Some Fantastic Animators to Watch

[TomFulp]

After three months, the Newgrounds Annual Tournament of Animation is coming to a close and has been the best one yet. We started with our largest Open Round ever and have ended with an epic head to head battle.

A lot of the artists in this tournament aren't well known and their animations are based on original material, two things that don't make for easy success on the Internet.

That is why I am BEGGING YOU to take a moment to watch the entries by our two finalists, then watch them go head to head in each other's styles at the end. This is fascinating stuff and you will enjoy it!

We'll start with ButzboPrud, here are his entries from the Open Round through the Pro Round.

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  'Save the Sock'

  by Butzbo

  The most important mission : Don't lose your socks.

  Movie

  17,292 Views

  (Everyone)

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  'Sprouting Frog Waves'

  by Butzbo

  Croack!

  Movie

  19,232 Views

  (Everyone)

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  'Emergency Breakfast'

  by Butzbo

  Batteries not Included.

  Movie

  26,147 Views

  (Everyone)

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  'Dimensional Flakes'

  by Butzbo

  Warning: May deform your dimension!

  Movie

  27,490 Views

  (Everyone)

Now here is StejkRobot, whose first upload to NG ever was his unfinished Open Round entry.

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  Most Important Mission

  by StejkRobot

  NATA 2014 operound submition

  Movie

  4,413 Views

  (Everyone)

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  The Eyes of a Stranger

  by StejkRobot

  Unfinished

  Movie

  14,784 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Desperate Measures

  by StejkRobot

  For your eyes only

  Movie

  13,066 Views

  (Everyone)

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  A Way Back Home

  by StejkRobot

  NATA 2014 PRO round entry.

  Movie

  20,041 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Here we are in the final round, where each artist has to make a movie in the style of the other. Check it out!

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  Animate in your Opponent

  by StejkRobot

  NATA Final "Animate in the style of your Opponent"

  Movie

  20,694 Views

  (Everyone)

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  'Chicken Castle'

  by Butzbo

  The quest for a limbless pet.

  Movie

  23,246 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Amazing, right? I really hope people take a minute to appreciate all the hard work that went into these entries.

I also feel compelled to point out the work of Oryozema, who really brought it each round and narrowly missed the final round:

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  Good Boy!

  by oryozema

  Be a good boy and guard this apple tree, will ya?

  Movie

  16,663 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Peepers

  by oryozema

  NATA 2014 Novice round: Peepers!

  Movie

  17,143 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Thirsty

  by oryozema

  Beat the heat and grab a thirst quenching drink!

  Movie

  16,370 Views

  (Everyone)

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  My Ride

  by oryozema

  Chimps, Space, and Rockets? OH DANG!

  Movie

  11,917 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Please follow

ButzboPrud

,

StejkRobot

and

oryozema

if you don't want to miss their future works!

Try making time for more from NATA 2014. It's a sneak preview of the amazing artists in the coming months and years.

Other People To Follow this Friday

Everyone on this list is NEW TO NG! You never saw them before this month.

HeyBudGames

made this visually stimulating 3D-meets-GB game.

• Unpublished Submission

CupOfJoeGames

has both a great movie AND a great game!

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  Ladies Knight

  by CupOfJoeGames

  A dopey knight tries to rescue a princess from a dragon.

  Movie

  19,847 Views

  (Everyone)

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  Nobody Said It Was Easy

  by CupOfJoeGames

  A super simple, super-challenging puzzle-platformer.

  Game

  25,975 Views

  (Everyone)

ZoomToons

have a promising series that fans of Rabbids and DM Minions will enjoy.

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

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  by <deleted>

  Under Judgment

  (Everyone)

Jarmunkise

made a Tetris movie that is chock full of personality.

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  Tetris: Fitting In

  by Jarmunkise

  Fitting in with the crowd isn't that great anyway.

  Movie

  9,658 Views

  (Everyone)

Goranimation

has shared a Minecraft movie he made and has new, non-Minecraft stuff on the way.

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  Reborn

  by Goranimation

  An Enderman's ritual to gain his powers

  Movie

  16,137 Views

  (Everyone)

Quick Plugs

Kenney launched a crowdfunding campaign for Kenny Land, a physical place for game devs to learn, teach, create and play!

Karsys is organizing a collab with the theme "Disgust."

That's all for today, enjoy your weekend! You could spend it playing Phoenotopia:

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  Phoenotopia

  by Quells

  Journey with Gale on a quest to thwart evil and save her village!

  Game

  686,963 Views

  (Ages 13+)

Please spread the word in any gaming communities you hang out in, as well!

[Kenney]

Thanks for the shout-out Tom, appreciated!

[p19990]

Thanks for this Tom!

[Carbonwater]

Posted before Luis.

[Magical-Zorse]

I watched them only because tom was begging me to.

