Next one!

You're at a gaming convention featuring a mostly TF2 fan-filled crowd, and you see THIS booth--

How is it decorated?

[Second booth-- Put decoration suggestions for the next booths in the comments below, all suggestions will be added to future booth voting polls :> ]

Vote here!

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxxYE31etI1MotwgEp3SGB6tQ7ExWLOJaz

You're at a gaming convention featuring a mostly TF2 fan-filled crowd, and this is your booth.

How do you decorate it?

[First of a few booths--- Put decor suggestions for the next booths in the comments below, all suggestions will be added to future booth voting polls :> ]

Vote here!

https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6D2cA_s6jSt9nl-iwYFJfNjIn0GMwPsS

Hello people,

I got the chance to vote for the best movie/game of April this year and I wanted to make a blog post about the entries i voted for, and give a quick explanation for the entries I chose.

I guess I feel I want to give a shout out or some recognition to some of the things i saw/played? I'm not so sure they need it, but regardless I wanted to this this anyway because both the times i've done this I felt there was a lot of interesting things to talk about

+ it sounds fun lel

Not that I will say too much though, and hey, if you want to provide your opinion and feedback too, i'd love that :>

Here we gooo:

(1) DE_dust2: Hacker's Wraith Tribute [Movie]

(by LucHD)

This one was my top pick. I grew up watching a lot of stickman cartoons on the internet (they take partial responsibility for inspiring me to become an animator myself), so maybe it pulled at my inner child or nostalgia or something, and therefore I may be biased in this choice. BUT it did have a great story concept, a lot of cool (1 dimensional, but otherwise cool) characters, neat 2d+3d mixed animation, sick action and creative scenarios. It's amazing what you can do with just stick figures, and that's why I love them lol

(2) EARWAX | MELVINS MACABRE [Movie]

(by MeatCanyon)

MeatCanyon is awesome. If you haven't heard of him I'd check him out. He turns celebrities, your beloved childhood cartoon characters and many more things into freaky, wrinkly, deep voiced monstrosities, with a humorous twist. His video EARWAX has all that except with original characters. The narrative turns the ear-cavern dwelling monster in something deserving of sympathy in the end, which is a creepy yet satisfyingly twist, which is what landed it on #2 for me here. Why not #1? I thought the female character design was a little too different from the main art style, and you can see the twist coming a little bit before it happens. But a spectacular movie nonetheless!

PS it should be "Melvin's" not "Melvins" smh MeatCanyon

(3) HOMESTUCK: The Most Internet Story EVER [MOVIE]

(by Shadok)

This video is about Homestuck, some kind of flash-based internet comic-ish series, that tells a story using still images, gifs, small games and even viewer/community interaction. I've heard of it before but am not too familiar with it lol. But this video gives a great introduction to it and essentially functions as a fan parody of it. It's very humorous and fun and does the Homestuck thing very well. It's animation is very basic, and it's only the first part of something, so you do end off without a full conclusion. Also I hope you tolerate bronies.

(4) You Will Fall [Game]

(by YaenGames)

I tend to put games lower down on my list only because I prefer animation, but i try and remain fair either way. You Will Fall is a game about balance, balancing your mouse cursor in the middle of the screen while avoiding distractions and WIND. I thought this game was a master example of a simple yet effective game, both in concept, execution and even design. I guess it's not too original, but i didn't see anything that would out-do it in that regard lol

(5) Recontra [Game]

(by streq)

Wasn't sure whether to put this one about You Will Fall or below it. But i put it here. I don't remember why. It's a modified version of Contra for the NES, but for Newgrounds :> the beginning of the game is simple, it's just play contra on 1 screen but survive. After that though there's a second, comedic objective which sold it to me as being awesome lol. Check it OUT

(6) Maerl Bay [Game]

(by Oroshibu)

Maerl Bay is a game where you play as a smol submarine taking pictures of like seaweed or gunk or something in the sea/ocean/some body of water. I thought the graphics were appealing and cute, and the concept was easy to learn and get used to. I guess I really like games that I can learn fast? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that it's an internet game that i don't want to spend too much time on and not like a game you get on steam. Hmm maybe I gotta rethink the way i vote on games :'

(7) TrashKitty [Game]

(by MadNukin)

Puzzle/platforming game with a cat entering and exiting garbage bins. Plays like jump king when you are in the bins. Great concept, great music, good humor with the kitty and the homeless guy. Nothing more inspiring than watching a cat achieve it's goals while rummaging in garbage.

