear that bitey is still alive, can't wait to see the next part :D

greetings!

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:48 PM chluaid responds:

cheers :D

Nov. 17, 2008 | 11:23 AM Revels says:

I love you.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:38 PM chluaid responds:

and I love you too.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 11:37 AM weirdoo says:

Awesome, looking forward for it! :)

You know, you really show creativity that show's huge potential for a unique book adventure, do you have any plans for an adventure book?

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:48 PM chluaid responds:

I don't have any immediate plans for a book, but I briefly considered writing the History of Brackenwood as a novel, so it'd be easier to sell as a movie. Not sure that'll happen now but I got other ideas.. we'll see

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:01 PM SalterAnimation says:

Excellent. I'll give this toonboom animate a try. I've been looking for an alternative to Flash (flash drives me insane with its bizarre errors). Toonboom Digital Pro made me want to cry everytime I looked at the interface. Plus it was way out of my price range anyway.

I shall be purchasing your latest BCA chapter once I top up my paypal account!

Looking forward to the new brackenwood =)

Chow

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:40 PM chluaid responds:

let me know how you go with Animate.. it's targeted to Flash users who want to make the cross-over so it's got options to choose workspace and keyboard shortcut sets identical to Flash, so you feel right at home ;)

Nov. 17, 2008 | 12:30 PM RYNOL says:

I would buy the book if I animated and didn't have to use my mum's credit card... Damn my childhood! If only I were an adult... I can't wait for the new animation!

I have never heard of toonboom, but I'm sure it's good as a god at flash like you are using it. Is it better than flash? Does it work better than flash? I don't animate but I'm pretty sure it's better if you are preferring it more than flash. Cheers! Can't wait for brackenwood. One of my favorite series!!! Also, is that pic by you?

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:43 PM chluaid responds:

yep that's a pic from the BCA chapter.
Flash has its place, particularly for freelance jobs I do where the client requires delivery in .swf format, but ToonBoom is amazing when it comes to really high-quality animation for broadcast and video. It's got things like variable blur, blurred masks, IK, 3D camera, colour management. It's the real deal that animation schools use to teach traditional 2D animation.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 1:14 PM PieLover61 says:

So what about your feature film? Is that on hold now or is that the project you're showing us? Good luck buddy, I can't wait to see what's goin' down.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:45 PM chluaid responds:

Thanks man.. yep me and my co-writer have Brackenwood story meetings over Skype every day, so the feature film project is still going. The image in the post is an illustration from BCA Chapter 3.

Nov. 17, 2008 | 2:35 PM Eammy says:

You should totally make a storyline where Bitey continually gets tormented by a dark, ghostly entity called the Hallugen, because it is sick of Bitey's trouble-making antics. Bitey then starts being nice to everyone, and the Hallugen leaves. Then soon, Bitey starts annoying everyone again.

Morale? Arrogant people never learn. <a href="http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?ima ge=brakenwoopen0.png">>:(</a>

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:46 PM chluaid responds:

XD
Awesome image.. I'll think about it

Nov. 17, 2008 | 5:49 PM CheesePieTomato says:

I see you there... answering your comments

Nov. 17, 2008 | 10:08 PM chluaid responds:

creep :O

Updated: Nov. 17, 2008, 10:08 PM

Nov. 17, 2008 | 8:53 PM flashbound18 says:

I just bought chapter 3. I must say, I learned a LOT, it was definitely a better use of that 6$ than other purchases.. though I can't help but say I wish there was even more to be learned from that chapter.

anyway, you've sold me on all of the paid chapters to come! thank you!

Nov. 17, 2008 | 10:08 PM chluaid responds:

Glad you liked it and thanks for the little extra :D
There are a couple of topics that could have been covered in the Graphics chapter but were more closely related to animation or effects so they'll be covered in those chapters. The book as a whole should be pretty well rounded as a result. Thanks again

Nov. 18, 2008 | 5:42 PM OctoFlash says:

:DD i just bought it, waiting for the email now! thank you adam!

Nov. 18, 2008 | 9:33 PM chluaid responds:

thank you, come again!
Hope you like :)

Nov. 19, 2008 | 12:24 AM Infinite-one says:

Am I important enough to respond to?

