Motherland, the swell group of folks who animated and put together my paper dolls, released the Black Tide viral videos I worked on. I haven't had a chance to upload them myself, so here's their Vimeo offering: <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757029&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757029&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757029">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 01</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757211&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757211&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757211">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 02</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757518&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757518&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757518">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 03</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757544&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757544&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757544">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 04</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2760589&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2760589&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2760589">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 05</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. 2009-10-01T12:50:58-04:00 30 2009-01-09T11:46:04-05:00 true 0 12670 false false 2961 5738 2 2009-11-21T08:12:30-05:00 543 sweet 12670 Post 2009-01-09T11:48:15-05:00 327681 506 2009-01-09T11:48:15-05:00 so brutally awesome and inspiring, stoked for you dude. 12670 Post 2009-01-09T11:48:55-05:00 327682 1146 2009-01-09T11:48:55-05:00 Danke! It was hard, but rewarding. I'm just glad I survived. 12670 Post 2009-01-09T11:49:26-05:00 327683 5738 2009-01-09T11:49:26-05:00 pretty amazing. It went a different direction then the viking warrior thing I first saw, still friggin crazy 12670 Post 2009-01-09T11:50:18-05:00 327685 782 2009-01-09T11:50:18-05:00 those are the coolest things 12670 Post 2009-01-09T11:51:00-05:00 327687 67 2009-01-09T11:51:00-05:00 Impressive! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T11:51:58-05:00 327688 2865 2009-01-09T11:51:58-05:00 that was great. Did you enjoy doing them Frenden? 12670 Post 2009-01-09T11:56:58-05:00 327692 2802 2009-01-09T11:56:58-05:00 Wowo! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T12:05:49-05:00 327702 4931 2009-01-09T12:05:49-05:00 killer! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T12:14:42-05:00 327717 3168 2009-01-09T12:14:42-05:00 Hate it that they are so short. They are begging to become a short film or something. Great stuff man as always :) 12670 Post 2009-01-09T12:20:13-05:00 327724 2471 2009-01-09T12:20:13-05:00 Im floored those were soooo cool 12670 Post 2009-01-09T12:29:42-05:00 327740 10208 2009-01-09T12:29:42-05:00 my god, amazing!! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T12:43:53-05:00 327756 7372 2009-01-09T12:43:53-05:00 saw these a few months ago and went bananas. really great, dude! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T12:48:10-05:00 327759 178 2009-01-09T12:48:10-05:00 Hot damn. Great job! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T12:58:37-05:00 327781 1181 2009-01-09T12:58:37-05:00 The character was a lot of fun, GM. I've been learning After Effects a bit since. I did some traditional frames of animation in each video and have done Flash animation for games before. I learned a lot and feel like my next video will be a lot better as a result. 12670 Post 2009-01-09T13:21:48-05:00 327826 5738 2009-01-09T13:21:48-05:00 These look fantastic! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T14:08:04-05:00 327899 9849 2009-01-09T14:08:04-05:00 I didn't know you could do that. Nice to see you are growing artistically. Keep at it, I like where this is going. 12670 Post 2009-01-09T14:10:14-05:00 327905 506 2009-01-09T14:10:14-05:00 That was awesome. Great work Ray! 12670 Post 2009-01-09T14:41:36-05:00 327949 997 2009-01-09T14:41:36-05:00 Thanks, HP! 12670 Post 2009-01-10T19:40:07-05:00 329489 5738 2009-01-10T19:40:07-05:00 yeah that was very cool 12670 Post 2009-01-10T19:48:54-05:00 329496 3021 2009-01-10T19:48:54-05:00 amazing! 12670 Post 2009-01-10T19:51:04-05:00 329497 3518 2009-01-10T19:51:04-05:00 dude, can't believe I hadn't heard of these guys before.. I am now a fan. awesome work too! so good!! 12670 Post 2009-01-10T20:02:49-05:00 329503 7069 2009-01-10T20:02:49-05:00 So happy you got these done and didn't die in the process! Are they going to be put together in a single video? 12670 Post 2009-01-10T20:30:46-05:00 329534 173 2009-01-10T20:30:46-05:00 Hate to be bumping this, but this has been stuck in my head all day, and I watched the video and you seriously did some amazing work. I wish I could animate and stuff like that. I'm pretty dang jealous. 12670 Post 2009-10-01T02:56:15-04:00 2693541 8092 2009-10-01T02:56:15-04:00 Thanks; I reaaally want to make my own cartoons. This bump reminded me to try. :) 12670 Post 2009-10-01T10:53:29-04:00 2697281 5738 2009-10-01T10:53:29-04:00 these still rule 12670 Post 2009-10-01T10:54:39-04:00 2697321 1146 2009-10-01T10:54:39-04:00 wow! This is very impressive Ray. 12670 Post 2009-10-01T12:17:29-04:00 2698481 2991 2009-10-01T12:17:29-04:00 I came! 12670 Post 2009-10-01T12:34:05-04:00 2698671 8199 2009-10-01T12:34:05-04:00 awesome stuff ray! 12670 Post 2009-10-01T12:44:08-04:00 2698731 598 2009-10-01T12:44:08-04:00 God job man! Looks super cool. 12670 Post 2009-10-01T12:50:58-04:00 2698811 2961 2009-10-01T12:50:58-04:00