(8) Super Mario Land in 7 minutes [ANIMATED] [Movie]

(by Xandrecos)

The 1st 3 movies i mentioned were all the ones I found notable considering all the entries, so form here I kinda looked for what I just generally enjoyed. This animation I thought should take this 8th spot because it was a decent length and some good effort was put into it. It had clever jokes and running gags and fun animation (albeit mostly simple). Not toooo memorable but worth the watch!

(9) 64 Bits - Kirby and the Forgotten Land Demake for NES [Game]

(by 64bitsanimation)

Kirby sucks up a car and then starts ramming into people and things. Very cool NES visual style, cool car mechanics and feel I think this one mostly got me just by the look of it lol. Took me a little bit to realize it wasn't a continuously-run foreword game and that you can change directions :<

(10) Kattwerp [Movie]

(by foneycone)

This movie was my last selection! I had a bunch of videos I generally liked, but I selected this one here because I think as artists we can generally relate to the message. The main character apparently sucks at what she likes to do (which is sing) and she has a moral dilemma due to believing that. She questions whether she does what she does either for the respect of people, or for her own satisfaction, and which is more important. A very interesting question I think most artists (and in general people) should ask themselves. Even though it's 10th place for me, I think it's #1 in terms of interesting subject matter.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

• MOSQUITO SONG [Movie]

(by hobotoon)

Creative scenerio, unsuspecting twist

• Bowsette in 23 animation styles! [Movie]

(by TheChalkeaters)

Cool collab with various art/animation styles + awesome music

I wish I could have been a part of this ;-;

• Keeper of the celestial flame [Movie]

(by ArtOfAlexH)

Bro the animation is fucking unbelievably good

• X-RL7 Episode 23

(by X-RL7)

The series seems to be some kinda commentary on the music industry, pretty cool subject matter, goes right under Kattwerp. Will probably check the whole series out. You should too! :>

• Postlife 12: The Process

(by MiuSchardo)

This stuff will satisfy your desire for creative insanity-- visually, auditorily, and poetically.

Thanks for reading!

If you got something you wanna say about some of these entries or the others, please leave a comment, I'm very curious to know other people's views and votes!

Metallis

Hello everyone!

I recently came up with a fun idea for an animated video I wanted to make for my youtube/newgrounds/etc involving Team Fortress 2, and realized it could be awesome if I made it into an open collaboration involving as many people as possible.

THE IDEA:

I never been to a TF2 CON but I thought about what it must be like to meet other TF2 fans IRL… and I can only imagine, based off of the funny, silly, absurd, darndest things that people say and do in this chaotic game, what these people must look and be like. I’ve heard people screaming, talking about 8th ad politics, discussing fecal pantry over rick roll music, making indiscernible, alien noises, chainsaws and printers and other inanimate objects…. The list would go on so long another update might be out by the time I’m done.

So I thought it would be fun to try and put a face to these noises! (If a “face” can even be made) Or more accurately, draw a face.

For the video I wanted to make an animation of “TF2 players” at a convention, but it’s what I (or WE) think these players would look like using short clips of game play as inspiration to draw them.

OK THE ACTUAL IDEA:

I made a short example of what it’s basically going to look like here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ae1ObGvso_aDwWK15_M5CvM6i7NsPTb/view?usp=share_link

(Each of those anims were made in 3-4 hours each, yours can be even quicker though)

Get a 3-7 second long clip in TF2 of somebody saying something funny or interesting in the voice chat, and make and animate a character to it. We are aiming for quantity over quality here, so make the animation VERY SIMPLE. Make a character and put them in a good pose, and basically just do lip sync to the audio. Maybe some other movement if you want, but keep it simple! DO NOT use a clip of a meme or well known audio being played over the mic on its own… Let’s use only audio that is unique in the moment (It can be a unique combination of memes or a meme and someone’s voice however).

