At 5/12/08 11:08 PM, El-Presidente wrote:

Boxes Engine.
[Ignore the character whose physics haven't been put in just yet]

Um..why do you show engines before they are even close to being useful for anything? No offense but, there were no real physics behind that flash besides maybe the gravity. The rotation was WAYYYYYYY off, one time they spawned, one box bounced on its edge and then when it stopped bouncing it starting rotating faster and faster and just spun on the spot for forever. Fix it up, or actually, I'd say redo it, cause you won't get anywhere with a fake-ish phys engine.

At 5/12/08 11:23 PM, Coolio-Niato wrote:

At 5/12/08 11:08 PM, El-Presidente wrote:

Boxes Engine.
[Ignore the character whose physics haven't been put in just yet]

Um..why do you show engines before they are even close to being useful for anything? No offense but, there were no real physics behind that flash besides maybe the gravity. The rotation was WAYYYYYYY off, one time they spawned, one box bounced on its edge and then when it stopped bouncing it starting rotating faster and faster and just spun on the spot for forever. Fix it up, or actually, I'd say redo it, cause you won't get anywhere with a fake-ish phys engine.

Um... why make a real dick head comment? No offense but, there was no real critisism in there and any attempt to not sound like a total tool failed. Fix your outlook, or actually, I'd say kill yourself, because you won't get anywhere with such a pretentious attitude.

I thought it was cool at least.

EVERYONE GOTO BED. WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING OUR PERIODS AT THE SAME TIME AND NOBODY IS GETTING ALONG.

Err... looks like I certainly checked this thread at the wrong time!

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Artsy Fartsy Stuff
Even though I've always been a crappy animator, I've kind of always wanted to experiment with different styles. It occurred to me that a Jackson Pollockesque abstract thing in Flash would be neat.

FYI, Jackson Pollock was this abstract impressionist artist who threw paint splatters on canvas and called it art.

Now, the question is, I don't know whether people like that sort of thing. So, I ask you, would you view an animation solely on watching paint splatters, calming music, and watching little details in art move around and become animated (ie. the stars in Starry Night by van Gogh)? Should I animate it for the hell of it, regardless?

At 5/13/08 12:41 AM, Kart-Man wrote: I've kind of always wanted to experiment with different styles.
Should I animate it for the hell of it, regardless?

That would kind of be the point of "experimenting" with different styles. Experimenting isn't really experimenting if it's only public approved experimenting.

I say go for it. The abstract looks neat.

At 5/13/08 12:41 AM, Kart-Man wrote: Artsy Fartsy Stuff

Now, the question is, I don't know whether people like that sort of thing. So, I ask you, would you view an animation solely on watching paint splatters, calming music, and watching little details in art move around and become animated (ie. the stars in Starry Night by van Gogh)? Should I animate it for the hell of it, regardless?

check this out if you haven't. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/43 9253

At 5/13/08 12:41 AM, Kart-Man wrote: Artsy Fartsy Stuff
Even though I've always been a crappy animator, I've kind of always wanted to experiment with different styles. It occurred to me that a Jackson Pollockesque abstract thing in Flash would be neat.

Probably more fun making than watching...

At 5/13/08 12:20 AM, Luis wrote: EVERYONE GOTO BED.

syntax error

At 5/13/08 03:36 AM, BritishMoose wrote: Your Favourite Cartoon Characters

Pinky

All you need is love!

Everybody now!

At 5/12/08 10:01 PM, NG-Unit wrote: Meat-Ups?

purposely misspelled

Luis we should so have a meet-up in Rapid City, South Dakota sometime, so I can actually go!

You're putting him off.

At 5/13/08 03:36 AM, BritishMoose wrote: Your Favourite Cartoon Characters

Danger Mouse from Danger Mouse.

Danger Mouse is just legendary.

At 5/13/08 03:36 AM, BritishMoose wrote: Your Favourite Cartoon Characters

Goat, from Downtown, Megas XLR and brief cameos in Metalocalypse. Those three shows in themselves are some of the single greatest pieces of animation on mainstream TV.

At 5/13/08 12:41 AM, Kart-Man wrote: Artsy Fartsy Stuff
Even though I've always been a crappy animator, I've kind of always wanted to experiment with different styles. It occurred to me that a Jackson Pollockesque abstract thing in Flash would be neat.

