Big post.. lots of news. Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. Been busy on BCA DVDs, a freelance assignment and writing the Brackenwood movie. If it wasn’t for the news in my inbox today, it might have been another couple of weeks before I posted a new article.

Newgrounds.com has honoured Waterlollies with their first annual Tank Award for Best Flash Animation of 2007. I’m still smiling 2 hours after reading the news, but it’ll be impossible to wipe the smile off my face when I receive the trophy. It’s an amazing cast bronze(?) NG tank and apparently very heavy. I’ll post photos when I get my hands on it, but here’s the image from the newgrounds site. Click the image to see the other entries and judging info and panel.

NG Tank Trophy

As I said in my ‘thanks’ post on newgrounds:

 

 

“Thanks so much NG for this huge honour. I couldn’t keep doing these movies without the continued support from Newgrounds and the Brackenwood fans.

I’ve said it before and I’ll always say it: if it weren’t for Newgrounds, my site would still be a relative unknown on a shared server and I’d probably still be working in a studio as ‘talent-on-tap’ churning out terrible sequels, like so many extremely talented people who deserve better.

Now I’m working from home, and while the money isn’t as good as a full-time job, I make enough in AdSense to pay for a dedicated host, which makes my site almost self-sufficient. This gives me time to work on my personal projects including a Brackenwood feature film which I’m no co-writing with a close ex-Disney colleague in Los Angeles. Quite simply, none of this would be happening if it weren’t for Newgrounds. I’ve got NG to thank for it all.

I’m completely gob-smacked.
Thank you,
A. Phillips”

Of course, there are others who have been supportive of my work, so here let me just add a big thanks to Aaron over at ColdHardFlash.com. for his support over the years. I’m really grateful to him for helping me get the word out about each new Brackenwood and it’s guys like him that makes it all worthwhile for independent artists like me. Cheers mate, *raises glass*

In Other News

I briefly mentioned at the start of this post that I’m working on the BCA DVDs. Yes they’re finally well under way.. well under way. I went and deleted several days of work a few weeks back, because I was watching it back and it was incredibly boring, listening to me drone on about stuff. So the format has changed slightly and I’m now working from a script, rather than trying to wing it (which just results in me stammering, uhming and ah-ing).

Anyway, the lighting section will be free and I’ll post them here on the WoodenBlog and/or on their own dedicated BCA page. Freelance work does get in the way a bit, but it shouldn’t be long now before you start seeing regular chapters. Once again, it’s lighting effects that will be free for now, but I’m still not sure how or whether to sell the other FX DVDs.

BCA Lighting title

Home made airgun

Yes, I do occasionally move away from this computer. The other day I made a how-to video which was my second to be featured on instructables.com. It’s all about how I built my powered blowgun and demonstrates how you can do the same. If you have an instructables account, log in, rate and comment! You don’t need an account to view it though. Click the image below to see the instructable:

Airgun

D&D shorts

The third of my shorts for Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition is up on YouTube, but it’s not on the Wizards channel. It’s on Bart Carroll’s.. he’s one of the producers credited on the short. Here it is:

Until next update, gnight!

Adam

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