I liked what you said about "stealing" sprites, you speak the truth!
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:D Thank you!
wow... you think the same as I about all the whiners that say: lololol you stole art u biatch!
I even did a FP post about that :)
lol I wonder how many posts about that subject there are.
It's good to know that there are still flash authors that I can count on for support when it comes to sprite flashes. So what if the sprites you use are "stolen copyrighted content"? don't give a fuck! I work with scriptwriting & simply use sprites to tell the story properly.
aweosme awesome aweosme. Maybe I should do a blog like this? You've given me ideas. :D
He he! Awesome! You just made my night, Danny boy! :D
Did I? Good! This blog is epic! And speaks t3h truth!
One thing that most sprite animators must admit is that hand drawn animation is always better than sprites. You just can't beat original work with copy/pastes. As much as I enjoy sprites and making sprite movies, they will never beat original self made graphics. I hate to say it but "Don't watch sprites if you don't like them" is a very invalid argument for sprite animators. SMBZ 7 stole the #3 spot on the top 50 and it did not deserve anything close to that, even though it was a good movie. It really shames the people who do original art. If sprite haters don't watch them and sprite lovers do, it doesn't help at all. It only makes things worse because the balance is lost and the movie's score goes too high. As much as I respect Alvin, he should really take responsibility for that kind of fame, and this applies to anyone.
On the other side of things, sprite haters could at least admit sprite animation can still be very difficult when done with max effort, rivaling hand drawn sometimes. Dsun is a great example of a sprite movie where a lot of true effort was put into the animation. A lot of sprite movies are just cut-outs from sheets tweened on static backgrounds doing uninspiring crap for several minutes. Those take no effort and thats where the fingers should be pointed. In the least I do lots of custom sprites, TONS of sound design and editing, graphic design, even some music composition, and on top of that I sweat myself dry doing the animation part just for my sprite movies. I spend a lot of my time researching and learning technical skills and knowledge. I've actually gained more technical knowledge than anything in the last four years.
Walls of text, I know, but if you have the time please read what I said. Its very good to know.
Personally, I lost interest in Alvin's series, and I do think his series is overrated. But that's me. However, you do make a very good point. Yes sprite movies will never be as good as a drawn flash, but that doesn't mean they should be hated. I even do enjoy watching drawn flashes more as a matter of fact. But overall, I don't really try to prove that sprites are better. Just the fact that bashing them, and causing such internet drama is ridiculous.
Now I'm not too sure if ignoring sprite movies would make matters worse for them. Sure it won't make them any better, but complaining about them doesn't work either because it only makes a fool out of themselves for making unnecessary hatred. Sometimes there can be a sprite flash that can beat a drawn flash, but it's a rare occasion, and even a sprite flash can be beaten by something unfairly.
For example, when the last episode of Mario Brothers, from Phantasmagoria-crow, was released, it got a daily 2nd. The Daily feature was a lousy flash that had live-action footages that looked like it came from a cell phone camera. It was a resemblance of 007. It was uncreative, and poorly done, and had voice clips of Duke Nukem. Nevertheless, it got a daily feature. No one complained about it, so we moved on. And so far, I didn't see any loss of balance.
Everything else you said are true, sprite movies can take more effort then what sprite-haters think, but also drawn flashes are more original because they actually create something. Bottom line, I understand both sides of the scenario. Thanks for the explanation.
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Golden-Fox
lol your blog had a comment with a Rick Roll link posted on it.