I <3 Newgrounds! I just want to post something. Anything. I'm really excited. All of my flashes have been favorited, I've made 4 flashes (many more to come), someone has even favorited me!!! Yaysls! I would like to thank a few people....
Thank You To:
Dragonman855
Everybody who comes to this page
Everybody who was/is nice and supportive when I first came onto newgrounds and when I was a noob ;)
Everybody who likes my flashes.
Thanks!!!!!
Anywho I am going to write a long and epic post today. Just because I feel like it...
The Story of a Flash Artist:
Being a flash creator and artist I know what it's like when you first get flash and find out what newgrounds is. You feel like a newbie and that everybody is better then you somehow. Never and I mean NEVER feel this way about yourself. You will downsize yourself untill you don't want to create flash. That BAD. Well if you don't downsize yourself you are ready for the open world of flash. The fun and exciting world where you get to feel good about yourself. It feels like you have made a difference in the world. It feels good. So your faced with two decision. The two must important decision in all of flash.
You can make your own original flash which requires you to work on it for soooooooo long but hopefully it turns out to be good. If you have a totally original flash thats amazing that flash will most likely be an "Epic Flash". Some "Epic Flashes" are "Madness" "Little Foot" "Clock Crew" and many others.
Or you can choose the second path. The second path is what I call the "Copyright Flashes". The flashes made in about 2 minutes and have only pictures off the internet or pre-made drawings. Some of these flashes aren't that bad. There is a form of flashing called Spriting which is doing the same thing but are usually better and are more creative.
I for one have chosen a path thats a little of both. Very few people take this "hidden" path (so to speak).
Once you have chosen you path you are ready to make your first ever flash. The only problem with this is that you will usually not have a clue on what to do. The LAST place you would want to look for help is the built-in flash helper. It is NOT helpfull. You SHOULD (if you have a newgrounds account) look for help on the newgrounds BBS. I have learned WAY to much there. Not saying thats a bad thing. Once you know what you doing you can truly start using flash the RIGHT way. So after a few minutes/days you may have finished you first flash. First you should check it. You should find all the bugs or glitches (if any) and fix them. Then you need to find out if your flash any good. Show it to your friends and family and get some input before submitting your flash to any website including newgrounds. Before submitting you should have the following:
1. An actual Flash
2. A 46 by 46 picture
3. Some input from over 10 people
Now it's time for the time you've been waiting for ever since you got Flash 8. It's time to submit you flash to a website that (if it's newgrounds) thats has millions of people just waiting for a flash to come to the portal so they can get some XP and believe me, it's a great feeling. But, thats right, there are those few people who lurk around the portal and BBS writing abusive reviews and rating flashes before they watch it. I call them "Lurkers". But hopefully you won't run into any of them. Okay so now you have to wait the long and hard processes called "Judgment". It will most likely take about 30 minutes. So hopefully your flash has been "Saved" so I can go on. So now you can check you "Reviews". Now you must realize that everybody has a different opinion so don't get mad if you have a bad review. You should however get mad if there is an "Abusive" review. Those are bad and you should report the person who posted that.
After submitting your first flash you should feel good for yourself. Give yourself a pat on the back or treat yourself to a piece of candy. Now don't go around thinking your now the king of flashtown just because you have a flash that passed judgment. you must remember that LOTS of other people have also made passing submissions. But don't let that take you down to funkeytown. Make some more flashes and do whatever you want. Your now a flash artist. Now you can go around and make flashes, reveiw other people's flashes, vote on flashes, get XP from flashes and do whatever you want. I hope you have learned a little about being a flash artist. I also congratulate you for reading one of the longest NG posts ever. YAY!
-Your Guru,
14hourlunchbreak