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At 6/13/05 07:59 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: Heres another of my screenshots for inspiration: Dont steal my idea you f*** face!

Oh I am totally stealing that. From now on my SoBr entry is about a... um... a giant... like catapillar kinda thing... tank... yeah. OH YEAH! You better believe it.

=)

At 6/13/05 02:42 AM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: It's done.

And I would like to apologize to everyone here.

Despite my best efforts, it is a whopping 1.3 megabytes as an swf.

If you decide not too include it because of its size, I'll understand.

Yow! That's quite a chunky file you've got there! But eh, I bet it's so high quality and so good that we'll have no choice but to include it =)
Seriously, I doubt anyone will say "Hey let's put in three crappy ones instead of Zekey's brilliant piece." Right?
Mine is not coming along well. I got halfway and now have reached a point where I'm not sure where to go. Wish me luck, I don't want to drop out at the last minute...

At 6/8/05 06:48 PM, -PuRpLeHaZe- wrote: I'm so in.. How long do they need to be?and also what is the minimum filesize?

At 6/8/05 07:51 PM, Myst_Williams wrote: I am a little bit late, but i am thinking i might try and make the deadline.

I am just curious, and too lazy to loo kthrough al lthe pages to find out... but about how long should each piece be? Approx, what would be the range we should be in for length. So one doesnt overpower another, and of course to make sure we dont overuse our alloted space (both size and length)... is there a secific size limit as well i should know about?

There is no specific file size or length. Obviously the smaller you can keep the file the better, since Flash is all about small file sizes and quick loading. The length should be as long as you need to make a good piece. If you can do it in 10 seconds, more power to you, if it takes you a minute, well there you go. Just don't go crazy and make a 10 minute long epic film. This is about giving a lot of folks a shot to get in, not just one or two people.
I've decided to put my piece aside and wait until the last minute like usual.

At 6/3/05 05:15 PM, Pharaohman wrote: YEH! I got lots of mine done so far but not all the way yet. i wanted to see what peopel think about it so far. SO I put it at http://img121.echo.cx/my.php?image=pmshadesofbrown2jd.swf

Tell me Tell me!! I worked real hard on it so far and it's probably a little more than half done now. I want to hear what everyone says! :)

It's a good start. I like the bear/dog thing's movement as he's walking. Perhaps add some detail in the background or the grass to define it more. Also maybe work on the mouth while he's chewing the mushroom. Keep at it!

At 6/6/05 01:09 AM, NutjobM wrote: DANG this is a whole lot harder than it looks... ah well, hope I make the deadline...

What's harder? Meeting the deadline or working in only 5 colors? I can relate to both, but I can also tell you that the more you do it the easier it gets. The color thing, not so much the deadlines =)
More good luck to everybody working on this! I'm a good ways in on mine but have run into some artist block (like writer's block, but prettier).

Geez, it's June already? Wow.

Anyway, sorry people but looks like I won't have anything for this collab this time around. I know I haven't posted in a while. Been very busy. Let me know if you decide to do another after this, because I think the Red White and Blue thing just kinda turned me off from the start. If there are other colors next time I'll probably join right in.

Good luck to everyone finishing up! I hope you guys make front page this time around!

Where doust thou, "Shades of" support?? It seems 5 Shades of Brown isn't getting as many posts as previous. Why, good sir knight? My guess is a little thing called "Finals."

Anyway, I'm showing my support with my new sig. What'chall think?

At 6/2/05 06:56 AM, temariix wrote: awww man! im almost done but i wont be able to work on it for over a week! i better get crackin then, i get to go on a cruise to Alaska ^_^

o yea btw, did anyone ever look at what i have so far? or comment on it? because if they did i missed it...

A few comments from me to you. I like what you have so far, and I'm sure it will be even better with sound effects and/or music. A few suggestions I have are a) I don't get the random fade out in the later half. It seems misplaced. b)Work on the squirrel going into the bushes, because he just kind of dissapears right now. Maybe a few leaves flying when he enters c) The mouse at the end of the clip was very well done, perhaps you should expand it further. Maybe have him cowering in the hole or something while things rumble around him.

Just some thoughts. Good luck and have fun in Alaska!