Nov. 19, 2008 | 6:06 PM chluaid responds:

° .. º
~

Updated: Nov. 19, 2008, 6:10 PM

Nov. 19, 2008 | 6:25 AM OctoFlash says:

holy crap, i just completed the tutorial, it was great! very well explained and stuff! i can't wait for chapter 4, hurry!!! :DDDD

Nov. 19, 2008 | 6:05 PM chluaid responds:

I'll do me best :P

Nov. 19, 2008 | 7:14 PM CheesePieTomato says:

yay he's working on the new brackenwood storyboard :D

if you run out of ideas, then...

A COLOSSAL VACCUUM CLEANER!

Nov. 19, 2008 | 7:59 PM chluaid responds:

thanks for the idea.. might just work :O

Nov. 20, 2008 | 11:42 PM CheesePieTomato says:

i'm level 9
you're level 4
how does that make you feel? :O

Nov. 21, 2008 | 1:52 AM chluaid responds:

apathetic

Nov. 21, 2008 | 7:59 AM zooominsh says:

Good idea about skype.
Maybe some day you gone reicive my call. :)
Thanx Philip for tutorials, im gone buy the third one when i will get money on card.

Nov. 22, 2008 | 10:42 AM Peglay says:

Ur always of to somewhere when i wanna watch the cam :3 .......oh yea, will u make a water animating tutorial?

Nov. 23, 2008 | 5:37 AM chluaid responds:

eventually, yep. Chapter 5 is the effects chapter but I may split that into 2 chapters.. lighting effects and elemental type effects.

Nov. 22, 2008 | 2:22 PM shroomi-MHS says:

dude
toon boom PRO costs like 4000 dollars!
b.t.w nice to hear that youre working on a new brackenwood movie!

Nov. 23, 2008 | 5:36 AM chluaid responds:

try ToonBoom Animate.. it's the same price as Flash but VERY close to what Digital Pro can do.
toonboom.com/products/animate

Nov. 23, 2008 | 2:47 AM xXxAlecxXx says:

FREAKING HUGE TABLET....iwantitiwantit*Slaps self*

lol i'm weird with this computer thing you call internet anyway

Big fan and i cant wait.

ILY

Nov. 23, 2008 | 11:07 AM PicturesMakeHappy says:

Your Work is aw'sum!!!
Really good stuff, keep it up!

Nov. 24, 2008 | 9:45 AM Miccool says:

Woah, a buck a minute. You could make this your full time job. srsly.

Nov. 24, 2008 | 3:09 PM OctoFlash says:

hi adam, it's me again -.-
got a comment to post a quick fanart here, is it okay?

http://octoflash.newgrounds.com/news/
post/228881

Nov. 26, 2008 | 7:51 PM toontown1 says:

I'm going to be making you a brackenwood tribute like thing as soon i get the hang of the new tablet i hope i win or buy. check my userpage out to see...please?

Nov. 28, 2008 | 4:50 PM toxicdevil69 says:

HOLY SHIT YOUR SO UGLY!

Nov. 28, 2008 | 10:20 PM Gi-go says:

I'm buying a "Thanks"

I feel like I should buy 5 of them for all the tips I've gotten watching your stuff.

Nov. 28, 2008 | 10:25 PM Cardboardwarrior says:

It's nice to see such a great animator using more mediums.

Dec. 1, 2008 | 1:32 PM SinnerGod says:

Your Animations are just so Co0l wicked & AmAZiNG !!!!!
I just really wanna ask
"what type of flash program do you use?"
it wud be a big help to me if you would answer
i tried asking other authors what they use but they probably don't accept pm's or just don't check theirs.
I wud be VeRRY GrATEFuL if you wud share this with me.....

Dec. 1, 2008 | 5:19 PM flashetion says:

Hey! Im 16 and from norway!

I got inspired by your movie of that forest monster (doesn't remember what its called), So I made also a movie about that sort of creature. If you are interested of seeing that movie, please just ask me.

Dec. 1, 2008 | 11:46 PM RPGCrazyCritic says:

I love bitey keep up the good work :D

Dec. 2, 2008 | 5:04 PM Monochromer says:

I love you..

Dec. 3, 2008 | 10:44 AM TheL1st says:

is it possible to be... too good?

Dec. 3, 2008 | 1:50 PM SimonG says:

You are amazing, I like amazing :P Keep up, and that image looked freakin' awesome!

