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Behind The Flash!

Posted by Gerkinman - August 12th, 2008


Sometimes i wonder how this place really works. Then i wonder even harder about if there is a pattern for success here. I dont know. Anyways, i have a new flash out, as of now, strangely enough titled "Behind the Flash". I was excited about releasing this new cartoon, not because of the content, not because of the characters, but because after a 2 year hiatus "Behind the Flash" was the relaunch of the Nimbin Series and Universe, something i hold very close to me. As of this moment it is hovering at 3.17, not exactly the best that people are interested.

Behind The Flash

Maybe its because its short, maybe its because of the content. I guess it doesnt matter in the end, ill try another few episodes and then go from there. Its just frustrating when you spend so long working out a universe, working out the characters, so on and so forth only to find nobody really cares, i guess i should have learned that lesson with the first series of Nimbin. Im not the kind of person that complains about scores and the number of hits something gets, but it would kind of be nice to get some recognition some day. Even with "Break on Through", something i spent a few months on (on and off, and i know that it was by no means even close to perfect), it hit front page (which im still shocked by, thanks Tom) barely made a ripple in the community compare to everything else that was front paged around the same time. Why was that? I dont know. The Newgrounds community is as easy to predict as it is impossible. In the end tho it doesnt change anything, if i was doing this for other peoples enjoyment, for the pats on the back and the emails asking me to teach someone flash, id go back to what i was doing in 2004, tweening mario around. But thats not why im here, im here to leave a thumbprint, to remind people theres more then one way to make a flash cartoon, theres more then one way to tell a story, and theres more then one story to tell.

That said, upcoming movie news.

Hush: I started work on again last night, id be crazy to try to predict when it will be finished, but it should be some time within the next few months.

Nimbin: I have 2 shorts started, one almost entirely storyboarded (the animated kind mind you). No dates on these yet either. On the plus side they dont take all that long to animate.

John The Fisherman: My friend who was here when i was filming accidently took my storyboards home, i have no idea when they will arrive in the mail, but ill be starting that day.

And im in talks with someone about turning a 10 track EP he did into a 10 episode animated series, all done with sprites. My own sprites mind you, at the moment its more of a project for next year, but we will see what happens.

Now heres a comic by Gerkinman (the character, not me). Hes an internet celebrity in the world of Nimbin for his highly original and endlessly clever webcomic "The Video Game Comic"

Behind The Flash!


Comments

everytime I hear someone wondering why they dont get respect here or cant cause 'ripples' in the community, the same thing pops into my head each time:

why on earth do you WANT these people's respect?

also I would like a shirt of the cacademon from DOOM on it like that guy in the comic has.

Because im a lonely little man :(

And yes, i want that shirt, which is why i gave it to myself. ID needs to make it happen.

Videogames!

I like your frontpage news posts better. At least with those I can read them at my own pace and not at the pace of a snail wearing rollerskates with bricks for wheels in a sandbox.

C'mon man don't waste your talent on Newgrounds happenings.

I think this was the first time i actually made something dedicated to it and i dont really plan on doing it again any time soon, it was very much just a spare of the moment type thing.

Zekey brings up a good point though... Newgrounds people as fans... Not the best thing in the world...

honestly, I didn't like it. The lip syncing was even worse than the lip syncing of Mindy Learns A Moral, and you said you hated it cause it was too exaggerated, which pretty much applies to your flash as well. The drawing style is something new, it was ok but the animation is general and the whole thing was rather bad and boring. Sorry.

Indeed i was complaining about that, but this was also the first time i have attempted to lip sync anything in 3 years, and i sure as hell wasnt good before i stopped for that time. Its going to take me time to find what works best.

Haha, nice comic. Also if you're not making flashes for other people's enjoyment but to do things differently, to instruct them, then that's a big burden and a little messianic. Don't take it too seriously, it's gotta be fun, right?

I possibly misread that statement, and took it too seriously. But that's my burden to bear: I'm prepared to bear it for you though.

I understood the flash, and I don't want to seem like an ass to tell you what had happened, but what podcast were you talking about? Does Rina Chan have her own podcast now on her site? Or has it yet to be released? Sorry for all the questions.

That was a great comic k

That just... wasn't very funny.

Eh... I enjoyed it >.>

And I lol'd at that comic :3

I like that comic :3

Rina Chan was as adorable as always but the cartoon itself wasn't anything special.
I agree with Bug when he says that the score is "generous".

What score were you expecting?

I suppose im just getting used to scores around the 3.50 range.

(What i'm about to say has nothing to do with this post)
I think your reviews suck.(sorry if i offended you, i just think you judge the flash movies and games you see too harshly)

LMAO YOU SAID VIDEOGAMES

: D

XD

for a sec I tought you were gonna mention you were invited to a behind the flash podcast of rina chan or smt.

you gave zekey pinkeye in that movie :[