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Come on people, you really think anyone is going ot let a series that's only gaining popularity just die off? I doubt it. It's more likely that myname wants a little break so he's doing something different. He did want a break after the last one (SoR) remember? But we all pushed him to do SoB quicker.

Of course, the only real way to be sure would be for him to COME FORWARD AND SAY SOMETHING ALREADY!!! HELLO??? =)

At 4/28/05 12:15 PM, xionic_demon wrote: baaaah, myname doesnt answer the reviews XD, theres no way that a co-author can answer reviews O.o? cuz i looked at my submissions reviews answering and 5 shades wasnt there, i suppsoe tis cuz im a co-au

Yep, only the main submitter can reply to reviews. Oh well. Overall they seem pretty good, just some jerks here and there saying we suck =)
I'm looking forward to doing this again, if there's another 5 Shades Collab, which I assume there will be sometime in the future. It gives me a chance to do something different everytime. I guess I could just do something different on my own, but without a deadline staring down at me it's hard to finish anything as artistic as these toons come out.

At 4/27/05 05:14 PM, xionic_demon wrote: YAY!!!!!!!!

Ditto.

Well I too am glad most people seemed to like mine. It was one of the prettier cartoons I've done, because I put a lot more time into it than normal. Usually I have very limited animation and use the humor to carry it though. Now though, after doing this one, I'm not sure I can go back to less animation! That mean my weekly Fred updates have just gotten harder.

Geez, thanks alot you guys- now I have more work to do!! :P

Seriously though, just this one collab has pushed me to make better and better flash toons, so thanks to everyone for the support, to myname for bringing it all together, and to Zekey, Greedom, and ReNaeNae for making such awsome things that I tried extra hard to do as well as you this time around =)

At 4/25/05 04:27 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: BAM! Cast your votes now!

BAM! I think I will.

I gotta say, good job everyone! These all seemed very well done, and looks like a lot of work went into them. So here's my votes:

#1 and my choice for best of show is ZekeySpaceyLizard!
Wow. I mean, wow, what the heck? I don't know how you did half of those effects but it was quite cool. Only part I didn't like was the guy tweening off the boat (that wasn't as well done as the rest). Oh well, as a whole it was awsome!

Next up, Greedom!
Very nice Fbf stuff man! It was a really cool idea/story too. And nifty slogan. All in all quite good. It's a shame they fought and no one ended up with water or their lives... sigh isn't that just the way it goes at the end of the world?

Then we've got djamin!
This piece was really well animated, and I liked it. It was a little strange, but hey, they all were. Nice job.

And finally Xionic_demon!
This needed some more water if you ask me, but it was very well done otherwise so I couldn't pass it up. The end was sad... sorry you had to go through that.

Well that's it for me and my choices. I'd also like to mention that I was a little dissapointed in how many entries used copyrighted songs. I guess that's the way it goes, but I hate to see people do such great animations and then never be able to actually use them for anything final or proffesional. If you tried to, you'd get sued just because someone owns the music. Anyway, just something to keep in mind for next time, cause there's lots of great melodies out there from people who allow you to use their music for free.

Again, great work everybody! It was hard to make the choices between them all!

At 4/25/05 02:27 PM, djamin wrote: mynamewontfitin Thanks for gettin this all done so quickly!

Yep, you rock Myname! Keep up the good work! I'm glad you're heading up these collabs and not me!! =)

Before the Shades of Blue will be submitted, all those who created and submitted an entry must watch each animation in order to vote on who gets co-author/included. For Shades of Red we each got 4 votes (not being able to vote for ourselves or mynamewontfitin) and the top folks got co-author, plus the two runner ups got in because there was room (oh and a really cool easter egg).

I imagine myname will let us know shortly, but until the voting takes place there won't be a submission to the Portal. Keep your eyes on this thread I guess!

At 4/24/05 05:40 PM, FetusEater wrote:
In most cases those lump men are the best you can do asside from throwing some breasts on the girls. It is incredibly hard to create a character that actually looks cool and even more difficult to animate it well. The blob peeps are still hard and take forever.


Back on topic... who has submitted a flash for the collab? Please add a link too! Lets get list together!

Ho ho! Sounds like a challenge to me! Maybe I'll just have to see what I can do about a making a claymation with non-blob characters, eh? On the other hand, I do have lots of real work to do and I remember claymation from when I was younger. It takes a year and a half to make two seconds. So yes, your right, but I think it would be cool to have some fancy clay character animations on NG. One day... one day.......

And I submitted a flash for the collab! But I don't have a link because the final isn't up on FredtheMonkey.com until next week. I guess we'll just have to wait for Myname to post them all for the vote.

