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  • Daily Feature October 24, 2011

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To commemorate my tenth year of membership with NG I present this montage of Flash skills from 2001 to 2006. For a little insight on its making, choose "about" from the title screen. For a bit more, read on...

My initial experience with (then-Macromedia) Flash was a frustrating puzzle; a fall 2000 Web Design class in which we were instructed to "follow the tutorials". Following my below-mediocre results, I abandoned the program entirely; I /hated/ it because I just didn't /get/ it.

The next September brought upon Newgrounds a tsunami of 9|11 tributes with varying degrees of quality. Then came VicViper's "B.B.Hood vs Bin Laden", a masterpiece equal parts sprite movie and interactive political cartoon. Fueled by inspiration, I dove back in and within weeks knew more Flash than months spent in Web Design. With the following seasons came more inspiration and discovery, culminating in my first big FLA'nimation, "ParoVadius: THE MOVIE!!!"

Of meek beginnings in October of 2002, NEVER GIVE UP would eventually serve as a proving ground for new techniques and now stands as a testament to progress; if I was able to figure this stuff out, so can you. Go for it. NEVER GIVE UP.

[10-24-2011 12:53PM EST: First 1st EVER! The love is much appreciated. Now go create some awesome things!!!]

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PunisherPunisher

Rated 0 / 5 stars October 26, 2011

good god..

So, I see this is supposed to be a showcase of skill progression, but...

wow.

not so much.

This reminds me of the collages children make by cutting apart magazines and pasting them onto construction paper.

Instead of periodicals, you used sprite sheets.

I suppose it's worthwhile for what it is meant to portray, however after suffering through Kane's entrance theme for over a minute while nothing of actual sense was taking place on the screen, I had to close out the movie.

You have moderate talent, yes. Please continue to apply it as you have prior.

DYNAKYRIS responds:

Although you didn't bother getting the whole picture, you've got some good points.

In the earlier days of my return to Flash, much of my motivation was rooted in making my favorite games tween and keyframe to my will. I eventually got accustomed to working with vectors, but it was with the pixel-puppets that I was able to quickly make sense of the program. A quick head count revealed that while vector-based scenes rule the intro, raster-based scenes (and rasterized original art) dominate the rest. I definitely considered making a significant revision to strike more of a balance between the two styles, but Real Life Stuff dictated I'd miss my intended submission date if I started.

About as context-breaking as it might've been for you to sit through, it was a BLOW to learn that this song was Kane's image theme...'specially when the story it tells has no relation to a wrestler patterned for the goths.

Ashi-StarshadeAshi-Starshade

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars October 25, 2011

this voiced skull knight vs trevor is good

The voiced skull knight vs trevor needs to be a separate submission

DYNAKYRIS responds:

Actually, Trevor VS Skull Knight originally went something like this: Trevor meets Skull Knight, they blab for a bit, NOW LOADING, Trevor kix dat ass, and just before the final blow, a fireball abruptly knocks his whip-arm off; Slogra to the rescue in a sequence patterned entirely after Zero's save in Mega Man X!

OR, it is Skull Knight's sword-arm that gets blasted, with Trevor later lamenting that he'll never be as awesome as Slogra (just as X was emo about how weak he was).

It was either college, the joys of BBS-BS (forums drama), or the bubbling of other ideas that killed it. You can get your fix of Trevor/Skull Knight antics with "Fwoopy!" at least...

kirakensokirakenso

Rated 5 / 5 stars October 25, 2011

interesting

this was certainly weird, but it wasn't made all at once now was it? things change, people get new toys

AnigavAnigav

Rated 5 / 5 stars October 25, 2011

I kinda needed this video for somereason

Thanks man, i really liked what you had to show in this vid it was pretty awesome :3

AigisAigis

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars October 24, 2011

Blech.

Remarkably self-indulgent and arrogant trash put forth in the guise of an 'inspirational video'.

I'd have thought that 'if you keep on going with flash, then in ten years' time you can be as good as me' would be more discouraging to newcomers than anything else, considering the quality of this flash. Your animations have gotten a bit more effects-heavy, but I'd hardly consider this much of an improvement over your old Castlevania flash.

DYNAKYRIS responds:

I think all forms of creativity are born with a certain level of built-in self-indulgence; ideally, the creator creates for himself. NEVER GIVE UP is a show of MY skills (up to a certain point), just as the Gurl Gamer's ravings exemplify what YOU can do. Seems they loved it, too.

In the years since its 2006 completion, I've had the rare opportunity of stepping out of my own head to experience NGU objectively. While impressed and slightly re-motivated by what I saw, the creator's arrogance hardly came to mind...

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