[TomFulp]

At 8/22/14 05:14 PM, Magical-Zorse wrote: I watched them only because tom was begging me to.

Whatever gets the job done!

[Luis]

At 8/22/14 05:18 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 8/22/14 05:14 PM, Magical-Zorse wrote: I watched them only because tom was begging me to.

Whatever gets the job done!

I'm making a comebaci next month to show all the butsbo's and phil fish's how its done.
Also inb4myself

[ZJ]

cool post tom

[Food123]

At 8/22/14 04:24 PM, TomFulp wrote: After three months, the Newgrounds Annual Tournament of Animation is coming to a close and has been the best one yet. We started with our largest Open Round ever and have ended with an epic head to head battle.

I will be looking Forward to watch the new movies Tom

[Whirlguy]

At 8/22/14 04:24 PM, TomFulp wrote: Please follow ButzboPrud, StejkRobot and oryozema if you don't want to miss their future works!

I've been really excited about the finals and these entries were far from disappointing. Amazing job guys!

Everyone on this list is NEW TO NG! You never saw them before this month.

I love these! Very promising!

At 8/22/14 07:22 PM, Luis wrote: I'm making a comebaci next month to show all the butsbo's and phil fish's how its done.
Also inb4myself

Cool! Oh hey also is there something Butzbo and Phil Fish have in common that I'm not aware of?

[Bill]

I've been watching them all through their windows while they sleep.

[Butzbo]

Whoah, thanks a lot for the feature Tom!
The tournament has been great this year. Now I'll get back to Phoenotopia; it's great to hit bombs with your bat.

At 8/22/14 10:31 PM, Whirlguy wrote:

At 8/22/14 07:22 PM, Luis wrote: I'm making a comebaci next month to show all the butsbo's and phil fish's how its done.
Also inb4myself

Cool! Oh hey also is there something Butzbo and Phil Fish have in common that I'm not aware of?

Also, I have the same question, hahah!

[HeroPower]

Save The Sock reminded me of the Frog and Toad books I read as a child :)

[ThePhenomenon]

http://nedelchobogdanov.newgrounds.com/

A real animator with real cartoons.

[Soupcat]

Been following ButzboPrud for a while now. Since last years NATA I think?

My favourite of everything was "A way back home"! The art style was amazing! Really liked StejkRobot his stuff. Loving the shoutouts indie animators are getting Tom.

[LauriJ]

So, besides Phoenotopia, do you have other recent Medal-enabled games in mind that you would recommend?

[TomFulp]

At 8/23/14 08:04 AM, LauriAJ wrote: So, besides Phoenotopia, do you have other recent Medal-enabled games in mind that you would recommend?

Here's the latest one!

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  i saw her across th world

  by krangGAMES

  An open world adventure. The third game in the "i saw her" series.

  Game

  95,480 Views

  (Everyone)

You can view all the latest by date on the

Games with Medals

page, it shows scores so you can scan for good ones, like this too:

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  Going Blind

  by HeroPower

  A dog's journey into blindness

  Game

  57,013 Views

  (Everyone)

[TomFulp]

At 8/23/14 08:04 AM, LauriAJ wrote: So, besides Phoenotopia, do you have other recent Medal-enabled games in mind that you would recommend?

Also this is a cool game that wasn't getting a lot of clicks on the front page... I wonder if an actual gameplay screenshot would have worked better but it's hard to say. Give it a try!

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  Galaticus

  by Gamepopper

  Inspired by Gyruss, but much faster and harder!

  Game

  10,411 Views

  (Ages 13+)

[Coold00d12]

Just replying to the title not the competition but sexual lobster is my fav animator :)

[Kwing]

Stejk for the win, his imitation was simply more on-point and his animation was more gripping, albeit shorter.

[Ericho]

It's great how organized you are with connecting every person with their flash cartoons. Then again, you are the guy who created this website, so it's expected. Most of these guys have yet to be on my favorite artists list. I have so many, it's quite difficult to even keep up! I'm glad these rounds went so well.

[Jarmunkise]

Thanks for the mention, Tom. :)

[HeroPower]

At 8/23/14 09:06 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 8/23/14 08:04 AM, LauriAJ wrote: So, besides Phoenotopia, do you have other recent Medal-enabled games in mind that you would recommend?

Here's the latest one!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644815
You can view all the latest by date on the Games with Medals page, it shows scores so you can scan for good ones, like this too:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/644809

Thank you Tom. Don't know if you suggest mine was good because of its current score or if it was because you liked it haha - either way I very much appreciate it :)

[CreateAndDestroy]

Wait, people still WATCH flash animations?

[SaimaButt55]

Hello, TomFulp
you did great job
Thanks for sharing

[Solwings]

At 8/25/14 09:11 PM, CreateAndDestroy wrote: Wait, people still WATCH flash animations?

yea they do im working on making some i got a graphics tablet and flash cs5