FYI, Jackson Pollock was this abstract impressionist artist who threw paint splatters on canvas and called it art.

You might enjoy this then if you haven't already seen it, jacksonpollock.org.

At 5/13/08 12:41 AM, Kart-Man wrote: Artsy Fartsy Stuff
Even though I've always been a crappy animator, I've kind of always wanted to experiment with different styles. It occurred to me that a Jackson Pollockesque abstract thing in Flash would be neat.

I always thought that some fractal engine to make stuff similar to Pollock's would be good :) Something for the coders.

RE: Favorite cartoon character

I would probably say Raphael of the ninja turtles... he always seemed like the asshole of the bunch... yeah he fought crime and did good things but he always found the people around him to be kind of annoying.

I can relate to him!

At 5/13/08 12:31 PM, Luis wrote: I can relate to him!

You fight crime?

Favorite Cartoon Character
1928-1930 Mickey Mouse and Pete.

Favorite Cartoon Character

Tintin! C'mon, you gotta agree he is pretty damn hardcore.

Favorite Cartoon

When I was really young my favorite cartoon was The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. Dunno if anyone has ever seen that one. It had really great cgi scenes in it, the intro rocked and Jessie was incredibly hot. In my mind it's the best cartoon ever made, mainly because it manipulated me into thinking that when I was very young and I haven't bothered to re-watch an episode. I don't know about my favorite cartoon character.

I've always loved The Simpsons.

RE: Favorite cartoon character
underdog! the other cartoons on his show (tennessee tuxedo, commander mcbrag, et al.) were pretty amazing too. in a close second was speed racer. id stay up late and watch it on cartoon network at like midnight.

I loved Felix the cat - the crappy series from when they made coloured versions. I just remember watching them before my folks got up in the mornings and loving them.

Watched some recently and they seemed shit, but ain't that always the way?

At 5/13/08 03:37 PM, Bezman wrote: I loved Felix the cat

I used to watch Felix The Cat. He was the greatest!

At 5/13/08 04:13 PM, MrMacro wrote:

At 5/13/08 03:37 PM, Bezman wrote: I loved Felix the cat

I used to watch Felix The Cat. He was the greatest!

me three

And the best cartoon charcter is Flippy from happy tree friends you ask why ?
Great desighn, done in flash.

At 5/13/08 03:20 PM, authorblues wrote: RE: Favorite cartoon character
underdog! the other cartoons on his show (tennessee tuxedo, commander mcbrag, et al.) were pretty amazing too. in a close second was speed racer. id stay up late and watch it on cartoon network at like midnight.

Nice one! i might have to change my vote.

Favorite Cartoon Character

Courage the cowardly dog. It weirds me out sometimes, I feel bad for him all the time...the fact that he doesn't talk I think adds to it a lot, and I'm always on edge because he's constantly freaking out.

At 5/13/08 05:45 PM, Coaly wrote: Favorite Cartoon Character

Courage the cowardly dog.

I liked him too. He always had these horrible things happen to him in the middle of no where.

Favorite Cartoon Character

The powerpuff girls! Duh!

Color Perception

Ehh I was up late last night because I couldn't fall asleep and I came across a semi-interesting topic in my head.

Ok, so we pretty much know that people see colors differently, darker, lighter, etc. But what if what I see as red, you see as blue. So what I see as red, you would see as blue, but still call it red because thats what you were taught.

Get what I'm saying? There would be no way to prove against it, because in Kindergarten or Pre-school or wherever you learned colors, you learned what color is what. So when they were teaching us that this color is red, you saw that color and called it red, even though its not what I saw.

Kinda confusing and a stupid topic but...hey, I dunno

At 5/13/08 07:21 PM, SpamBurger wrote: Anyone remember a long time ago back in '05 I started the API Collab? It didn't really work out well, because a lot of people (including myself) weren't very motivated and we only had a few people actually make anything. Well, I've been thinking about starting it again. Seem like a good idea?

Also, on an unrelated note, I beat all the story missions in GTA IV and got the half-a-millionaire achievement :)

Yeah i remember seeing that for what i can remember.

And in GTA i just unlocked the last island =( Im gettin there though.