At 6/1/05 06:38 PM, kla_kla wrote: LONG LIVE 5 SO COLLAB
tell me what u think :D

It's a little too choppy. You've got an okay start but you need to smooth it out a bit. Also the tree's trunk is a little too thick, perhaps thin it out and add some branches. Maybe a few clouds would help too. It's coming along though, so keep at it.

At 6/1/05 09:03 PM, RuneAura wrote: WARNING:

Never, I repeat NEVER eat a peanut butter sandwich then try to animate using only brown.

I made a 30 second movie of a peanut butter can with legs and arms dancing through a forest I had made before.

Hah, I'll keep that in mind. Was it just peanut butter or did it include jelly? And will Mr. P. B. Can be the future star of your animation? It could be interesting...

At 6/1/05 01:55 PM, Dr00g wrote:

At 6/1/05 01:44 PM, Dr00g wrote: I have some ideas, so I'll join if I find the time. (Where is it?)

No wait, I'm out. My ideas just came to waste. :P

That was quick. Well if you change your mind again feel free to do something for the collab.

Zekey that's a cool screenshot. I like the background, it's crazy. Looks to be a very fast paced and odd cartoon!

Mine is coming along okay, but still in early stages. I have the story idea down but there's a lot more work to be done. I'm kind of torn because on the one hand I want it to be good, but on the other hand I don't care as much like I did for SoB. I just don't want it to take over my life like that cartoon did, I spent forever on it. So we'll see I guess!

At 5/31/05 12:46 AM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote: I am working on mine as well. I am trying to make it very spaztic and hyper and ridiculous. I wont say Fleischer-esque as there isnt that much motion in it. But I am trying to keep it funny and fast and ultimately, silly. I might post a screenshot later...

Yeah yeah, post a screenshot. I think I'll do it too. Witness the... squirrel thing...

At 5/28/05 03:08 PM, temariix wrote: ok, i have around 9 seconds done not that it matters, but uh... is anyone else still working on this? this board has cobwebs forming over it :P

Have no fear, I'm sure lots of people are doing things. From past experience, the closer the deadline is the more hits this thread gets. Just keep working at it; there's no doubt in my mind there will be enough people and entries to fill all the spots!

At 5/26/05 01:56 AM, Greedom wrote: Good idea, Space_Chicken. Also, I think we should submit a preview pic with our entry like we did in the 5SOR collab, we forgot to in the blue one.

I agree. It's a nice feature when you want to go back and watch one you've already seen, but can't recall who did it. We just need to know what size to make the preview (and it can be animated right?)

At 5/26/05 06:56 AM, temariix wrote: mine isnt going to be that long i dont think once i am done... is that ok since everyone else's seems to be long?

Oh yeah, that's perfectly fine. If you can get your point across quicker, by all means make it whatever length you want. One of my favorite pieces was the easter egg in SoR. It was all of, what, three seconds long? But it was beautifully done. I wouldn't make it quite that short though... Good luck!

At 5/25/05 04:11 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: I just finished recording the song for mine. It happened to come out to be 1 minute long exactly so thats how long my movie will be. I probably wont finish any time soon though cuz of finals etc....uggh.

Good luck with finals. I remember how horrible they always were, but hey, afterwards is vacation time so it's something I guess.

One thought I had while reading the last few posts. Since it seems the entries are getting longer as the collabs go forward, maybe in the main menu along with the author names there could be a length of movie given. Just an idea.

Sorry if any of this post makes little sense; it's quite late and I'm quite tired. Now I sleep.

At 5/25/05 11:26 AM, Xionic_Demon wrote: argh since im not sure of the idea, ill hav to giv it away to be sure its ok, does a fight beetwen life and death to decide a human´s soul counts as nature? i hope nobody steals it >=( (sorry im kinda paranoic because a recent event >.>)

I'm not sure that counts as nature, but the thing about the word nature is that it's pretty wide open depending on how you look at it. I can tell you that some people wouldn't consider a fight nature, but hey, if you set it in the forest or something maybe it'll get you extra points with those folks.

At 5/24/05 06:35 PM, -Flint- wrote: I haven't animated anything in awhile, so I decided to attempt at it. This is just a "rough draft" of what the final product will look like. Expect proper backgrounds, more detail in objects, etc. etc. Hope it's atleast exceptable.
Check 'er out ^__^

I like it. Good start. Your typography in the begining is very nice. It builds up to expecting a well done piece. I hope it goes well!