Dec. 4, 2008 | 1:30 AM Magyar says:

some one is selling out

Dec. 11, 2008 | 10:17 PM chluaid responds:

yeah selling out to myself.. cos you can only live off dirt for so long ;)

Dec. 4, 2008 | 6:00 PM Littleluckylink says:

Brackenwood SHORT
Like, not full length?

I'm watching you by the way.

Dec. 7, 2008 | 3:52 PM KillerFerret says:

Hey Adam, what kind of Tablet do you use?

Dec. 8, 2008 | 2:22 PM RoadViper says:

i've watched The YuYu for like 20 times now, and everytime i watch this movie i get more excited. With every slam on the drum i feel something waking up inside.
i know it sounds extremely exaggerated but its just how i feel it.
it makes me feel alive.

Dec. 10, 2008 | 10:49 AM Dvisions says:

For some reason, I'm inspired by your work. Because of that I aim to be greater than you. You'll see. Yosh!

Dec. 12, 2008 | 12:57 PM SimonG says:

Waterlollies is back on top :)

Dec. 13, 2008 | 5:35 AM JakBaronKing says:

Awesome Christmas Flash

LOL

Drunk Santa

Dec. 13, 2008 | 11:39 AM Archon68 says:

Charging people for helping them? That's rather mean...

Dec. 13, 2008 | 5:24 PM chluaid responds:

tell that to Lynda.com
I'm a one-man operation and I'm hungry. You can't spare $2? and you reckon I'm mean ;)

Updated: Dec. 13, 2008, 7:59 PM

Dec. 13, 2008 | 1:40 PM Sidorio says:

I literally want to kill you and have sex with your corpse. In a good way.

Dec. 13, 2008 | 6:29 PM cyotecody555 says:

Your Graphics are the best I've seen :)

Dec. 13, 2008 | 10:28 PM nick1031 says:

i will tell you your future if you reply

Dec. 13, 2008 | 11:06 PM MindChamber says:

Good news on the new chapter release, Its really great you are taking time to help alot of us here, myself included. There are alot of classes out there with the same help for 100 times the price, and anyone on a budget would be a fool to not take you up on your generous offer.

Btw Is that man in your blog part of the new BrackenWood? I have to admit, the prospect of seeing humans in your series is exciting.

I also might look into ToonBoom animate program. ToonBoom was the second program I learned after After Effects, but it was Flash that help me get my start. So its hard to turn away from that. But having flash close on me after an hour of work and forgetting to save has made it easier to start looking elsewhere. I need to see how well Animate exports to swf.

Dec. 14, 2008 | 12:13 AM chluaid responds:

Thanks man!
Animate exports to SWF OK but some of the really awesome stuff doesn't.. for example, masking (cutters) are invertible, can have variable opacity and are blurrable, however this doesn't translate to vector, so it won't export to SWF. There are a few pitfalls like that which is a shame but I've heard rumours that they're working on a solution to use Flash's bitmap caching to somehow export those ToonBoom bitmap effects to vector formats like .SWF

In the end, Animate is probably the closest thing we could ever get as a cross between After Effects and Flash. It's a dedicated animation program full of awesome capabilities for video formats with some web export problems but none of the video export problems we associate with Flash.

I know what you mean about Flash helping you get your start.. same here. My audience is 90% Newgrounds so I could never abandon Flash unless ToonBoom could FULLY replace it.

btw, "man in my blog"? Do you mean something that was on my screen? There will be people in the Brackenwood feature but you might be seeing some freelance work I'm doing - unless you mean the webcam pic of me :P

*edit* oh I see what you mean about the man in my blog.. the image in this blog post is just a demonstration image from BCA Chapter 3.

Updated: Dec. 14, 2008, 10:52 PM

Dec. 14, 2008 | 2:57 AM Bobert-Rob says:

Man, you sure keep yourself busy. Admirable, to say the least.

Thanks for watching my work, by the way. I assume you saw it since you favorited it and all. Either way, thanks for taking the time, I greatly appreciate it!

Oh, I have to second the notion that the guy with the green flame up there is pretty intense looking. You never cease to amaze us, man.

Dec. 14, 2008 | 6:11 AM higgles says:

hey man glad your back, always a pleasure seeing one of the best (if not the best!) flash artist making yet another master peice soon to be in the bitey collection.
And to think that you made a tutoriol for you animating style, you my fellow australian rad!