The character doesn’t have to be human, or even a living thing. It can be WHATEVER YOU WANT. Get creative! BUT since these are supposed to be parodies of TF2 players at a con, give them some kind of recognizable cosmetic to make them seem as such. Give them the soldier’s helmet, or the scout’s gloves, or the engineer’s wrench, just to list a few examples.

Animate as many clips as you can (quantity > quality)! You can have multiple characters for 1 clip, but try to have it focused on 1 of them. The drawings don’t have to be too detailed; the only minimum requirement is having decent line-work + basic colour. Shading + more is not required, but you can do more if you want too! Any style is alright. The more different looking animations we get, the more we will get that feeling of diverse characters I think.

I’m aiming to get this done and uploaded sometime early-mid June, so the final date to get to get these animations in to me will be May 31st, but the sooner you can send me them the better!

TL;DR + quick guidelines:

-         Get a short clip of some silliness from TF2 voice chat

-         Make your own character and animation inspired by the audio! Doesn’t need to be human or even a living thing.

-         Give the character some kind of cosmetic or outfit to make them look like they are a fan dressing up for a TF2 convention (soldier’s helmet, pyro’s mask, medic’s ubersaw, etc)

-         Please do not use a clip of someone just playing a meme noise or something on it’s own. You can use a clip like that if it’s being mixed with some other audio or voice however, as long as it’s some kind of unique combination. [First anim in my example]

-         Can have multiple characters for 1 clip, but make sure it’s focused on just 1 character [Cat anim in my example]

-         Make sure the animation is 30fps, 1920x1080 (width x height)

-         Needs to have a transparent background. If you can’t provide an mov of that, a PNG image sequence will do!

-         Minimum requirement of having line-work + colour, but more is perfectly acceptable

-         3 seconds minimum, 7 seconds maximum

-         Try and keep the animation on 2’s, but it’s not that important lol

-         Due date May 31st

If you are interested or have any questions/suggestions, message me here on Newgrounds! You can also ask or suggest in the comments (or just say whatever you want I guess lmao)

We’ll discuss it more when you get to me!

Thanks people :>

My social stuff:

https://youtube.com/@metallisanimation

https://metallis.newgrounds.com/

https://www.instagram.com/metallis_animation/

https://twitter.com/The_Metallis

Hi all!

The Artosis video isn't quite done yet, but it will be very soon! Should be ready in about 2-3 weeks.

Very sorry for the delay! :<

See you soon!

https://youtu.be/srteusSYceQ

Teaser for an upcoming animation!

https://youtu.be/sPBXqCNMlI0

Krill, cucumber, and 2% milk + loads of toxicity. That's what's going to be on Artosis' shopping list.

If only these other "customers" understood how to eat, prepare and purchase food like he did!

Coming March 2023, probably :J

Hello boys, girls, people of all pronouns, noobnouns and medicorenouns :>

I have returned from the previously stated hiatus, and am currently working on 2 projects, 1 smaller one and another bigger one. I'm hoping to have the smaller one done and up in a few weeks (2-3 maybe idk). Bigger one will take longer ofc.

I just wanted to share a bit of what I'm working on so ya'll can have a lil preview :>

Enjoy these next 30 seconds of your life:

thanks for reading and looking :> seeya soon

Hello everybody who cares :>

This is just a update post about what I'm going to be up to for the next few months. I'm not going to be working on anything for my online socials for close to 2 months as I work on a more personal/professional project. It's something that's important for me to focus on at this time in my life. After that, I'll come here and start to work on a new animation (I already know what I want to do for the next few videos), although that video itself may take like 2 months or so to make.

So it'll be a little while before another thing appears from me. But I will be back, very caring reader :>

I made a stupid youtube video explaining it a bit more if you're interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkoMUcIbQJU

Anyway thanks for reading, I'll see you soon! If you have any questions, ask away.

PS I will be uploading the Backgrounds from "Birth, Life and Death of a Meme" to my art portal soon.