thebackalleys flash tag official thread

[f0d]

yeh i just pasted it the first place i could hahaha

[KingDavid]

i think that everyone should post their character picture here first the f0d decides weither they are good enough to make a part, that way people will get the ball rolling, and if it's complete shit they don't have to waste their time finishing it. I would like to join, I will post my character when I can

pce

[MRat]

I think the collab should OPEN with the character we all make first. And all our characters could be observing this creature or something, and it ends with the opening character dying.



My Two Cents. God I love this song.

[f0d]

I think the collab should OPEN with the character we all make first. And all our characters could be observing this creature or something, and it ends with the opening character dying.

i think you're on to something

maybe not the character dying but something like

the character IS this fuckin all seeing eye that can enter anyone else's mind and see their perspective or life story or brain waves or whatever because it has a little part of every character's artist in it, if that makes sense.

so like at the beginning that wierd sounding ambient shit will be the creature sitting on a pedestal or something with all of the other characters staring at it. when the music starts going crazy, we'll show a rapid montage of all the characters. then the music starts and the flash tag begins

i was talking with newshape (who is in, btw   ) and he was saying we should do it in reverse. i think its an interesting idea but probably too hard for most of us. i like the way hes thinking about this though, there should be some sort of big reveal at the end. involving this crazy drawing we're all gonna be makin haha

for instance, we'll replay that same rapid montage of all of the characters that was shown at the beginning, then as we're showing it zoom out of the CREATURE'S head and show it on the pedestal again to end the flash

[f0d]

i like this idea a lot too cuz the drawing of the creature could end up looking hideously abstract and horrifying knowing the group of people we're working with. guaranteed, a random nipple or ballsack will be hanging off of this thing lmfao. all the characters could look shocked and disgusted by the thing in the first part, without realizing that it represents their own capability for creativity or something.

[sQueef]

soundin nice ^
so does the all seeing eye thing crash into the ground from the atmosphere and begins observing peoples minds, does he come out of the ground, does he just start out small and after the mind sequences a bit from the mind is added to him and he slowly grows so he is actually birthed from peoples imaginations?

in some way i think this collab will end up showing people that there is no normalcy, artist or not we all have crazy ideas that are only considered "bad" because of social taboos and such.

[f0d]

soundin nice ^
so does the all seeing eye thing crash into the ground from the atmosphere and begins observing peoples minds, does he come out of the ground, does he just start out small and after the mind sequences a bit from the mind is added to him and he slowly grows so he is actually birthed from peoples imaginations?

i think it should just be on a pedestal like its on display in a museum or art show. and we should only show it at the beginning and end. our characters will look at it with disgust at first, but by the end after all the parts have been shown, it will become obvious that the creature has a little part of each character in it. we could do that the way i just suggested, or we could do something different like we all draw a tiny puzzle piece that originates in our part and that all comes together with everyone else's puzzle piece to form the creature at the end

in some way i think this collab will end up showing people that there is no normalcy, artist or not we all have crazy ideas that are only considered "bad" because of social taboos and such.

i agree. i like that. good message to send after the reaction to metal gear funnies

also im really hoping someone does a kid and animates child like drawings in the kid's head that would be so neat

[CoolDrMoney]

Yea itd be nice if a kid was included

Should have at least a child
and some women

Maybe some ethnic groups!
And perhaps maybe even a pet like a dog just for kicks!
Up to the artists involved in this though

I think the dog would be cool since they only dream in black and white

[texas]

yeah i was thinking of doing a dog
and yes we need women
i dont know how well i can draw women but ill try

[f0d]

animals are fine btw just so long as theyre mostly humans

i cant fuckin wait to see wps's mickey mouse

if you're doing ethnicities try your best not to be racist as shit please lmfao

[bcube]

me character jack is kind of a kid I guess
and so far all these ideas are really great
this collab is gonna kick ass

[texas]

i kind of want to have a pregnant woman
and go inside the mind of the unborn baby
i just need to think of what it would think

[MRat]

I think Food has nailed I saw we go with it and that'll be final no more discussion on approach in that sense.


Also, can my character be Nick from my Spider series I love drawing him and considering he has a psychological manifestation of an actual Spider growing as his brain itself, he could be an very interesting study!

[f0d]

yes

you can use any character you want, just post it here for approval. i mean obviously, we're all gonna hate you if you draw wade fulp or sonic the hedgehog or something stupid like that. but if you use an original character, no problem

[f0d]

ok so everything is pretty much set in stone now guys. the plot will be largely up to the rest of you, but we've got a solid beginning and end i think. ive begun animating my part.

when im done, ill put the detailed directions for all the artists on the first frame of the FLA. ill also add blank keyframes that act as good stopping points in the music.

more on the creature: do you guys think it should be made up of body parts from every other character and/or the weird shit in their minds? i think that would be nice. that way each scene animated could sort of end with a puzzle piece, then at the end all of the puzzle pieces would come together to form the creature. i also think at least a few people should try to animate a short FBF loop on the creature. for instance, an eye blinking, a bleeding cut, gaping mouth, etc.

[sQueef]

whoever doin tha kid part should take the time to draw it in crayon and scan it in etc
because it is neat looking to have crayon animation

do it man!!!

[MRat]

I thought about doing mine traditional and colouring it with watercolours and scanning it in but fuck you I'm lazy.

[sQueef]

fuck you I'm lazy.

lmao thtas like the umm most famous commonly used words amongst us i guess

[bcube]

whoever doin tha kid part should take the time to draw it in crayon and scan it in etc
because it is neat looking to have crayon animation

do it man!!!

If I were to do this I would probably mess up by alot but
I will attempt it!!

[f0d]

good

as many different techniques as possible are welcome