Oh and what was your WOW characters name, my friend has one but I despise the very site of it. PM me if you don't want info to leak.. never mind, bye!!!!

Dec. 14, 2008 | 10:54 PM chluaid responds:

My WoW character's name is ßitey (spelled Alt 0223 itey). I'm a horde guy on Khaz'goroth.. see you there ;)

Dec. 14, 2008 | 8:37 AM OdHero says:

The BCA chapters are brilliant, they far surpass my old flash mx for dummies book haha!

Dec. 14, 2008 | 2:25 PM beast-unleashed says:

so is toon boom better than flash or does flash remain superior. i heard alot about toon boom and since most shows cartoons are made with it i thought it was the best animation program. but seeing as its so similar to flash there has to be some things one has over the other. what do ya say

Dec. 14, 2008 | 10:56 PM chluaid responds:

Short answer is that Flash is better for .SWF stuff (i.e. NG submissions), while ToonBoom is better for video formats (i.e. YouTube, DVD, TV broadcast).

Dec. 14, 2008 | 5:10 PM SweetMimis says:

Is there any way I could get a still of Bitey, he reminds me of my brother, and I want to get it tatooed on me. Amazing flashes by the way! Me and my brother loved the flash a day on your website! Keep up the great work!

Dec. 14, 2008 | 10:47 PM MindChamber says:

haha the Man in your blog,

I was refering to the illustration you have here in this post with the man and the flame, I see now its part of one of your exercises in your new chapter.

great work, very informative.

Dec. 14, 2008 | 10:57 PM chluaid responds:

I get ya now :D
Yeah just an image to illustrate a technique.

Dec. 15, 2008 | 4:07 AM Magyar says:

There is this thing called the dole you know?

Alternatively being a tax fraud isn't so bad.

Dec. 16, 2008 | 5:53 PM chluaid responds:

perhaps a bit of both!

Dec. 15, 2008 | 7:41 AM Dast says:

Jesus, man you're a legend of Newgrounds. You're fuckin amazing

Dec. 15, 2008 | 4:00 PM Zaina says:

Your hawt. =3

Dec. 16, 2008 | 9:18 AM higgles says:

I just went on your site and reliased there was ah ton of shit that you havn't submitted to newgrounds yet. Is it because you want the main focus to be bitey, or is it to attract more visitors to your site cause you'll really get high in the ratings if you send your animations here.

Dec. 16, 2008 | 5:52 PM chluaid responds:

yeah I want my site to have some stuff that isn't available anywhere else

Dec. 16, 2008 | 6:24 PM alienhominid100 says:

your awesome

Dec. 16, 2008 | 8:53 PM Spartan114 says:

Hey.
I got to say, I love your animations.
Stories are all interesting and quite good, the things you created quite fascinating. The animation is outstanding. I must say, bravo!

I was thinking, have you ever heard of Warhammer? I won't go into explanation if you have, but if not, and you like my idea, please feel free to ask.

I was thinking that you and I could possibly work together on a long series based on Warhammer. I have many stories that we could use, and can even send some of them to you, if you find the idea as a possibility. I believe that if we use the same animations that you are using, we could make a quite sucessful flash series!
Regards,

Sean.

P.S. Email is golddragon5691@hotmail.com

Dec. 17, 2008 | 8:55 PM chluaid responds:

yeah I love RPG and fantasy themed stuff.. I've done a bit of work for Wizards of the Coast doing Dungeons & Dragons shorts (to promote 4th Edition). Right now my current freelance job is doing animation for a fantasy game in that style too (not for Wizards or D&D though).

Not sure if I have time right now to do more stuff but perhaps later in the new year when I've got a couple of new shorts out of the way (BiteyCastle and Brackenwood), then I'll think about doing something like Warhammer style stuff. It'd be loads of fun cos I love all that shit :D

Updated: Dec. 17, 2008, 8:55 PM

Dec. 17, 2008 | 11:13 AM SimonG says:

Expect 1st on the christmas competition.

Dec. 17, 2008 | 8:56 PM chluaid responds:

I didn't use the Christmas preloader so I'm not sure if I'm eligible.

Dec. 17, 2008 | 9:41 PM Iddis says:

Good santa video but A christmas video with Bitey and such would be really good it would be good next year since it would take awhile but it would be sweet and I think your other fans would agree.

Dec. 18, 2008 | 7:31 PM CheesePieTomato says:

that santa decoration on the christmas tree was so awesomely goofy!