At 4/24/05 03:36 PM, TheLionZ wrote:

At 4/24/05 02:17 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: hey guys, on a side note vote 5 on my new claymation! w00t lol. Everyone hates it, and I can't tell why. Be honest with me guys. Why does it only have like a 2.39?

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/233582

well... it's a bit of a rip off. Anyways i gave you a 3. Does anyone know when 5sob is going to be submitted?
Please reply.

I would imagine that the final will be up a day or two after we vote on which ones get in, which will happen when Myname jams them all together and presents a link on this BBS. So, myname, when will that be, hmmmmmm? =)

And Twinsen, I don't think everyone hates it. I mean, 2.39 is just an average score. It's almost half of 5 which means it's just average. Some people may have voted low because it's a claymation and NG is mainly for Flash, and some people probably though it looked too much like that other popular clay series. The computer I was on didn't have sound, so I'll have to watch it again later and vote. The visuals seemed fine, but maybe you should make the people more detailed. Seems like everyone just makes claymation with lump people that have no features. Sure it's easier, but it doesn't really stand out. Keep at it though. Oh yeah, and the part with the TV you can see your shadow in the glass. Just so you know.

At 4/23/05 08:03 PM, Valtrix wrote: If you want to see, just go back to shades of green, I did that movie in a day.

Well good luck!! I know how that goes, I did my shades of red entry in a little over a day. Mainly because I didn't know about the collab until the end. Not because I procrastinate. Never. Not me...

Keep at it everybody!! No sleep till you finish =)

Well I just sent off my entry to Myname (you got it right? RIGHT??) and now I'm going to... hmm... well I guess I don't really know. This cartoon has taken over the last few days so I guess I better go find another project of mine to work on before I get lazy.

So I assume the voting will take place on Monday? Sometime? I'll keep checking back then, I suppose. Can't wait to see what everyone came up with!!
(And good luck to all those who are still frantically finishing! You can do it!)

At 4/22/05 08:06 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: I'm really hoping to get mine done in time! ...here's a screen shot, and as usual... it's subject to change! ...void where prohibited ...not valid with any other offer...etc. etc.

Whoooooooooooaaaaaaaaa......
That look increddible. Nice!
I sure hope I can even come close to how well that image looks...

My entry is pretty much done, so I'll send it to myname tomorrow. I have to stop tweaking it or I'll go crazy.

At 4/22/05 12:20 PM, moyguy wrote: PLZ can some one help me and tell me how to name scenes??

Click on Window-Design Panels - Scene and then double click the Scene 1 (or whichever) to rename it. The scene menu is Shift+F2 on the PC.

At 4/18/05 09:18 PM, Mushroomboy5 wrote: LOL the toe thing was funny, and so was the subliminal Vote 5 message. @_@
I would work on the details of the building though, they seem so bland.
(I wish my school had a pool : ( )

Yeah, you might want to check the toe thing after it's all finished too... I'm just saying =)
Also THANKS for the advice on the school. Even though it's only there for a moment I see what you mean now that I look at it. I'll jazz it up a tad.

At 4/18/05 09:25 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: lol! I didn't even catch that vote 5 the 1st 2 times 'round!! ...it's great! ...except his big toe is on the outside... where the pinky toe should be! ...but, knowing you... that was done intentionally to annoy people like me! :P ...seriously, looks great tho!!

Um... ye- YEAH! I uh... meant to do that just so people would... talk.... right right.
Thanks for the compliments =)

At 4/18/05 10:59 PM, Astropuff wrote: I have a strange feeling that someone is going to die from asthma...

Hmm.. interesting angle but no. I think I'll keep little Howie alive for now, who knows when he might be useful in the future. =)

At 4/18/05 11:47 PM, Greedom wrote:

At 4/18/05 09:02 PM, Space_Chicken wrote: And feel free to stop by http://www.fredthemonkey.com/ if you feel like it too.

Very much like homestar runner.

Yeah, two years ago Homestarrunner was the reason I decided to take my long time running comic series into Flash and animate them. Now I think it's grown a lot on it's own, but the roots are still there! I guess it's a good thing Homestar was around, otherwise I wouldn't be here talking to you on NG!

At 4/19/05 03:43 PM, FetusEater wrote: Well my movie is finally done... however i am open to comments and suggestions. Its not perfect... and i have the movie settings on highest picture quality so it might take a min to load.

My 5 Shades Of Blue Movie -> "In The Shower"

Wow, nice style. It was a little too depressing for my tastes (I tend to lean towards the humor side of life when I can!) but the part with the spiraling top-down view? Quite artistic! Made me say "Ooo, pretty." Nice animation, just too sad a storyline for me...

Wow, I wrote too much. Back to animating!

