Here are the teams for the Newgrounds Shump project (formerly called the Art Forum Game)

If you are displeased to be on the team you were picked for send me a PM, I tried to put people on the teams they wanted to be on and also tried to have a good mix of experienced artists and artists with less experience.

NG Shump project index

BBS Thread

TEAMS:

-Steampunk (horizontal level)
LaserKarl
just2pale
Knocturne
AwesomeSaurus
ashman112
Sgtkillstuff
MindChamber

-Surreal (vertical level)
TimFrommeyer
ReNaeNae
johnnycancer
idiot-monarch
KillHammer
Spaghetti14
zooominsh
UltraPitchFork

-Flash Portal/Newgrounds (horizontal level)
Wonchop
JKAmovies
test-object
FlashyGregory
J-qb
Darkdiablo
Homocidicle
TehSlapHappy

-Post Apocalyptic (vertical level)
ornery
angryglacier
Ani-x
DooDooMeaT
Endless-Psychoticism
flashwarrior
Ken10Ben

-Cyberpunk (horizontal level)
Vousielle
M-Vero
Kinsei01
Gonzossm
Kurofelis
FatKidWithAJetpack
De-Line
Re2deemer

-Cell (vertical level)
TurkeyOnAStick
EJR
Lundsfryd
Captain-Ben
big-jonny-13
Goat-Man
rockartofwar

EDIT: Each team must choose one team leader by Saturday at 11:59 pm NG time.
If a team is unable to come to a decision on their leader I'll choose the team leader for them.

As you may or may not know, the Art Forum here on Newgrounds is involved in creating a scrolling shooter type of game as a collaborative project. We are creating levels based on several themes each level will have a team of artists making the art and concepts for the level.

HERE is the discussion thread for the game.

The themes for the levels are as follows:

1) Steampunk level
2) Surreal level
3) Flash portal/Newgrounds level
4) Postapocalyptic level
5) Cyberpunk level
6) Cell/inside the human body level

If you are interested in participating in this project please post a reply to this news post and include your first and second choice for the theme you would like to work with. YOU MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE TEAM OF YOUR CHOICE, depending on how many people sign up to work on which theme.

Once we have the teams sorted out a team leader will be assigned, the team leader will decide who needs to do what task.

Please only post if you are serious in working on this project and if you will have enough time to do the work you agree to do.

Sign ups end on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at 11:59 PM Newgrounds time (Eastern Standard Time).

Thanks! =]

someone suggested to me that working on a project from a time when i was in a different frame of mind might throw me back to that way of thinking, and, god damn it, she was right.

i, therefore, have started a fresh new project that spawned from my contemporary ways of thinking, something a lot more up-tempo than animations about shut-ins and voodoo...

so that's what i'm working on. if i'm lucky i'll get it finished in time for the 2009 fingerlakes film festival deadline. if not, who cares?

i still want to finish those old projects, but they will have to wait for now.

2 days 3 hours 19 minutes

this is a stream of conciousness expiriment. I'm just going to try to write, unfiltered, what comes to my mind.

2 days 3 hours 18 minutes

i get paid on the 1st of august. i keep a browser tab open to a countdown timer until that date. why? because i love spending money. it's a coping skill. lol. i pay my bills and then i buy stuff then i kill time until i get more money. is that greed? possibly.

2 days 3 hours 16 minutes

is greed a bad thing? i think that depends. i don't really buy into things falling neatly into categories like good and bad, at least not conciously. i really, honestly, believe that every single person is doing the only thing that they can do. we have things like our history and our genetics and our current environment to thank for every choice we make, every action we take (rhyme).

2 days 3 hours 11 minutes

greed. bad? no, nothing is bad, nothing is good. what is it then? is it morally reprehensible, something that should be corrected? that depends, i think. it depends on ones own actions in getting the things or money that they covet.

2 days 3 hours 10 minutes

i will use myself as an example. i love money. why? because money is the vehicle to getting the things that i want. why do i want them, they give me pleasure. currently i'm looking forward to getting a ps3. what will i do to get the money that i want to buy the things that i covet? i will earn it, or be given it. what wont i do? i won't hurt anyone or anything to get it. i won't do things that violate my artistic integrity like work for commission or do the kinds of art that i don't enjoy doing.

2 days 3 hours 6 minutes

why is working for comission against my artistic integrity? because, i believe that it is motivated by the wrong things and that art, for it to really be true to the artist has to come from a place of inspiration.

