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Did some Blockhead. Made a lil' Mastermind. Co-created Madness: Project Nexus. I love you so much!

Michael Swain @The-Swain

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I noticed that Jazza's started to put his flash films on DeviantArt. I'm not saying you should do the same, but I bet a lot of people would like to see your flash work there. I mean, people can't steal it anymore there then they can do here, right?

Deviant Art makes you explicitly agree that it's ok if they use your content for their own profit and you don't get a cent :(

I've seen many cartoons on Newgrounds that are so stiff they're basically graphic novels with audio, and they aren't that bad. I would think you could tween right and make them as though they were animated and get a good response. A great example of an animated graphic novel is Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops' cut-scenes. They're pretty amazing, even though they're just animated pictures with voices accompanying them.

Oh,man! I've seen every flash you made(atleast 4 times each)! So whens Racist Vampires coming out? I can't wait for it! mmmmmm! mmmmm? I think so too,u-huh! By the way...awesome drawing :D

Kickass drawing, i would love to be a flash artist but i couldn't draw for nuts, so it is a bit hard i just have to stick to basic things, like stick figures

Also i hope blockhead halloween comes out soon, happy ghostmas!! :D

Wow that is really amazing, you truly are an inspiration.I've seen the difference between the first episode of blockhead and the most recent one, and you certainly have come a long way.It is so nicely animated it could certainly surpass anything on the telly at the moment, and the humour is top notch.I'm anxious to see the next Ghostmas episode, I'm sure all your hard work will pay off.Once again you're a true inspiration and seeing that pic really motivates me to continue practising my skills.Hope you enjoy the rest of your week and good luck with finishing up the newest incarnation of Ghostmas!

Pauly

Jay is being mean. Tell him to give me your MSN.

wow 0_o awesome, at the start of all the blockhead's, how come its got all those trace bitmap images? or are they not trace bitmap?

They're photoshop filtered JPGs :) I still use them for my Blockhead intro even today. The reason is it gives the cartoon a childish feel, which was what I intended from episode 1. I mean, I create dozens of new backgrounds in each cartoon, and each requires at the very least an hour of attention.

Is that your real voice in the NG Scetchbook Tour?

Which? I did three voices: The Conscience easter egg, the Blockhead artist introduction voiceovers, and the B-B-B-B-B-BIZZARO TOM easter egg voice. None of them are my normal voice.

swain, i need a little bit of advice. Looking at blockhead, his lines are almost all the same thickness (well, near enough). How to you get the lines so smooth without them changing thickness too much. Is it about the smoothing settings for the brush tool or do you smooth the lines after ?

Consistent line thickness is one of the most important things to me - I'm glad someone finally noticed! They key is to always using the same brush thickness and zoom level every single time you draw. Pick a level and use it. That's it. Eventually you'll develop an eye for it and you can draw at any level, but until then that's the way to learn.

Typically I use 400% zoom and the 2nd smallest brush, OR 800% zoom and the 3rd smallest. My smoothing is 40. I use an Intuos 6x8 pad.

Arrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh.
We jus lost the rugby world cup final >_<.
Sorry, but i gotta rant somewere.

Who is "we"?

It's hard to find good rugby coverage in the US. I make up for it by drinking copious amounts of beer and singing rugby songs such as "I don't want to join the army" and "The Engineer's song" as per the Silbury Rugby Union.

Sorry, 4got that america doesnt tend to cover rugby. I meant that england lost the rugby world cup final. I think its because of all the penalties we gave them. I ve calmed down now nyway. oh, and thx for the advice on consistent line thickness. :P

Wow a very detailed picture happy ghostmas day

that explains it! anyways awesome!

I love every pixel of it. Damn you're good.

Looks great

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I believe you, but I'm pretty sure that almost never happens. And when it does, its for only things that they would really want to use. Personally, I've never seen that happen, so its quite rare.

yeah NICE drawing. And I also noticed that in Blockhead 7 you drew the robot from Time Squad at the park, i find that funny. I LOVE YOUR WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!