Hello Tournament Competitors. This event I do not doubt will be spectacular and I intend to review as many of these submissions that I can, but that's not why I'm making this post.

For those of you who don't know I am the chief editor of The Interviewer here on Newgrounds. I will guarantee an automatic interview with the winner of The Tournament of Flash Artists. Not really a big prize compared to the rest that's given out, but I just thought I'd mention that here.

Thank you, The-Great-One, that's a cool contribution to make :)

List of Current Prizes:
- $1,710
- Adobe Premiere CS5
- Adobe After Effects CS5
- Nomination for the Tank Awards
- Interview with The Interviewer

I was tossing around the idea of making TOFA T-Shirts and shipping them to the 32 people who make it in. Thoughts? T-Shirt design suggestions? (Some samples here.

Also in the event that Eddsworld cannot judge (which isn't looking likely), I will step in to judge.

At 4/25/11 07:54 PM, Lepy wrote: Hey, everyone!
I don't know if Thor will be hanging around this thread very often, but there's always Lepy!

I'll gladly ALSO help anyone with any animation or Flash tips. Just PM me or quote me, I'll try to get to you as soon as possible.

And to anyone asking who the hell I am, I just sort of followed TOFA for a couple of years, and I'm an animator.

I'm sort of around! Being a *SHINY PROFESSIONAL ANIMATOR* (it's for a small social/casual/advertising games studio, before you ask.) means I've got little free time because I'm always working :I

Everybody knows redminus will win anyway...

As for the theme, I think it actually lives room for a lot of original and funny stories. Shame I haven't come up with anything yet. Any writer out there? xD

guh why isn't there an "edit" button here

Anyways, time willing, I'll be writing some totally unqualified animationy tips here:
http://munchymedia.com/feedback/

...yeah there's not much up on there yet. I blame life/work. So far this is what I've got planned:
-The psychological effects of composition + framing + color
-drawing tips pt 2
-something on acting + poses

BUT- if anyone has any questions on stuff, I'll make an attempt of sharing what I know with you

At 4/26/11 11:50 PM, NitWitt wrote: Thank you, The-Great-One, that's a cool contribution to make :)

List of Current Prizes:
- $1,710
- Adobe Premiere CS5
- Adobe After Effects CS5
- Nomination for the Tank Awards
- Interview with The Interviewer

I was tossing around the idea of making TOFA T-Shirts and shipping them to the 32 people who make it in. Thoughts? T-Shirt design suggestions? (Some samples here.

Also in the event that Eddsworld cannot judge (which isn't looking likely), I will step in to judge.

You should make a shirt with a pun. Every time i look at TOFA i think of Tofu, you can have a shirt playing on that idea. But that's just my 2cents.

-Jake

At 4/27/11 12:30 AM, PinkSkull wrote: Everybody knows redminus will win anyway...

Let's back up a second. We can't call someone a shoo-in before we've seen everyone's open round entries.

I'm not saying that I'M going to score better, but I think Master-Samus and Wonchop have a decent chance

I just don't like those "game show animations" in general and the wording "create a game show" sounds pretty restricting. :>

Are we allowed bleeped swearing?
And violence? (comedic, yet bloody, but not too graphic)

Hey, I'm entering just for the T-Shirts.... so do them! :D

Yep.

Make sure to link your entries in this thread!

At 4/27/11 08:22 AM, sandwich-eater wrote: Are we allowed bleeped swearing?
And violence? (comedic, yet bloody, but not too graphic)

ha ha I'm in tofa kids. Prepare to have your minds blown.

