Hello humans (and robots!) from Newgrounds, time for some updates and...well what the title says.

Turns out I got beaten by the impressive work of Hikarian on NATA's Pro round (still for a really close score, a difference of 3.5 points!).
I knew that I had to give atleast a couple more days to the actual animation of my last entry (Electric Brain-Spaghetti) than with my second short ( 'The Fish Tower' ) to get a better chance at this round, which is something I couldn't properly accomplish with so many exam-filled burritos, but at least it was enough to finish it.
I actually wasn't too satisfied with the short when I uploaded it; I had to cut plenty of takes that otherwise could have helped to work with the short's consistency. But surprisingly it still had a really good response from the viewers at NG and the NATA judges!
So, considering the giant coffee cups, and all the multi-tasking madness involved in the making of my 3 entries, It was a blast entering NATA this year. For the most part It was a great 'excuse' to (finally) get back to make actual 'short animations' (last year I only made loops, which was an awesome practice, but they rarely had any kind of 'plot'), and it was also great getting to know the works and styles of so many animators on the site that I hadn't seen before.

---'CHEESE FROM THE FUTURE'---

SO, now that I don't have to make more deadline-squashed animations for a while, I can get (back) to some other projects!
I'm considering taking the time to 'properly finish' some NATA entries which (due to deadline difficulties) I never left to the level of completion I hoped. Just to have a 'finished version' I don't plan to "re-launch" them, though, since it's mostly animation tweaks and post-production. I'll begin with 'The Fish Tower' and see how it goes.

I've been making loops for the monthly (now bi-monthly) loop challenge at LoopdeLoop (the last one, with the theme of FOOD, that you can see right here, so you can expect more of these)

In other news, I uploaded a (oddly shaped) micro-sequence of watercolor-paintings for Robot Day.

And because why not, here's the (slowly updated but not forgotten) TUMBLR account!
ALSO, I'll upload a microscopic 'coolibert' thing as soon as I can make another news post!

HEY, LOOK!, here's my third animation for NATA 2013 ; Electric Brain-Spaghetti
I can tell it went A LOT more experimental than the last one; I wanted to use a different visual style in some bits that I had not used since my older short 'The Cosmic Fork', and also take a different approach with the sound (courtesy of a fantastic piece of software called Bfxr).

This one got really hard to finish due to plenty of final exams having an atomic-planetary-congregation (and having one of the final design exams on the same exact day as the deadline didn't help either).
At the end, I had an amount of time similar to the one i had with 'The Fish Tower', which at least was enough to finish it to an upload-able level.

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Other than that, I'm finally getting closer to winter vacations, which means some BONUS time to finish and upload many... unfinished and not-uploaded things. HUH.
Here's my TUMBLR for the eventual gif-update breakfast.

*Btwzzztztzzttztztzttzz!*

Here's my second round Flash sandwich for the NATA 2013.
I think it came up a lot less rushed than the first one; instead of 3 days of wacom-squashing animation, this one was animated in in 7 days, still with many uni-assignments in-between and coffee cups.
It was pretty fun to make, even if (as many NATA animators could agree regarding their work) I couldn't get it too polished after finishing a first cut for the deadline; specially on the sound aspects, but that goes for a future remastering!

Here, have some bats!

Humans from Newgrounds:
Here's a (pretty small, though) stopmotion experiment I recorded by making 'substitution animation' (kind of like animating with videogame-sprites in "real-life", but not related to videogames at all, HUH), which I found worth trying every once in a while.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/617417
There isn't too much for the plot, but here's some pictures of the making of (LOOK DOWN!)

Also, getting to NATA's Novice round!, beginning the animation NOW and not in the very last three days of Flash endurance insanity like last time!
CHRING

WHY HELLOE.
Here's my entry for the NATA's first round :
CHRING

Considering the REALLY small amount of time I had to finish it(three days to animate it) it was a really brain-melting challenge due to UNI draining big jellies of time.
Turns out, it was supposed to be a bit longer, and would build up a bit more to a more chaotic ambience. BUT, I can still say it's fun to watch.
I guess the best way to get back to more 'regular' animating was to try the Flash tournament, though part of that will depend on how well this one does (i was 52 minutes late due to not considering the actual NG time!).

In other news, there ARE some small animations and drawings done waiting for another time-sandwich to be uploaded soon.
And, because why not, TUMBLR link.
SPLAT

Hey there Newgroundewrs!, here's a small update to spread the TUMBLR account i'm pasting on the web. Probably the most convenient place for those small GIFS and nuggets that don't make it to NG (and also the place to stay tuned for permanent SPAM).

ALSO here's a small bonus which was an Uni assignment about creating a hypothetical "Opening credits sequence" for a movie that had no opening credits, and we chose to work with Blade Runner. It's a lot different than what i usually put here, but i still liked the way it ended up and you may find some bits of 'trivia' from the film:

If you're curious, all of the "Neon signs" were animated in Flash, and then 'tridimensionally' composed with
After Effects CS6.

Here's a RACOON.
ENJOY IT.

WHY helloe there Newgrounds,
As a microscopic UPDATE here's a small piece of (audio)visual bologna i worked on at Design School a while ago.
We had an exam that was about developing the brand of an emerging band, and while it included making a logo, an hypothetic disc cover and some flyers, i joined forces with my partner to include a BONUS that is the HALF-ANIMATED 'videoclip' you can see below.
While it didn't end up as polished as we wished, it contains some fun animated-live action bits at about half of the video.
ENJOY (SPANISH WARNING)

IN OTHER NEWS, i'm also working on a FLASH GAME i hope to finish as soon as VACATIONS materialize.
(related 'sprites')

Why HELLO Newgrounds. Guess i'm "back" again, with a little Halloween-flash for your floating ghost enjoyment!.
For the most part is a pretty experimental bizarre abomination-short, with some ridiculously effective hand-painted background/textures here and there.
Even if it wasn't much, ghosts are some of the most amusing things to animate.
>>> GO GO GO

Well hello there NEWGROUNDS
Here's a little STOPMOTION short in case you still have some stopmotion needs left in the futuristic year TWO THOUSAND AND TEN -> QUARAQUOL
Aaand thanks for DAILY 5TH!

Alsoo, a new cartoon, although not a stopmotion one for a while (guess it was too much finger-exploding!) is walking on the paper, so you can expect something DIGESTIBLE and with a little more 'story' by january...
and NOW... THIS

New flash -> GO GO GO
I'm really getting into this "animation of chaos" thing, so it may be turning between the extremely DISTURBING, and the extremely...uhhr 'delicious'.
Aaand yes, i had to sacrifice my 'Robot day flash' time to get this done last week, maybe i'll keep that for next year. For now, enjoy this cosmic spillage...