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Animation Jam: Bad Dream

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Today marks the beginning of our Animation Summer Jams event, where every 2-4 weeks we'll announce a new theme and everyone is invited to create animations around said theme. Points will be awarded each round, with winners announced at the end of the summer. You don't have to participate in every round but you'll have the most opportunities to earn points that way.

The Round One theme is BAD DREAM.

We are partnering with @RubberNinja’s #Animonthly on Twitter for this round! This means you can share your entry on both Newgrounds for our jam and on Twitter to participate in #Animonthly.

To participate in #Animonthly, you should upload to Twitter on June 27th and include #Animonthly in your tweet. If your file is too big for Twitter, we recommended you include a short preview video with your tweet, along with the link to Newgrounds to view the full version.

On Newgrounds, you can upload your animation any time between now and June 27th. Include "BadDreamJam" in your tags.

Rules:

Minimum length: 15 seconds.

Content must be original; no parodies or characters you didn't create.

Music must not present licensing / royalty issues. Good resources include the Audio Portal (see Creative Commons info or ask for permission), an original composition by a teammate or one of these many royalty-free resources.

Your entry can be scary, funny, neither or both!

As lead animator, you may partner with background artists, in-betweeners, colorers, writers, voice actors, musicians and sound effects artists.

The lead animator is the one who earns points in each round of this event. Support members may work with multiple animators and change things up each round.

Round 1 Judges:

@RubberNinja - Creator and host of #Animonthly on Twitter, among other famous things.

@JohnnyUtah and @Spazkid - Art & Animation team for Nightmare Cops.

@PsychicPebbles - Internet superstar.

@PhantomArcade and @IvanAlmighty - DBZ Collab organizers and future Internet superstars.

PhantomArcade also made the fun Animation Summer Jams and Bad Dream logos!

Due Date:

Wednesday, June 27th, 11:59PM PST.

Happy animating!

Animation Jam: Bad Dream


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:03:31


Sweet! Time to start brainstorming.

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:05:52


Whoo! Right up my alley! Let's go!


Crazy Artist, Roboticist and Programmer... that's about it.

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:06:24


I'm all in.


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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:11:56


Well, here's goes nothing!

Good luck to everyone else

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:13:37


This theme sounds so cool! I really need to start planning out my idea, animatic, and what music to use. Can’t wait to get started.

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:15:05


Alright, time to get started on some spooky shenanigans


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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:22:43


Cool theme! It really gets my creative juices flowing, so I'll give this one a try!

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:23:22


Sounds cool, I'll try to make something.


Sorry for my bad english. I'm not from this planet

Art Page|Art Thread|Youtube

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:24:00


All of you, feel free to contact me if you need a voice actress during the jam.

You can see my work at www.bendyvoices.com

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:25:13


Alright I'm down

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:32:38


At 6/1/18 03:13 PM, SilverDreams wrote: This theme sounds so cool! I really need to start planning out my idea, animatic, and what music to use. Can’t wait to get started.

(Edit: “someone call the Nightmare Cops!!!”)

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:44:18


Woo! Let's go, I'm super excited for this! Hopefully we get a ton of submissions and the competition gets fierce. Can't wait to see everyone's stuff!


I'd rather die a Wolf fighting against the Herder, than die a Sheep heading for the slaughter.

AVGN Fan Club. - The Culturally Diverse Crew - The Carnivorous Crew

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 15:48:02


Time to get started!


I like aliens and robots too much.

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 16:07:06


Perfect

Animation Jam: Bad Dream


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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 16:07:34


At 6/1/18 04:07 PM, Carrion wrote: Perfect

Good opportunity to make a promo animation!


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 16:42:31


do we have to use tweeter?
because i dont have one

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 16:44:24 (edited 2018-06-01 16:45:37)


I'm sincerely hoping to add some loony fun 2d toon, but my 3d gaming tenacity (creating) has prevailed and I'm eagerly on it (if curious u can see a few of my 3d cyber-human and robots athere

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 16:44:59


At 6/1/18 04:42 PM, davidpuralocura wrote: do we have to use tweeter?
because i dont have one

Twitter is optional, you can upload your animation on Newgrounds and participate in the Animation Jam. We teamed up with #Animonthly on Twitter so people could have double the ways to share their animation this month, hopefully encouraging more people to give it a shot.


Working on Nightmare Cops!

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 17:07:39


That sounds great. Can't wait to see all the results.


I have a PhD in Troll Physics

Top Medal points user list. I am number 12

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 17:16:44


HELL. YES. I'm totally gonna make some time for this, I'm gonna have me a lot of fun!

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 17:58:36


Minimum is 15 seconds, what's the ideal maximum time?

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 18:54:48


@TomFulp Am I right to assume that it doesn't have to be PG or anything? Like are mature themes still on the table for this event?

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 19:05:41


If anyone needs a creepy or scary sounding voice actor, I'm your guy!

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 21:15:07


Gonna try to participate


This is my signature. It is a nice signature.

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Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 21:27:03


So how does this work for a team of animators?

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 21:43:51


At 6/1/18 09:27 PM, dcschmidt wrote: So how does this work for a team of animators?

You have a "lead animator" that is assigned to receive points throughout the competition.


Crazy Artist, Roboticist and Programmer... that's about it.

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 21:53:46


So excited! Good luck to everyone!

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 23:02:07


Good luck everyone!

Response to Animation Jam: Bad Dream 2018-06-01 23:13:52


Quick question. Probably not relevant to this round, but what constitutes an original character? Is there a line somewhere between expy, ersatz, and archetype? Or is this one of those, "If you have to ask the answer is no," situations?