Dec. 20, 2008 | 7:02 AM chluaid responds:

fthanks!
playing WoW lately?

Dec. 18, 2008 | 7:34 PM CheesePieTomato says:

oh and btw, they're using your cartoon's icon for the christmas collection :D
so yeah, you're eligible, your cartoon's on the list

Dec. 19, 2008 | 12:39 PM Peglay says:

Hey Adam what do you think of this pic i drew?
http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/14/18159000 /ngbbs494accc4efd4c.jpg

Dec. 20, 2008 | 7:03 AM chluaid responds:

that's awesome! Nice work :D

Updated: Dec. 20, 2008, 7:03 AM

Dec. 19, 2008 | 6:25 PM DannyJay says:

correct me if im wrong, but are you from the UK?

Dec. 20, 2008 | 7:01 AM chluaid responds:

Sydney Australia

Dec. 20, 2008 | 6:07 PM beast-unleashed says:

ahh i see. but doesnt that mean quality will be kinda bad. also does that mean it exports an AVI for example just like an SWF would export in flash. like in flash when you export as AVI or something other than swf movieclips dont play quality is BAD v-cam not anything action scripted will work yet in an SWF everything plays accordingly. so would toon boom export AVI or whatever other file like flash would export an SWF. sorry if i sound confusing

Dec. 21, 2008 | 6:09 PM chluaid responds:

ToonBoom has none of the video export issues that Flash has, so no, you don't get bad quality video export. If that was the case, the Simpsons movie wouldn't have been done with ToonBoom ;)

Dec. 21, 2008 | 3:02 AM CheesePieTomato says:

Yeah, been on WoW a fair bit, level 79 now :D That's on my gnome, though
Questing in storm peaks yesterday when I chanced upon Vyragosa, rare elite, quite happy with that :D
Now I've killed three rares for Frostbitten
ur still 71! lol

Dec. 21, 2008 | 6:04 PM chluaid responds:

that's cos I have a life :P (one that's crammed with work unfortunately)
I just cracked 72 yesterday and got about halfway to 73. Probably will hover around there for a few months heh. Is Zalf still in our guild?

Dec. 21, 2008 | 6:32 AM coolpick says:

Adam can you look at my display pic kinda thing on my page? tell me it isn't terrible... how do you do so good?

Dec. 21, 2008 | 6:05 PM chluaid responds:

it's not terrible. Just keep drawing and learning about human/animal anatomy. Soon you'll work out for yourself which bits need improvement ;)

Dec. 22, 2008 | 6:37 PM Ringmaster17 says:

Told ya

No i know how it works and it's a joke how it works... it's a certain number of voters who voted then it gets the average score which puts it up there I have been on the site since the old assiassin days but nice try bud

O yea and your not even in the top 50... in fact your the 2nd best of the week which is in the top 3 like i said it would be.... you sir need to learn how to use EPIC FAIL when needed

The sad part is that I even said you had a good flash so next time don't get all pissy trying to call someone out when they are right hahahaha

Dec. 23, 2008 | 4:23 AM CheesePieTomato says:

As far as I know, my pally hasn't been kicked out lol
I was on him a few days ago to say gday to khaz'goroth
struck 80 on my gnome yesterday :O

Jan. 7, 2009 | 7:41 PM chluaid responds:

I just hit 80 this morning at 4am. It's all pvp and dailies from now on :D
Maybe the occasional naxx run with the guild.

Dec. 25, 2008 | 5:15 AM Peglay says:

Merry Christmas !!

Dec. 27, 2008 | 6:28 PM Dragonberry says:

wtf mate, i ordered BCA 3 like 16 hours ago.

Jan. 7, 2009 | 7:43 PM chluaid responds:

You got it eventually? Sorry that it took so long (assuming you got it). I send them manually so if I'm away from the computer for a long time, I send the chapters when I get back.

Dec. 31, 2008 | 8:09 PM phsycofrog says:

yo its been a while so i was just wondering when is chapter 4 coming out? ive been following this tutorial booklet youve got going on (paid $2 for chapter 3 im sorry im cheap). if you could aquire a date for release of chapter 4 then that would be great. :D

Jan. 1, 2009 | 5:36 AM oOlolipopOo says:

ur really good at this X3

Jan. 2, 2009 | 5:37 AM stewii says:

100th <3

Jan. 2, 2009 | 2:13 PM arceus121 says:

you are an author, i was an instant fan when i saw my first one of ur cartoons, keep up the awesome work!