At 4/18/05 07:08 PM, Mushroomboy5 wrote: There's not much new animation here, do you think the sound fits for the second part?http://img87.echo.cx/my.php?image=5ofblu0se.swf

Yup yup, the sound will work well, but I think you need a better transition between music. Who am I to talk though, because my transitions all suck beans.

Speaking of... um... things I do, here is a little preview of my entry for those who want to see:
http://www.fredthemonkey.com/previewBlue.html
And feel free to stop by http://www.fredthemonkey.com/ if you feel like it too.

This is the first... I'd say maybe third of my final piece. The rest isn't in final form so you'll get to see that when the voting begins! =)
Any suggestions are always helpful! If not, then just enjoy!

At 4/18/05 06:59 AM, djamin wrote: Ive been reading through the recent posts and it seems everyone's really supporting each other and just trying to make this as good a collab as it can be, I admire that.
Space_Chicken can we see what you've made so far im really anxious to see it.
Also I'm not sure if I should go back and change or extend my entry since the deadline was extended hmm..

Well it never hurts to use extra time to polish up what you've got. You may not want to extend it, but you can always find places where a little more work will take it to the next level, so I say go for it.

As for seeing what I've got, I have a tendency to really be against showing my work in its pre-finished forms. It probably dates back to the old N64 days when Nintendo would show something cool and then delay it for years until they got it right. I don't want to get anyone's hopes up if something doesn't work out! Still I understand where you're coming from, so maybe I'll resave the file, delete a few (few=lot) of frames, and at least let you preview the first half that's more or less done. How about that? Check back later.

At 4/17/05 10:57 PM, DeathWish09 wrote: can I be in the next one plzz

If you can't finish this one in a week, yeah, sure, you can still enter the next one! Anyone can submit an entry for this series, but at the end the vote decides who makes it into the final.

On another note, I'm glad everyone agrees with the idea to put the best entry first! Go Shades of Blue!
I think next time I'll make a sig like everybody else =)

Hooray for slipped deadlines!

I could have spent all day today on the cartoon and finished it fine, but now that we have a week it should give me time to work out any of the little "uglies" I guess I would call them. Thanks, Myname. And sorry everyone who's responsible and did theirs on time =) (though I really WOULD have gotten it done...)

Anyway, I was also wondering if the toons would be featured in order of super-coolness and well-done-ivity (two real words that actually exist. I'm not making them up...) I ask because I figure the SoB entry will get a higher score if the best of the best are featured where the people with low attention spans will see them at the begining. I know there's a menu and all that, but some folks don't really go deep into the cartoons before they vote (sad but true.)
So anyway, I think whoevers is the greatest should get voted to be displayed at menu start.

What do you all think? If I'm wrong just smack me and tell me to shut it. =)

At 4/15/05 08:57 AM, ZekeySpaceyLizard wrote:

At 4/12/05 11:30 AM, Space_Chicken wrote: So no worries- everyone just go work hard and get done! (And Zekey you just :keep :sitting back and relaxing you over-achiever you! =)

>_>

<_<

I just find I work much faster when I have instructions.

Man is that ever true! Instructions make things a million times easier.
Well I thought I'd be done today, but I'm trying to make it even better, so I'm going to be pushing until the last minute, but I'm still definately in.

So who else is still definately in? (Not maybe-if-I-finish?)

Here's from what I've gathered from previous posts:
Mynamewontfitin
ZekeySpaceyLizard
Greedom (Note the no extra N this time =)
xionic_demon
TwinsenDude
and lil' old me (Space Chicken)

That's all I got before my eyes blurred together from sifting though 26 pages. So sorry if I left someone out, but just post below and announce you're still in. This isn't an official list or anything, you'll have to check with Myname for that. Keep at it everyone!

Doh doh doh! I went and waited until the last minute and now I'm sick. Great. Yeah, animating with the flu should be TONS of fun. Every second of staring at that harsh, bright screen is like little gnomes eating my brain!

Don't worry though! I'll finish!! I'l......l..... fin......i.............................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

At 4/12/05 11:16 PM, Sinar wrote: alright, thanks.also, i'm assuming wacom tablets work with flash to right? cause i have a decent amount of art skills (practice to get it better) but i'm not to good drwing with my mouse (unles i'm using adobe 7 but that would take forever to keep switching back and forth)

Yup, Flash works great with their tablets, but don't think it's like drawing on paper! It takes a while to get used to and much of the time takes a lot longer before you get good at it. Good luck though, I know I would never go back to working without my tablet!

At 4/12/05 02:35 PM, TwinsenDude wrote: http://img108.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img108=blue23zt.swf

Here. I really didn't work much. Now it's pretty late and I'm leaving for orlando.

If there isn't an extension, I might have to just submit mine at that length with some music or something.

