Age 94, Male
Knifeman
Hard Knocks
Bitey Castle, top floor
Joined on 3/26/04
Posted by chluaid - February 9th, 2010
When I was making LotD, I captured my entire frame-by-frame rough animation process on one of the last scenes.
It's a 33-part video series with messy, unscripted 'thinking-out-loud' voice over, taking you through the process from rough animation to full colour cleanup. The first video is below, but the complete playlist is here on YouTube.
I hope you enjoy watching it, as much as I enjoy playing with knives.
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have you ever thought of publishing some instructional dvds? I'm pretty sure they'd sell, 'cuz you do such a wonderful job here.
yeah I have the BCA chapters on my site (bitey.com > Academy) which are PDFs. I plan on doing something similar with ToonBoom soonish.
hi Adam,
I just want to say that the animator is the only person in this Universe who can create what he imagine except god.
so you can understand that what is an animator.
Keep creating this kind of works becasue these kinds of things always remain unforgotten marks.
Thanks,
manishan
thank you manishan :D
Hey Adam, ever searched yourself on Wikipedia?
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Phillips_animator">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Phi llips_animator</a>
I like knives too :D
ow cool turturial but how do u make a play button AND A REPLAY BUTTON IM NEW TO FLASH SO I JUST WANA KNOW. PLZ!
(Sry for caps just rushing)
Hey timosuarus007, I at least know that. I don't know much about preloaders, but...
Go to Insert>Symbol, Click Button, UP is when it's not pressed, OVER is when the mouse is hovering over it, DOWN, is when it's clicked, and HIT is the zone where you can hit the button (Of course, it's easy to use one frame for all)
Then go to scene 1 of your movie, drag in the Button from the Library (Windows>Library) Go to Windows>Actions, click on the ENTIRE KEYFRAME, take Script Assist in the ACTIONS window, hit movie clip control, drag in stop in the text box, click on the button, drag in "play" and that should work for a play button.
For replay button, put a "stop" command on the last scene, then set the button to "when clicked, go to frame 1 in scene 1", script assist will help.
It's actually pretty simple once you get used to it.
Adam, i have questions, what inspires you to make such an awesome series like this, do you think you could make a Water Effect tutorial, and are you still trying to make the feature film?
I've got a new livestreaming channel, where I'm doing FX demonstrations, like water, etc. Yep I'm still working on the feature film with my co-writer. It's a fair way off though.. long way to go.
By the way, I was surprised Dashkin didn't take home the tank. Did you expect to win? =0 I just want to do a quick ego check, do you think that you're the best animator on Newgrounds? I think the only thing I've seen that competes with Brackenwood is probably "Katan", but that didn't have the same "realistic" feeling, though it could be argued that the style was different.
Never loved Tarboy, but I'm not such a huge fan of this series either. I was rooting for "Jerry: the End" with its satirical sarcasm, I don't know why, I knew it was never going to win. =(
By the way, 36-48 HOURS STRAIGHT?!! How is that possible??? I don't know if it's 5-hour energy or lots and lots of coffee, but either way that stuff is really bad for you. =0
I didn't expect the win, but I hoped for it. Tarboy totally deserved the Tank IMO
what kind of knives do you like? i mean, throwing knives, kitchen knives, stabbing knives, kunai like knives, bread knives, butter knives... i'm just curious, cuz i like throwing knives =D
also, those videos are really inspiring, gives hope for no talents like me to perhaps one day spawn a decent movie, thanks alot!
Anything that has an appealing design. I mostly like a practical blade - none of that curvy, spiky, movie-style stuff.
Looks great, I haven't thought of the camera perspective before. But are you doing this change of the cameras angle per tween oder are you creating frames by your own for that?
when is your next animation coming out or are you done making movies?
oh, and are you going to do some art for the art portal?
haven't found time to submit to the art portal yet but the Dashkin sequel is in the works.
that looks so cool i always wondered how you got that effect and i want to try using that camra moving around the main charater in a flash im trying to make im not really that good at trying to make a flash
Hey Adam great work.. These Brackenwood animations are just so kewl!!!!
One question: What do you use to draw? A tablet pc?
Wacom tablet.. mine's a 9x12 Intuos 3
I'm guessing you don't have a lot of time on your hands, so I'll keep it short for your benefit. I'm 18, just got CS4 to use as a hobby. Totally suck at drawing with the damn mouse. Do you use a graphics tablet to animate?
I love your work. It's pure brilliance! You are a man of unearthly talent!
Bye!
yep graphics tablet. Thanks for the feedback.. glad you like :)
Hi! TLotD was beyond amazing! isit true there will be a film? is so when?
Can't say when cos I have no idea really. It's a notoriously long process that's measured in years. We're still in the very early stages of writing so it'll be a long road.
I'm really excited for the continuation of the Bitey series! I'm going insane with anticipation. Please keep coming out with stuff. I love your work. ~a fan.
Thanks :)
Hey man! I must say, your Bitey series is genius. You've created a beautiful work of art with a great story that's also incredibly addictive. I like the concept of Bitey; the lonely trickster who only sometimes gets away with things, but he's not a badass (sorry if the language offends). It's a very creative world that you've made, and I really respect how you stride away from the norm. I hope you create many more episodes to the story of Bitey.
Thanks for the message! Plenty more Brackenwood stories to come :)
Hey, I've been watching your animations since pretty much the beginning. I gotta say out of all the things I've seen on newgrounds I'd have to say that yours is the most unique I've seen so far. I love your animation style and think you have an amazing hand for art. I'm sure you get these all the time, but I'd just like to let you know you have some amazing fans, no point in having them if none of them really understand, right? lol. Anyways, I was curious as to who wrote the theme for your animations and plays them. or do you create it yourself? either way, I think you do a great job presenting it in your animation. Also, I was slightly curious if you could maybe even help teach me some flash? I've done some basic stuff in my technology class at school but, I never really had someone sit down and teach me it. But I would love to become a more active member to newgrounds, and submit some of my own flash to the portal. . . But, you know I've sent PMs before but never seem answered. Anyways, I was also wondering how far you are on the next part of your series, I am ever so anxiously waiting.
Your Fan,
Lostpunker2
the music is created after I've finished the animation. In the early Brackenwood movies I did the music myself, but now I pay professionals to do it.
I get a lot of requests for Flash tuition but I can't personally help everyone, which is why I created the BiteyCastle Academy page with Flash and ToonBoom lessons. Check it out on my site ;)
You look like the kind of guy who would be into this comic.
<a href="http://twokindscomic.com/archive/?p=1">http://twokindscomic.com/archive/?p=1 </a>
nice art. I'll check it out. Thanks!
EpicBoredom
So that was like 4 seconds of animation in 3 hours? Holy shit man, I just thought you drew really fast, but if that's the average amount of frames you get done and you got 4 minutes in 4 weeks...
So when you're animating a short, how much do you spend each day animating? 9 hours? 10 hours?
chluaid (Updated )
usually when I'm fully into a project, I'll stay in the chair until it's done, only stopping to go to bed.. so usually between 18-20 hrs on the longest days, otherwise it's around 12-16 on avg. Towards the end when I'm nearly finished, I will do a couple of all nighters, like 36-48hrs straight :D