Here's a slideshow featuring various different characters to wrap up this year's artfight.

<ol><li><a href="https://esai2005.newgrounds.com/">Esai2005</a>(Hotel Jr,)</li><li><a href="https://metateddy.newgrounds.com/">Metateddy</a>(Strawberry Soft Serve Cookie)</li><li><a href="https://trespeak.newgrounds.com/">Trespeak</a>(Newt)</li><li><a href="https://sadlyjustal.newgrounds.com/">SadlyJustAL</a>(Voracio)</li><li><a href="https://mondobilby.newgrounds.com/">MondoBilby</a>(Sundae)</li><li><a href="http://Artofgerald.crd.co" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ArtOfGerald</a>on Carrd(Syringeon)</li><li><a href="https://pitbullmutafucka.newgrounds.com/">PITBULLMUTAFUCKA</a>(Goobsona)</li><li><a href="https://themagicbrew.newgrounds.com/">TheMagicBrew</a>(Merlin Whitesnow)</li><li><a href="https://randomnom.newgrounds.com/">RandomNom</a>(Kazuo Kazuma)</li><li><a href="https://tczombie.newgrounds.com/">TCZombie</a>(Viper Monday)</li><li><a href="https://igwanasuchus.newgrounds.com/">IgwanaSuchus</a>(Sheed)</li></ol> This is my last Artfight attack. Individual art assets can be found here:Click <a href="https://artfight.net/attack/18534363.finale" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a> to see the attack as a low quality GIF on Artfight.

Artfight 2026 Slideshow Finale!

Fully-clothed SFW sticks! While writing this commentary, though, I thought maybe all "nude" stickmen are just wearing clothes the same color as their skin? Very thought-provoking stuff... I want to try making these backgrounds somewhat abstract, before you ask why they're in a fricken' frozen cave thing.

Jack vs. Maestro

Holo - Spice and Wolf
Full animation 🔞 loop + cum available on

patreon.com/Conejologia
https://conejologia.fanbox.cc

Holo animation abstract background

This example shows the use of Pixel Bender to dither an image in Flash.

Abstract:Adobe Pixel Bender was created by Adobe Systems and released in 2008. It was initially added to Adobe Flash Player 10, which was the first version to support Pixel Bender-powered filters and effects. However Adobe began to shift its focus towards other technologies and deprecated Pixel Bender in favor of move time and effort into the Stage3D and AGAL. The specific date of obsolescence may vary based on Adobe's updates and announcements, but generally, it fell out of active use in the mid-2010s. I do recall working with pixel bender kernels a little bit, Away3D made really good use of them before Stage3D and other Flash Player 11 commodities were added. A friend of mine would use the kernel for large data processing since the filters and sharers would run asynchronously, with the proof of concept resembling OpenCL usages. NOTE: I could not get Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit running in Windows 10 or 11, I had to use VirtualBox to emulate Windows 7. Controls: <ul><li>None</li></ul> Bugs:<ol><li>
FATAL Ruffle Port Nightly 2023-11-30; its just a black (not a blank) screen.</li></ol> Performance:Platform: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10875H CPU 2.30 GHz (Intel64 Family 6 Model 165 Stepping 2) with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super with Max-Q DesignNOTE: These results are after one generation of the tree with default settings Newgrounds Player:<ul>
<li>0.0 ~ 0.2 CPU%</li>
<li>0 GPU% (Note: the Newgrounds Player does not use any GPU, instead opting all 3d graphics to be drawn via software rasterization hence the high CPU percent.)</li>
<li>24.0 MB Ram Usage</li>
<li>FPS: NOT RELAVANT</li>
</ul>Flash 11.8 r800 (32-bit):<ul>
<li>0.0 ~ 0.2 CPU% (The CPU starts high then after a second never even reaches .1 CPU usage ever again)</li>
<li>0.0 ~ 0.0 GPU% (GPU-1)</li>
<li>33.6 MB Ram Usage</li>
<li>FPS: NOT RELAVANT</li>
</ul>Flash 32:<ul>
<li>0.5 ~ 3.9 CPU% (The CPU starts high then after a second never even reaches .1 CPU usage ever again)</li>
<li>0.0 ~ 0.0 GPU% (GPU-1)</li>
<li>27.0 MB Ram Usage</li>
<li>FPS: NOT RELAVANT</li>
</ul>Ruffle (Windows port, Nightly 2023-11-29):<ul>
<li>
Note: Long initial loading time, 1 to 2 seconds</li>
<li>2.7 ~ 3.8 CPU%</li>
<li>8.2 ~ 9.3 GPU% (GPU-1)</li>
<li>120.3 MB Ram Usage</li>
<li>FPS: NOT RELAVANT</li>
<li>
BROKEN: Black screen, I know something is displaying since the stage background is set to purple</li>
</ul> Credits:<ol>
<li>Pixel Bender Code: I wrote the code, learned the hard way you can define arrays in kernels.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mulhacen-alcazaba-and-veleta-mountains-at-pink-sunset-snow-mountains-guido-montanes-castillo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Snow mountains</a>: by Guido Montanes Castillo. uploaded on January 28th, 2020</li>
</ol> Source Code and Binaries:<a href="https://github.com/FlashBacks1998/Custom-Pixel-Bender-Example-Ordered-Dithering-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://github.com/FlashBacks1998/Custom-Pixel-Bender-Example-Ordered-Dithering-</a>

