Here's a recap for those new members joining
I've compiled pretty much all the posts I've made about this subject so as to give a better idea of what this is all about :)
I have an idea for a 10th Anniversary collaboration. It's a very simple idea that wouldn't take a great deal of work but I'd like to see how many people I could sign on to it.
I'm not going for ratings or anything, just something to show the people 'behind' NEWGROUNDS that we really do appreciate this site and everything its done for us.
Its a mega task that I would like to involve up to 100 (yes i said ONE HUNDRED) artists. The idea would be that everyone creates a character (original or from newgrounds) that could count a number (the numbers being 1-10). Very short screen time I know but if you included 100 characters, I think the impact would be very cool!...
Ok well, bearing in mind the amount of artists I need for this collaboration, I really don't mind WHO wants to add their voice to this piece. For this project I can appreciate all forms of work (besides nudity/sexual overtones etc.). I want this piece to have all ages and all styles working so as to show off how far Newgrounds has gone.
I would like the stage size to be the DEFAULT size (500x400) with 24fps.
All files must be labelled with your username....
-stream the sound file you use
-Put everything into a movieclip before sending.
-name your symbols uniquely. Ex: Cheddar79_clouds
the example that Ryan-Smith showed us (posted on the forums) was around 2-3 seconds long. At 24 fps, that's about 60-80 frames. This is probably what we're aiming for. Keep it around these specs.
A white background is what I'm looking for but if you can convince me that your character will look better with a different color, i'm up for that.
I'd like you to add a shadow behind each character as if they were standing just in front of a wall....each artist won't get a very large amount of screen time (I'm estimation approx. hmmm..2-3 secs or however long it would take to say the number really). This isn't showing off, its saying thanks for a great 10 years!
NO OFFICIAL deadline until I have all the artists I need for this collaboration.
I'm thinking the amount of screen time between 3-4 seconds now? Not finalized yet because we may need to pause for a sec. so that it doesn't look too jumpy...
Sound Files: If you are able to record your own voice stating the number you've chosen that would be ideal, if you CANNOT do this for any reason, contact me via my e-mail and I will send you a sound recording with the number you want. :)
You may add some sound effects but NO music whatsoever. I haven’t decided if there will be any music yet and will find out when I have all the artists work together.
I realize that this is quite an intensely long e-mail...just wanted to make sure I cleared everything up :)
thanks for your time.
Cheddar79
Send your flash files (both .fla and .swf) to me at duskj79@hotmail.com