Jan. 3, 2009 | 8:40 AM Melankolia says:

HOLY CRAP I CAN'T WAIT
I'm a big fan of Brackenwood and it's been ages since your last one

Jan. 4, 2009 | 3:56 AM Diyakinos says:

Checked out the Academy and it looks pretty awesome. It would so cool to learn to animate as good as you. Also the picture of the guy with the flame is fantastic.

Jan. 5, 2009 | 11:59 PM BloodStrike21 says:

One thing i forgot to say in my review of Waterlollies. I said alot of negative things about, but i wanted to say that your Flash skills are amazing and i didnt want you to think that i totally hated it. So i just wanted to clear that up, so just so you know that.

Cheers!

Jan. 7, 2009 | 7:39 PM chluaid responds:

There's a storytelling & acting guru who I idolise and his name is Ed Hooks. In your review, your comments about character motivation are pretty much exactly what he said about Bitey in Waterlollies. Reviews with good, valid criticism are like gold to me, so I have a lot of respect for anyone who takes the time to help me become a better storyteller ;)

Jan. 8, 2009 | 3:23 AM CheesePieTomato says:

i've been levelling fishing with my gnome lately. i've caught old ironjaw, about five old crafties (lolol) and wouldn't you know, just earlier i caught mr pinchy on like my tenth highland mixed school! i wasted the first wish by accident though D: (full inventory)
and i know just how much you like mr pinchy :P

Jan. 10, 2009 | 12:04 PM Narlk says:

COOL um are u gonna or are making a brakenwood movie PM me if u are

Jan. 10, 2009 | 7:59 PM Narlk says:

u know what u need for Bitey Castel.com a CHARACTERS LIST!!!

Jan. 11, 2009 | 9:29 AM gman213456 says:

bitch

Jan. 11, 2009 | 9:09 PM AgressiveDoll says:

im not long time on new grounds so i wanted to see all the new grounds "icons", i saw your animations and i was amazed! I always loved when somebody could create his own world. I suppose you know Terry Pratchett, Dafydd Ab Hugh & Brad Linaweaver, Jaroslaw Grzedowicz (you cant know this one), Eric Nylund, Paul Stewart & Chris Riddel, Isaac Asimov and Neil Gaiman. Maybe you don't know them but they all have their own worlds and that is what i really like. The creativity! You created a world that is really unique, !original! and I say that you must be really creative because how the civilization ages the new ideas are more and more rare. I will look up to your new releases and I recommend you: Write a book!
With wishes of the best Aggross
I wanted to write you this by PM but i could not so I write it here hope you read it

Jan. 18, 2009 | 9:15 PM Feolthanos says:

More Bitey? That's awesome! I love Brackenwood, especially the YuYu and Waterlollies. I watched the YuYu approx. 15 times in a row. Where on Earth did you get your inspiration? You are an amazing animator. For the sake of all of us, please keep up the good work. (I hope that was not too melodramatic.)

Jan. 24, 2009 | 8:15 AM CheesePieTomato says:

mr pinchy was gay, out of all three wishes the best thing he gave was the buff, didnt get an achivement or pet.

anyway I quit WoW lol

left my gnome corpse to rot in the dalaran fountain

Feb. 28, 2009 | 6:27 AM chluaid responds:

I quit WoW too.. one day I just said "WTF am I doing?"
I did a /gquit and left the game. Might come back if ever they have mounted combat ;)

Jan. 27, 2009 | 10:37 AM Zyphonee says:

Just tried out ToonBoom, it´s certainly very capable when it comes to comparing it to Flash CS4, which is the version I got. But I´ll keep using flash for some time, as it´s hard to get used to ToonBoom, specially when I´ve been animating with flash since two years ago, when I was eleven, heh, makes me think back to when I could only animate stickmen...

That shot looks awesome, just like everything else you ever made, when did you start animating?

Jan. 30, 2009 | 6:03 AM P1raten says:

why cant i evah watch your cam? :'(( i dun get it.. im at http://biteycastle.com/contact/cam/ca m.html and it says that it will auto refresh.. and ive even tried to refresh mah self.. but nuthing happens.. :(( ive tried back and forth in about a week now..

