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FAQ

• OMG how do you draw so well with a mouse??
  • I don’t. I use a 9×12 graphics tablet (Wacom Intuos 3). I’m not interested in a Cintiq.
  • Whether or not you change to a Cintiq is a very personal choice. For traditional artists who can’t get used to the hand-eye disconnect of a tablet, a Cintiq might be the answer. However, for those of us accustomed to working with a tablet, I don’t see a Cintiq as any kind of upgrade. So while I’ve done some testing with Cintiqs, it’s not something I feel is necessary in my case and certainly not worth the price tag. I get results with my old Intuos 3 tablet.Not to mention that I’m a gamer. Although I understand a Cintiq may make a decent enough gaming monitor, I like my monitors slightly further than arm’s length and not sure I’d like having to move it away every time I play something.
• Where can I download all the music from your movies?
  • I never got around to packaging them all up for download, but someday I will. The Yuyu song doesn’t belong to me, so I don’t have the rights to give it away. For Brackenwood music by Lee Miller, you can contact him directly at his website.
• Does Disney regret firing you?
  • I wasn’t fired. I resigned after 11 years because my website was doing well, my silly little Flash shorts were gaining attention and I was turning down work offers every week. It made sense to take advantage while I could. It was the hardest decision of my life to leave a dream job at Disney but it turned out to be a smart move at the time. The studio closed down 18 months later and I had the perfect headstart on making my name on the internet.
• Why don’t you use Flash any more?
  • Timeline animation is a thin wedge of the Flash pie. As such, I honestly don’t think we as animators matter very much to Adobe. To be fair, Flash is an excellent development tool for web apps, sites and games. When it comes to animation, it’s capable of a lot, but it’s still a toy. Good for learning and a bit of fun, but the better you get at animating in Flash (especially if you want to take your animation outside of the SWF format), the more frustrating it becomes. I still use Flash for certain projects, for example if a client is using Flash and needs me to deliver my work as Flash files.
• When is the sequel to The Last of the Dashkin coming?
  • The sequel will be the biggest Brackenwood project ever undertaken, by anyone. In history. For that reason, it’s a very slow mover. I’ve written the script, completed half of the storyboard and finished one scene. It’s the next project on the list right after the Brackenwood game.
• When is BCA chapter 5 coming?
  • As of Oct 2012, that’s about halfway through.
• Will you A. look at my showreel? B. give me some tips?
  • A. Yes. B. Possibly (but probably not).
    I created the Academy section of this website in response to emails asking for tips, lessons, mentoring, etc.
• How did you come up with Brakenwood?
  • You spelled that wrong.
• The song in 30 Shorts #17 ‘Brisk Walk’?
  • “Breakdown” by The Alan Parsons Project
• What’s the ‘ghost choir’ music from?
  • a heavily altered sampling from a track on “Aquitania” by Sequentia
• Are you really 109?
  • yyyyyyyy-no. Nnnnnnn-yes. yyyyyyyyy… nnnnnnn yyyyyyyyy nnnnnnnnn..