I just saw

[sQueef]

I will.

I shall take up the helm and devote my life to the ancient art of the Frame by Frame. In mystical lairs you will find me, carving away at my last shreds of sanity before my mind renews itself as I am drenched in it, the creative spark will flow through me and I will channel it. I shall act as a lightning rod and harness the power of recreating motion, creating the illusion of spontaneity through perhaps the single least spontaneous art form to ever grace the planet.

In hallowed walls you will see my art, thousands upon thousands of pages stacked up in rows upon rows creating a seamless wall of compressed trees. And there, amongst it all will lie a single power generator which will propel my computer through to the endless cosmos of the internet. And with this great energy I will thrust my mighty tablet through to the Adobe Flash software, and at 30 frames per second you will see. Keyframe hell. 16,000+ frames and that will only comprise the start. They who view the endless toils of my work will scoff, they will ridicule me and say that they could not understand... but there exist a brave few who will understand...

And they shall look upon this magnificent labor of love, and they too shall be inspired. They themselves will become a bastion of hope, glimmering in the dark midst of stupidity and maladroitness, they shall let the spark flow through them as it flowed through me. And they too shall rise to the task of carrying on the noble arts. Like myself they will push their personal lives into a recession so they can further pursue their genius, bottles of their urine will line their dens as they will have no time for restroom breaks. They will venture out into the world for few supplies, cocaine and energy drinks being of prime importance as they will require staying power and the ability to go without mortal retreats such as slumber. Day in and day out we shall toil endlessly as we sew a twisted web of artistry, only to fhdhhhhhhhh immmmmmmmmmm fffdsaaaaffhhafdljkdslksldf;;;:::...

[ZekeySpaceyLizard]

also its not like noone at all is fiddling with the medium on television
look at this:

i bet that cost a fair bit to do

[rtil]

i remember that episode
it sucked
but god that's a little too scary for kids i think

[mishkamash]

i remember that episode
it sucked
but god that's a little too scary for kids i think

well it's got a y7 rating (?) so it should be appropriate!!!!!!!

[f0d]

y7 is basically tv-14 lmfao

obviously not everything can look like thief and the cobbler but there still should be a little more emphasis on the classic art of frame by frame. adultswim shit is so light on animation and effort it pisses me off even if the show is funny

[sQueef]

THANK YOU

I hate adultswim

also wtf that spongebob thing is awesome I like that show a little bit more now

[MRat]

Spongebob was a glorious thing. It was so stylised for contemporary TV animation.

[trent bortknob]

the first time i heard of thief and the cobbler rtil had linked it to me after talking about the animators survival guide and i watched the entire thing it was gfret

[f0d]

Spongebob was a glorious thing. It was so stylised for contemporary TV animation.

its an ok show. some episodes are waaay better than others. but i consider everything that followed in its wake on nickelodeon to be utter trash.

back when i was a kid, they had stuff on nick that i would still watch today and find funny even as an adult. like ren n stimpy or rocko. nowadays its either horrible anime-american hybrids or incredibly dumbed down kids shows with no mature humor whatsoever.

[CoolDrMoney]

incredibly dumbed down kids shows with no mature humor whatsoever.

Jimmy Neutrons

[MRat]

its an ok show. some episodes are waaay better than others. but i consider everything that followed in its wake on nickelodeon to be utter trash.

I thought it was the best show on TV at the time until after the movie and Aaron Springer disappeared.