At 5/24/05 06:33 PM, Astropuff wrote: Is there a restriction on time-length for movies as long as they aren't too big of a file size?

In the past there have not been restrictions, per say. Obviously we want to streamline this collab as much as possible so everyone can enjoy it regardless of internet connection speed. People have thrown out numbers like 30-40 seconds, and keep a file size to a minimum. Personally, I think you should make it the best you can and if it ends up 3 minutes long and several megs, well, if it's good enough I believe it'll get voted in. Just do your best and try your hardest to optimize everything to be the smallest you can.

I'm starting to think that maybe, just maybe, I might join in here anyway. I don't think I'll shoot for first place like I did last time (darn you Zeeeeekeeeeeeeey!!! =) but maybe I'll put together a solid piece if I think it'll help boost this entry of the Shades Of collabs higher than the past ones. We'll still have to see I guess! (It's not like I can pass by without hanging out in this thread anyway!)

At 5/21/05 01:20 AM, Pharaohman wrote: Whatza cowbell? Why more? Ha!
Ok I like this forum alot. you shoul djust make it just like they made this one. But no orange and less stupid people!!! Why does everyone always go crazy about things like forums/?

I unfortunately don't think I can make it with less stupid people =)
I think people like forums because they allow opinions to be traded, and let you talk to other people about things you may have in common.

What does everyone think of user ignore features? I've been hearing a lot about that recently.

At 5/24/05 07:10 AM, mynamewontfitin wrote:

At 5/23/05 11:43 PM, space_cookie wrote: this collab isnt as popular this time around; it seems

It usually starts out like this. Then, by the end, I'm receiving FLAs from people that never even posted in the thread!

Plus, it's just the start. Further down the road more people will have more things to show. Give it some time.

Also, if less people DO decide to enter, everyone will have to work even harder to make the final collab better than the last three. So get crackin! =)

At 5/22/05 11:12 PM, RuneAura wrote: Yeah, I know it isn't that good... But what do you think?

Please comment on shading mainly. As in, while you all accept it?

While you all accept it? What the biscuit does that mean? I'll assume it means WILL you all accept it.

I don't really see much shading going on. If I jam my face up next to the screen I sort of see different shades, but if you want it to be more apparent that it's shaded you should use higher contrasting colors. The darks should be darker. Just an idea.

And as for making juice, what kind of juice are we talking about here? Cause if it's Mango juice I might be in. If it's, say, orange though, well, sorry but you'll just have to find someone else. =)

At 5/20/05 02:39 PM, -snare- wrote:

At 5/20/05 02:21 PM, Space_Chicken wrote:

I like your art style so far. Is that a bunny? Anyway, keep it up. Although I think you should use some original music.

Thanks yeah, it's a crappy rabbit just to see what it would look like, pretty quickly done, don't you like the music?

Meh, it's not so much I don't LIKE the music, but I'm a big fan of non-copyrighted tunes. That way when the piece is finished you can truly call it "your own." Unless that's you singing in the back, and then I say go for it. Again, you don't HAVE to use original music, but consider that somewhere down the road if you want to include the piece in a DVD collection of your work or something, you may have a hard time getting permission. Just a thought!
And I personally like the crappy rabbit. =)

At 5/20/05 02:52 PM, Tremour wrote: Whatever you do, don't have too many forums attached. People don't like coming to a forum and seeing 40+ different ones to choose from. Take Newgrounds for example, nice and simple with General, politics, WI/HT etc. Now, if I go to a forum, and see12 different forums based on shoe colour, I'm going to leave.

Yeah, I think there'll be only a few topics, and probably no subtopics. Sometimes I have no idea where to post when there are 900 versions of "Games." Thanks for the input!

At 5/20/05 01:15 PM, -snare- wrote: http://www.zippyvideos.com/6130009294635.html

I can't think of a story, me random person.

I like your art style so far. Is that a bunny? Anyway, keep it up. Although I think you should use some original music.

At 5/20/05 12:16 PM, jonthomson wrote: - No asshats
- No stupid HTML features (stupid fonts, colours, marquee, that kind of shit)
- No huge sigs

I'm happy with text based forums with some minor modifications to make it a bit less bland. I want to read content.