2 days 3 hours 5 minutes

what else is against my artistic integrity? well, doing stuff that i don't enjoy or find worthy of my time and investment.

2 days 3 hours 3 minutes

well that produced a lot more than i was expecting, lol. it was interesting but now i think it's over.

2 days 3 hours 2 minutes

the views and opinion expressed in this post reflect only the things that were passing through my head at the moment i wrote them. they don't mean shit. =P

Sup?

I'm having my first art show next month at a local winery, so, once again, everything else is on hold. =P

If you are in the Geneva NY area feel free to visit Billsboro Winery and laugh at my incompetence during the month of May. I MAY or MAY NOT have a reception. If I do it will fail utterly. Updates as developments... umm... develop. =]

Below is a teeny, tiny version of a piece I just made for the show. For more check the latest posts in the BmK Art Bank in the Art Forum.

Edit 1: I was sold on doing the reception thing.... =\

"This isn't over yet. You Mods can't control our destiny, all you've brought us is slavery and death to everyone on Newgrounds! This is our Newgrounds for the talking, this is for the people and you Mods arn't welcome! This may be madness to you but this is NEWGROUNDS!!!!! So bite me and the rest of everyone who fight against the Mods!"

-PM I recieved from an unidentified user

I'm doomed! =U

New month?
NEW ART CONTEST!

Theme: Intergalactic Valentines Day

Please contribute!

Other news; I am putting my "hello" movie project on hold in order to focus more on a few other things:

1. The Art Forum.
2. My own art.
3. Procrastination.
4. A different, smaller, movie project that I hope to get done before Valentines Day this year (more on this later)

See you next post!

Solo Project; Hello .:2:. Getting Distracted

Well I haven't been making as much progress as I had hoped on my animation of late, due, partially, to my increased participation in the Art Forum.

Yesterday I made the initial posts for a new art contest; Newgrounds Holiday (Talk). So check that out, you might win a 2009 Newgrounds Calandar, a Newwgrounds Patch Pack, a Newgrounds sticker pack and up to $50 in NG Store credit if you make one of the top five submissions!

Also; I've been discussing with RenaeNae the forthcoming (hopefully) Storybook Project, which will finally give Newgrounds writers and visual artists recognition for their hard work when it comes to fruition.

Unfortunately, along with my daily grind, that puts my major project; Hello, on the back burner for the time being. Oh well.

Peace.

EDIT:

Vote in the 2008 Art Forum Awards, and check out the World of the Month collab. =]

Solo Project; Hello. .:1:. Getting Motivated

The last time I finished and submitted a solo project was March, 18, 2005, I don't need to tell you that that was a long time ago. I haven't even worked on a collab in quite awhile.

My problem, for a long time, has been getting and staying motivated.

THEREFORE; I am going to try something new, I am going to post progress reports on my long-ass-time-in-production animation titled; Hello, and hopefully this will motivate me to make progress and keep making progress and finish the accursed thing and give myself +1 self-esteem.

Sooo....

Here is a shot of the title screen, something I've had done for a long time... this is the first of what will hopefully be frequent updates on the animations progress.

I really like the music I'm using, and I can almost positively assure you, that it's something you have never heard before, but if you dig any of the music I've used before and have good taste you will like it. ;]

So buckle-up, it's a-comin' whether you like it or not. =]

-BmK

Let's do a little Q and A session:

Q: "You flakey bastard, where have you been?"

A: At home mostly.

Q: "Why haven't you been on Newgrounds, asshole?"

A: Because I just haven't been up to it.

Q: "Jerk."

A: That's not a question.

Q: "When are you going to be modding the fucking Art Forum?"

A: When I feel like it.

Q: "Are you ever going to submit any more of your horrible, tween-fests to Newgrounds?"

A: Barring any unfortunate accidents that kill me or cause me to lose the abilities of my right arm, hand or my bowels, yes I am.

Q: "When?"

A: When it's done.

Q: "Is this supposed to be funny? It's lame."

A: I know.

Q: "I thought you were going to be doing stuff to benefit the Art Forum? Seems like you just stuck Renae with all the work and fled. You're a total ass-hat."

A: I apologize to everyone. I have no excuses but I own up to my failings as a mod and as a person and I will be doing what I can from this point on. K?

Q: "Fuck you."

A: Sorry.