Dashkin, Bob’s Burgers, Clear Vision 2 and Bitcoin
I did lots of things in 2012 and the 2013 schedule is crammed with new stuff. Here’s the last gasp before the apocalypse!
Ever get that thing where your finances don’t reflect how busy you are? Like somehow the money doesn’t seem to justify working your eyes to the bone? Yeah me too. Story of the independent professional in the 21st Century huh? It’s a good thing I love what I’m doing, for the most part. Here’s what ►►
Dashkin was in “development hell” for almost a year. My own excitement and confidence in the game were dissipating. Sean couldn’t even look at it without feeling sick because it had grown larger and messier, far beyond what it was originally designed for, with many new features tacked on. The .fla was unstable, slow and ►►
Just lately, in the few hours between going to bed and actually falling asleep, I’ve been reading a series of books by Charlie Higson, a well-known UK writer and comedian (The Fast Show and others). This particular series starts with the first instalment “The Enemy”, the premise for which is basically that everyone on earth ►►
Work on the Bitey game is progressing at a decent pace. Sean and I have changed direction once or twice as we figure out ways to accomplish certain things and push limitations of Flash. One thing I’m learning is that in a game we simply cannot overload the Flash Player with insanely intricate vectors that ►►
As my latest contract on Dragon Age Legends winds down and before a new one starts, I want to go crazy on Brackenwood to make some ground on a few things: New Brackenwood Game Over the coming weeks you’ll see screenshots and updates on a full featured, brand new Bitey game which I’m making with ►►
To complement EA/Bioware’s gritty RPG epic, Dragon Age: Origins, EA2D created Dragon Age Journeys. It’s adventure role playing with turn-based combat in the fantasy genre (spells, swords, monsters, etc.) Built with Flash, it’s free and played directly in the browser. EA2D is a division of EA Games. They took Daniel Stradwick, a hugely successful indie ►►
This is the story of the last of the Dashkin.
Learn Flash animation and illustration with these massive eChapters.
ssssh, children.. Listen very, very carefully and you may just hear Santa when he visits your house.
D&D Cartoon #4 – The Red Dragon Interview
D&D Cartoon #3 – The Mindflayer’s Interview
D&D Cartoon #2 – The Tiefling and the Gnome.
By his own actions, the fastest creature in the world is brought to a slow, painful crawl.
D&D Cartoon #1 – Interview with D&D’s iconic dungeon dweller, The Beholder
30 shorts in 30 days. Some day I’ll do another 30. That’s a promise.
Ad agency Biggs Gilmore commissioned me to create this animated video for a Kellogg’s promo song by Ralph’s World.
Another Halloween short.
Is Bitey’s speed any match for the Yuyu horde?
A lost baby morrug finds himself alone in the Brackenwood grasslands.
This very short, scary piece was originally intended as a last-minute Halloween piece in 2004, but happened to finally get done 7 months later.
Bitey goes to the river for a drink, where he encounters 5 prowlies.
Introducing Bitey of Brackenwood. He’s a nasty piece of work!
The story behind my video for Ween’s ‘Transdermal Celebration’ from the album Quebec (2003).
What does Frank do in his spare time?
Part 1 – As with nightShift, this is another true story told to me by my father. Once again, it’s a story he heard from workmates around the fire at morning tea time. In this case it was a young fellow telling the story of his hitchHiking nightmare. HitchHiker and its sequel got me a ►►
A true story told to me by my father. No, this didn’t happen to him. It happened to an old workmate of his, who told the story one morning at tea break. If this happened to me, I’d never have told anyone!
Introducing the Auld Sage. Wisest of all Brackenwood’s inhabitants.