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.
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dude that means a lot coming from you. Thanks :)
tbh it's writing like yours that inspires me to write dialogue.
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.
that I will.. and I will post photos!
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.
thanks for the support bud.. and never say never! It's only permanent if you believe it's permanent.
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.
I dropped out of Disney because after discovering Flash I saw opportunities in animating freelance from home and on my own ideas. Besides, I had been at Disney for 11 years by that stage and the lack of new opportunities and room to move/improve frustrated me.
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 think it'll be a day-by-day account of how Bitey came to be the last of his kind. But ssh, it's a secret :P
@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.
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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
Keep working on it, and you'll get there eventually. It doesn't happen in an instant and like I said it's a lifetime commitment, but if it's doing something that you truly love, the hard work won't seem like hard work ;)
Sorry about your mom.. keep your chin up and all the best with your stuff.
Flyingdoodle
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....)