It looks pretty good. Too bad you don't have more time, because the puddle a the bottom could use a little work. Nice FbF though, and the 3D at the begining (the box thing) is very cool. Have fun in Orlando!

I decided to cut mine very short of it's original storyboards. I'd rather have a shorter and polished piece than a longer, crappier one. I hope it turns out ok! Does anyone else's have voices and such? It seems like most people are just using music. I wish I had some music to fit mine, but looks like voices will have to do. How's everyone else doing?

At 4/11/05 10:42 PM, Astropuff wrote:

At 4/11/05 10:40 PM, Darx1000 wrote: Well i have decided to sit this one out and start a collab of my own, until this is done, just inform me of the next one comming up. I'll definatly have some exp be4 that one, thank you all and sorry for wasting anyones time.

I would just finish. I mean I'm not even sure if there will be enough people done to fill up all the spots anyways. I mean I'm trying but 'piff', it will require much more cramming then the daily toons I made.

I agree that you should finish Darx, because even if it's not the best it's still nice to see what everyone does with the colors/theme. If not though, try for next time (which I hope will have a break in between before it starts this time!)

And Astropuff, I don't think there'll be a problem filling up the spots. I mean, several people are already done, and several more (me me me!) will finally get their act together and whip up something before the bell tolls 12 on the... whatever day it's due. So no worries- everyone just go work hard and get done! (And Zekey you just keep sitting back and relaxing you over-achiever you! =)

At 4/11/05 06:00 PM, xionic_demon wrote: but..but..but...uhh... -looking for a excuse- ....but....its fun to watch em move without limbs =D....err..not a good one right ¬¬||?

It's just a different style, that's all. It's also much much easier to animate when there are less joints in the arms (or no arms in general). I kinda like the effect, but only if the rest is very well done. It's very easy to get sloppy when there aren't physical limbs holding a character together. Anyway, just thought I'd add my two cents so you didn't get the feeling everyone dislikes that style =)
I'm done animating for the day, and at roughly 20% total done, things are looking up. But not me, because if I look up I see the sun and it blinds me so. Terrible terrible light...

At 4/11/05 04:00 PM, Mushroomboy5 wrote: http://img18.echo.cx/my.php?image=5ofblu5or.swf
I seriously doubt I'll finish in time

Wow! That's really great. The fluidity of it rocks. Obviously the end area needs work, but as you said, it's not done. I hope you finish, because this deserves to make it into the final. Nice job. One thing (if you had time) to work on would be when the shark gets up from the sand. It's too stiff compared to the rest.

I've worked all day on mine and it's turning out ok. Still have tons of work to do, and suddenly that whole "Oh right THIS is why I don't wait until a week before it's due" thought has come around once again. Oh well, I still think I can manage to get it done! I hope anyway.

Ok, I thought I'd wait until I had a few more to let people know they're there.
http://cube.ign.com/mail/2005-03-28.html is the fourth Cubetoons, and
http://cube.ign.com/mail/2005-04-01.html is the fifth! I was going to have a sixth up last week, but there were no Mailbag updates at IGN, so now it'll have to wait until this coming Friday I guess! Enjoy, everyone!
And like always, if anyone has any suggestions for improvements please let me know! =)

Ah, sweet sweet deadline. How close you are.

I am currently finally buckling down and animating. I'll have it done by Friday. (At least, I better, because I'm using my SoB entry also as my update for FredtheMonkey.com this week!) So far so good, but I'm definately going to cut back from my original plans. Much much back. Now I'm not sure how to end it anymore, so sadly it won't ever live up to all the glory I see in my head that it could be if only I had a team of animators working night and day and obeying my every command for fear of the terrible beating that would ensue should they fail.

When?? When will I get my squad of animating slaves?! Sigh...
Good luck everybody! I'm going back to Flash now!

At 4/8/05 12:39 PM, djamin wrote: Hey I was just wondering how come MYNAMEWONTFITIN hasnt posted or anything I thought he was in charge. But twinsendude cheers for keeping everything organised in the meanwhile.

By the way is there a vote at the end for coauthors?

Yep! There's a final vote for everyone who submitted and the top people get Co-Author. The non-top people still have a shot to get in (if it's like Shades of Red) but just don't get co-author. Hopefully we'll end up with a lot of quality flashes to put in!

Huh, about a week left, eh? Yeah, guess I better get started... Then again... it IS Friday.... and I don't much want to do anymore work......................

Hmm. I guess this whole sense of impending doom thing is why everyone keeps dropping out. Never enough time...

At 3/29/05 03:34 PM, mynamewontfitin wrote: Lol i hope i finish...!!!

YOU HOPE YOU FINISH??? What the biscuit??
You better finish, since it's all technically your project!!! Sheesh. ;)