Is only 1 artist allowed to be entered for an animation or are we allowed to work with someone else?
Sorry if this has already been asked.
thanks

At 4/28/11 03:29 PM, Mark-er wrote: You're not allowed to have another animator, but idk if they don't mind whether someone helps you with background art and non-animating stuff like that.

so long as only 1 person animates the it's fine? it's just that by starting late now, the time restrictions might be a problem and it will quicken up development by having an extra pair of hands. If i can get confirmation that one animator and one additional artist is allowed, that would be great!
thanks :)

At 4/28/11 03:34 PM, funkycaveman wrote:

At 4/28/11 03:29 PM, Mark-er wrote: You're not allowed to have another animator, but idk if they don't mind whether someone helps you with background art and non-animating stuff like that.

so long as only 1 person animates the it's fine? it's just that by starting late now, the time restrictions might be a problem and it will quicken up development by having an extra pair of hands. If i can get confirmation that one animator and one additional artist is allowed, that would be great!
thanks :)

All visual aspects of an animation must be done by a single person. The contest's purpose is to find who the best single animator is. Voice acting, music and scripting help are okay (Just be sure to agree on compensation in advance). The first category that entries are judged in is "Artwork", and hiring an additional hand for artwork would effectively put a major handicap on all other entrants who could not get that help.

Sorry that you began late. I have been keeping the forum updated for months until now to prepare.

anyone looking for a voice actor for your animation contact me, im usualy open and always glad to help.

At 4/28/11 06:20 PM, TOFA wrote: Sorry that you began late. I have been keeping the forum updated for months until now to prepare.

Thanks for the reply, I will be on the look out for the next TOFA this time next year.

lol I'm off to a late start, hasn't stopped me in the past though. I JUST finished my script. Then again, I pumped out TOTALED in the same amount of time last time, so I'm not too worried.

And as of this note, I should now be caught up to everyone else ^^ lol

Hmmm.... I want to use the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks as the Game Show room in my animation. I think its Public Domain now... otherwise I suppose I could just change the color scheme... anyone think that'll work? I want to use it both as Homage and it just works perfectly lol

At 4/30/11 04:23 PM, DaveBruno wrote: Hmmm.... I want to use the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks as the Game Show room in my animation. I think its Public Domain now... otherwise I suppose I could just change the color scheme... anyone think that'll work? I want to use it both as Homage and it just works perfectly lol

Nevermind! Fixed it!

So are likenesses of other game shows allowed?
You said we can do parodies, like "The Price is Correct" or something like that?

One last question, do reality TV shows count as games hows? I mean ones like The Amazing Race, where there are events, challenges and a cash prize

At 5/1/11 03:54 PM, Goat-Man wrote: So are likenesses of other game shows allowed?
You said we can do parodies, like "The Price is Correct" or something like that?

One last question, do reality TV shows count as games hows? I mean ones like The Amazing Race, where there are events, challenges and a cash prize

Yes, name parodies should be fine. Reality shows aren't typically considered game shows but the theme is open to interpretation. Go nuts!

Did I miss the nominations or where there none?
If I did miss any then oh well. If the nominations are still going on then I'll create a start :D

At 5/2/11 07:12 AM, Roboduk3 wrote: Did I miss the nominations or where there none?
If I did miss any then oh well. If the nominations are still going on then I'll create a start :D

Anyone can enter. Just follow the rules of the opening post and submit a flash.

At 5/2/11 08:31 AM, sandwich-eater wrote:

At 5/2/11 07:12 AM, Roboduk3 wrote: Did I miss the nominations or where there none?
If I did miss any then oh well. If the nominations are still going on then I'll create a start :D

Anyone can enter. Just follow the rules of the opening post and submit a flash.

Oh ok, it has obviously changed then this year compared to the other years :P

Hows everyone doing? Progress Reports?

I started late so Ive literally been animating my ass off for two days straight. I'm worried I wont finish, but we'll see my progress by the end of today. I kind of put ALOT of my theoretical "budget" into lip syncing and ONE scene lol so I'm going to have to tone it back a little if I want to finish on time. Future reference me, next round don't make a script thats dialogue heavy >.>

At 5/2/11 12:22 PM, DaveBruno wrote: Hows everyone doing? Progress Reports?

Unlike last year, school is a major hindrance. I think this is also what happened in 2007, except the whole competition took place in Winter/Spring.

At 5/2/11 12:22 PM, DaveBruno wrote: Hows everyone doing? Progress Reports?

Host Animation Test

Thats what I spent my Budget on lol. At least I like it ^^

Think I won't participate,
I haven't come up with a good script and I'll be in exams next week.

Hopefully I'll participate next year.
It's a shame since I really wanted to give it a shot at getting a T-shirt.