Well it's that time again, Newgrounds, the time where I put up a front page post about all the wonderful crap I've been working on. I know you've probably never heard of me, but maybe eventually that will be different, and then you'll be able to say: "Hey, I remember that guy helplessly posting on the front page!!"
I'll go from newest to oldest, and if nothing quite suits your fancy then have a "Meh," and be on your way. If you have time and would like to review one of these pieces, please feel free to as I very much enjoy reading them. You can also comment here or send me a Private Message, I'll be sure to at least look at all of them, that is if there are any. Regardless of whether or not it particularly interests you anyway, here's what I've been doing:
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My most recent film, a short clip about a bill that is in desperate need of passing, was created for a class at school called Problems of Democracy. The objective of the small project we were working on was to show what we thought was the biggest problem with democracy. My thought was that the wasting of time that sometimes goes on was a huge problem. You see, oftentimes people are brought to wasting time because the issue is not very urgent (or maybe they just assume so?) and they want something to do as filler instead of just working on the task at hand. In this films case, I may have been a bit extreme and in the end I feel like maybe I ragged on the government a bit too hard, but regardless I had fun making this and it took me about a day on and off to make.
Without further ado, Wasting too much time..:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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To finish up a Cinema Arts class I've been taking, I had to create a movie. I decided, naturally, to animate my film in flash as opposed to the norm for the class, which was physical real-world video. This ended up taking a lot of work, but the two movies I got out of the entire class, Elevators and Elevators 2, really were rewarding for me in terms of expressing my idea of this strange world I'd thought up. It's a world where Elevators walk the earth. These gigantic "Creatures" were inspired by the Iron Giant, and I believe that even though I failed to deliver that message, I still managed to make them look interesting and large. The first film was decent and yet marred by my use of music created by myself. It ended up becoming repetitive and annoying, in my and other's opinions. The second movie, I feel, greatly improved on the first in terms of cinematography and overall style. Then again, that's mostly for you to decide, isn't it?
You can view Elevators Two, with a link to the original Elevators, here:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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A creative project for Sci-Fi Fantasy class got my ball rolling, if you know what I mean. This project was to be an expression of some elements pertaining to either Science Fiction or Fantasy writing as an artistic piece. Some people wrote short stories, some made models, and I made a short video game. This game comes in the form of Yet Another Knight, a piece that, while I know it could have been improved greatly, was pretty darn good for just a day of work. The music I found on the Audio Portal also really helped make this a nice project for me. However, I believe it scored low possibly because of the overall simplicity and length. Sure, the game isn't a 20 minute epic brought to you by such an such with high definition graphics and the like, but I really enjoyed the time I spent making it, and maybe someone out there enjoyed playing it, which in the end is what is most important to me. Anyways, if you feel like giving the game a go, I'd much appreciate some more feedback on this one.
This link will take you to Yet Another Knight:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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Last and most certainly least in terms of acceptance, comes Last of 2k9!!. I really wanted this game to succeed, but the graphics and level design were done in a single day. With this one I really screwed up on time management, and it seems the whole things just fell to pieces when I submitted it. Annoying soundtrack, annoying gameplay, seeing these things said about something I've created isn't easy, but I'll embrace these ideas so that maybe the next time I try to create a platformer, it won't suck.
You can play Last of 2k9!! below:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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After all is said and done, I feel like the last few months have been A O.K.. Honestly, I had hoped some of my content would be more appreciated, but obviously it just wasn't my time to shine quite yet. Hopefully in the coming year, I can learn more about flash and the things I can do with it. I've been working with it for a long time now and I still don't have even half the skill that some of the head honchos here weave their work with. I'll be looking forward to the day something I do gets the recognition I crave, and until then I will be improving my skills in ways that I'm sure I can't yet tell you. Someday, Newgrounds, someday I might be somebody here, but until then, I hope you enjoyed my post.
I'll be posting again hopefully around February 6th, which is my 18th birthday! Cigarettes, porno and... voting? Sure to be an exciting chapter of my life. Anyway, if you managed to read this whole thing about this author you've never heard of, I salute you soldier, thanks for your time! :D
Feel free to comment, e-mail or Private Message me with any questions or comments you've got.