Feb. 28, 2009 | 6:21 AM chluaid responds:

The cam software kept bugging out so I retired the cam. Might start it back up when I'm working on the next major animation project.

Jan. 31, 2009 | 12:37 PM KnockedUOut says:

Yo, love all your stories, they crack me up

keep em comin man,

Knocked

Feb. 1, 2009 | 1:19 PM shiney-gold666 says:

I saw all of your movies after watching "waterlollies" and i would just like to say what a great job your doing and am especially impressed by your story board on waterlollies... thank you.

Feb. 4, 2009 | 6:34 PM alcaknight says:

Hey! I love your videos. Your a great inspiration to many aspiring animators. Just thought I would say that. I was just wondering. How long have you been animating? I just started this year. 15 now, and not ver y good at drawing or animating, but I am getting better by the day. I hope that I will get good enough so that I can get a job animating, or at least be decent. I have other alternatives to go to if I dont get a job animating, but I think animating would be the best. Next in line would be History teacher. Thanks for reading, and I am looking forward to your reply!

Feb. 5, 2009 | 11:21 PM vjm3 says:

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!

I have in my possession MMFlash MX Professional 2004. Frustrated that I didn't know how to use it, I downloaded your tutorials and made a glowing ball of electricity, even though the tutorial was made for CS3! Now I have a backbone to stem from, and confidence in my ability to animate using Flash. I can't wait to see what else you can offer, and with the help of Adobe Photoshop, my scanner, and the bottomless pit that is my imagination...I am sure that I am on my way to creating the flash animations of my dreams!!!

And it's all thanks to your help. Thank you so much. I am eternally in your dept.

Feb. 28, 2009 | 6:24 AM chluaid responds:

look forward to seeing your stuff on NG soon then :)

Feb. 6, 2009 | 9:42 PM THEGiiRLWHOLOVEANiME says:

HELLO I LOVE YOUR FLASH ITS REALLY GREAT I WISH YOU MAKE MORE ^^ YOU ARE ONE OF MY INSPIRATION ^^ <3 RiiNAH

Feb. 13, 2009 | 1:55 PM enable says:

What if you made a game with the same level of graphic impressiveness... Holy crap, I... Have to go change pants... bhai! :)

Feb. 14, 2009 | 10:27 PM Roland7749 says:

Hey I just wanted to thank you personaly for making the Brackenwood videos there style and form are both amazing and unique and I must say out of all the video graphics Iv seen on NG you have the very best and I love how the style seems to change every video. I cant wait for you next videoand I hope its as more in depth as you say. p.s hope for the return of the witch =P.

Mar. 7, 2009 | 9:48 AM Malakuko says:

About the scripted camera you mention in prowlers by the river flash. I was just wondering whats that about and if i could get it? i really would love it, for some reason when i started in flash (not long ago) i had the idea that there was some sort of camera tool. . . but no you have to create the illusion of a camera in very awkward ways, so please please tell me more about it, id love to know. Im an animation student in Ireland and im pretty much hoping to be you one day lol, although i doubt il get working for disney, anyways. Thanks! Marc McCabe.

Mar. 8, 2009 | 10:22 PM CheesePieTomato says:

also madness 9 in a week or so hopefully

Mar. 10, 2009 | 6:31 PM Rad619619 says:

Any new flash anytime soon PLEASE?

Mar. 13, 2009 | 8:55 PM EmperorLuke says:

ya done with that graphic novel yet?

Mar. 15, 2009 | 4:38 PM shiney-gold666 says:

I just saw your Short "waterlollies" and i have to say, im really more impressed than ever, what i especially liked about this animation was simplicity of it, as well as the identity of creatures we have not seen. In other words, good job, you made another world. Mike E.

Mar. 26, 2009 | 11:34 AM Rion-hunter says:

Well I just paid the $10 one.
Hope you spend it wisely.
notably $10 in American....
Which I thought was weird...considering..y'know...you're not in America.

Mar. 30, 2009 | 9:39 AM MarcyVF says:

Why is your username 'chluaid'? I've always wondered.

Mar. 30, 2009 | 10:06 AM Jefpef says:

Token of appriciation, youre work has inspired and motivated me and gave me some good laughs; 'Whooo was that ' for example. Brackenwood is epic keep it up, or not youve entertained me and others enough, youre choice.