Sounds good, I think you're right about having it mainly text based, since that is the whole point of a forum. =)
I'm still a little new to this though, so what do you mean by asshats?

Thanks for the input everybody! This is very very helpful. I probably would have made the background light and the text dark without this help! And I'll be sure to make the picture uploads limited to not screw everything up.

Hey everybody!

I'm traveling around the ol' message boards doing some quick market research to see what people prefer in a forum. If you would take a second and tell me the features you all think are must-haves when it comes to a good forum, I'd appriciate it! Any ideas or tips are helpful, I'm trying to make something really great for the upcoming Cubetoons website. Thanks!

Brown eh? Interesting. Well... you never know I guess, but at this point in time I may not be in for this one. Perhaps inspiration will strike at some point, but right now Shades of Brown doesn't really shout out anything to me. I guess I was never a big fan of brown. Oh well.

Good luck to everyone who IS saying they're in, I hope you all follow up with it and do something GREAT!

At 5/12/05 08:01 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: ...actually, I have no clue what the next color/theme is! I've heard so many different things from so many different people... (which is what tripped me up for this (blue) one... I had something all planned out for future/space and then it ended up being water!) ...so... this time I'm just waiting for the official thread like everyone else! ...But thanks for pullin' for me! God knows I need all the help and support I can get! :P

Well we all support you! I don't think there's anyone here who wouldn't want to see you finish an entry for the next Shades Of! Of course, that means there's no stopping you from whomping on us all in terms of who's is the best... but hey, I'll sure try harder! =)
In the mean time I'm going to sleep for a week. To, uh... prepare... yeah...

At 5/11/05 06:07 PM, Greedom wrote:

At 5/11/05 03:05 PM, Space_Chicken wrote: Hey so does that mean we aren't going to vote between two possible themes this time around? I kinda liked helping decide, even though future (aka the obvious right answer) didn't actually win... =)

I personally liked it better - as with green and red - where the theme was already set to whatever MyName wanted. I think it makes the collab more challenging and fair that way. and Space_Chicken, water was chosen as the theme because it obviously was the right answer, btw. =)

I am so inclined to agree with you there Greedom! When you put it that way, yep, it does make more sense that the theme is set already before the actual debut of ye old rules. I guess I'm just a little envious of those who seem to have some inside info on theme/color and get a head start. With an option it leaves them a little more in the dark until the rest of us hear about the theme and color! Oh well, that's life I suppose.

I guess I'll go get some lemonade. Cheerio.

At 4/29/05 04:01 PM, RuneAura wrote:

At 4/29/05 03:34 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: Of course theres gunna be more 5SO collabs. I already have the next one partially planned out but its still a secret as of now. Expect to see the next 5SO collab in around 2- 2.5 weeks.

Correction: It's only a bit of a secret as some of us already know the theme and color.

Hey so does that mean we aren't going to vote between two possible themes this time around? I kinda liked helping decide, even though future (aka the obvious right answer) didn't actually win... =)

Look at me, I'm posting in a thread that should have been dead a while ago! Woo!

At 5/11/05 02:01 AM, Greedom wrote:

At 5/11/05 01:44 AM, Sentinel_specter wrote:

At 5/11/05 01:42 AM, Greedom wrote:

Heyy, 1000th post in this thread was made by you Mr. Greedom.

Congratulations.

Ha, it seems I was, well only one thing to do...

Bet the next one makes it to 2000 =)

I'm anxiously waiting for the announcement of the next Shades Of, but I hear you (whoever says it) that some time off is nice. It seems like since this thread went away I haven't really bothered coming to the NG BBS much at all, so it'll be nice to come back here daily in a few weeks when the next collab is up.

Take it easy everyone! Good luck with your current projects! Talk to you in a couple of weeks!

At 5/1/05 06:42 PM, Glaiel_Gamer wrote: Meh, the due date is back to normal. But I am sending an e-mail out to a bunch who haven't posted in a while.

Hey G.G.- got your e-mail! I didn't forget about this collab or anything, it's more that I have 12 other projects (several actual job ones for real money) that have to be completed, and soon. Since the due date is back to the original one in June, I'll do my darndest to get something together for it, but no promises. It's all up to time and how much I can get done daily.
I'll post later in the month when I'm done with a few of the other things I'm working on!
Good luck everybody!