Apr. 2, 2009 | 4:20 PM siburius says:

hey, u surprised me i thought all these comments wud not be replied to...thank u for actualy reeding these (unlike most famous people).
I personaly think of all the people id like to meet ud be on of them. ur imagination is amost as good as mine (that was a joke we're pretty equal). id like to speak with u 1 day, just 1 day

Apr. 2, 2009 | 4:23 PM siburius says:

p.s. i have a big imagination but i cant animate u have both...now thats a prize, but i was wondering if ud like to hear my ideas...i no uve probably been offered a thousand times but hear me out...thank u

Apr. 3, 2009 | 5:56 PM G-888 says:

HOW THE HECK DO YOU DRAW SO GOOD.
how do you do it.

Apr. 4, 2009 | 4:15 AM xXsnowbladeXx says:

You are insanely good at drawing. IM JEALOUS >:(

Apr. 5, 2009 | 8:47 AM maximax-2 says:

yaaaaaaaay

Apr. 8, 2009 | 6:32 AM CheesePieTomato says:

lol! lollol11! i tot@lly pwned your pixelated counterpart in portal defenderinos!!1

Apr. 10, 2009 | 11:11 AM tyler2513 says:

are you not making brackenwood anymore it was seriously captain of NG,

Apr. 11, 2009 | 12:38 PM DrClay says:

I love all of your cartoons and your style? How did you learn such style, just practice or did someone help you learn. Because I would like to improve on my art skills as well, though I don't know how other then just practicing, would that be all?

Apr. 14, 2009 | 8:33 AM M-Y says:

You are one of Newgrounds' finest animators. I'm jealous. Oh what the heck, you're my Newgrounds hero.

Apr. 15, 2009 | 6:38 AM CheesePieTomato says:

I'll be buying flash in the very near future, but first i wanna know two things:
what's the difference between the student and professional versions?
and would it be a good idea to buy cs3 rather than cs4 just for the sake of being able to follow your guides?
thanks!

Apr. 17, 2009 | 8:47 AM Dools says:

I know you've gotten this question many times but you've never answered it, and as a fellow Aussie I think it your duty to do so...

Will there be a Waterlollies sequel?

OR PREQUEL???

dun, dun, dunnnn

Apr. 17, 2009 | 7:18 PM TwistedBanana says:

just one question abuot bitey why is he such a jackass

Apr. 22, 2009 | 1:33 PM Callum123456 says:

brackenwood rules
pooping is fun

May. 20, 2009 | 6:24 PM Muesical-Pope says:

Heyyy, if you're looking for a sound person id like to submit my 'application'. I was going to message you but cannot. Check out my stuff if you would like, ill be uploading more over the next day/2. Hope to hear from you! I'll work my ass off!

May. 22, 2009 | 11:06 PM chluaid responds:

thanks for the offer man.. I'll check out your stuff and keep you in mind should I get time to work with another team, but I think we've found our music guy for the current team. We'll submit our music guy's name and team name soonish. thanks again and good luck with whoever you hook up with.

May. 22, 2009 | 10:34 PM Valerofond says:

CREDITED, thanks a bunch

May. 24, 2009 | 10:26 PM Tailwhip says:

How bout' makin' a new post there son.

May. 26, 2009 | 11:48 AM Shanus says:

Paid the RRP for chapter 3, totally worth it. Thanks and looking forward to new Brackenwood :D

Jun. 3, 2009 | 10:55 AM chluaid responds:

Thanks dude :D

May. 27, 2009 | 1:14 PM RashDecision says:

Keep working on the Brackenwood series, they are just fantastic! Could you perhaps have a little more "wildlife" in the one your working on? That would be just great! :)

Jun. 3, 2009 | 10:59 AM chluaid responds:

more wildlife? ok, I'll see what I can do :D

May. 31, 2009 | 5:50 PM akskine says:

The chapter 3 was, to simply put it, AWESOME! Thanks for that e-book, the tips were really helpful, as always. ;)

On a sidenote, I wonder if I should try ToonBoom out, I checked their site and was impressed by some of the features Animate offers, such as 3D scene set-up.

Jun. 3, 2009 | 10:55 AM chluaid responds:

yep ToonBoom Animate is incredible. Takes a few days of getting used to if you're a Flash veteran but that's outweighed by the amazing stuff you can do with it. Glad you liked ch3 btw, thanks. I just released ch4 so I'm blogging that in a few min :)