Custom Pixel Bender Example | Ordered Dithering

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Here's an animated music video I made as a final project for my abstract animation class.

Shiver and Frostbite - Chill Vibes

The villainous Dr. Robotnik confronts Sonic about his frustrations.

v1.0 — Initial release. Used chroma key to separate animation from backgrounds.v.1.1 — Used alpha channel instead of chroma key. Green line art artifacts removed.v1.2 — Added SWF version. Fixed minor color mistakes for SWF version only. <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZM3_aK-9eM#ngq:1154:649#ngq:1154:649#ngq:1154:649#ngq:1154:649#ngq:1154:649" width="1154" height="649" data-smart-scale="1154,649"></iframe> COMMENTARYI started this project thinking, “Oh, yeah, I know exactly how to draw AoStH Robotnik; I don’t need to use reference!” And then every frame looked like shit. So, I went online and referred to the show itself and these two pieces of concept art by character designer Milton Knight. A good lesson in humility. <img src="https://uploads.ungrounded.net/tmp/img/397000/iu_397394_4226168.webp" width="764" height="317" alt="iu_397394_4226168.webp" data-smart-scale="764,317"> I accomplished a good chunk of animation on a livestream, but the stream was struck down because I played episodes of Adventures of Sonic for my friends to watch thinking nothing would come of it. Maybe I should stream on Twitch or Picarto, accounts where I don’t really care whether they live or die. It’s a darn shame because that stream was a lot of fun! DoodleDemon and I started calling each other “blithering buckets of bolts” and watched Robotnik do a Nazi salute and that was absolutely hilarious. <img src="https://uploads.ungrounded.net/tmp/img/397000/iu_397346_4226168.png" width="446" height="708" alt="iu_397346_4226168.png" data-smart-scale="446,708"> The show itself is a lot of fun. It’s stupid fun. Every moment Robotnik is on screen is a good time. Scratch and Grounder are great, as well. The team that worked on it—including Milton Knight, the voice actor Long John Baldry (1940–2005 R.I.P.), and the storyboard artists (including Scott Shaw! From the early Archie Sonic comics)—did a fantastic job given the limitations they worked with. Overall, I definitely prefer SatAM over AoStH, but they are both very different genres of animation. While I was working on this project, Milton Knight leaked on Facebook that Diskotech would be doing an Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog complete series release on Blu-ray and that it would contain new interviews with him. I had hoped that the release would be in HD given that it is Blu-ray and not DVD, but it was very unlikely whoever owned the rights to the show kept the film masters and only kept the master tapes, which inherently have a lower resolution. Later that year, Diskotech officially announced the complete series on Twitter. I am absolutely going to pre-order it. It comes out February 2022. If they ever release the SatAM complete series on Blu-ray (in full HD, knock on wood), I will die a happy man. Now that I think about it, I’m known by all my friends for being a huge Sonic fan, so it’s weird that it took until now for me to make a proper Sonic cartoon. This project started as a gift for MatterBoar. I felt bad that <a href="https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/771051">the previous animation I made for him</a> was released in November 2020, 13 months ago, and I hadn’t made any new ones in that time. So I secretly started this one and originally intended to give it to him for free. He asked me if I was available for new animation work and I told him about this side project and he said he’d buy it! The deadline was Christmas Day. The night before, I promised myself I would work on this cartoon until it is 100% ready to release. I thought it would take maybe three hours. It ended up taking 22 hours straight. I only took three hour-long breaks to rest my hands and get a half-hour of sleep. A single cup of hot chocolate coffee got me through it! The thing that took the longest in this particular long stretch was the shot of Robotnik running in place. That took forever! I probably could have done this quicker, but I wanted to make sure each and every frame was cleaned up. I do not envy the animators of the original show. Despite how simple Robotnik’s character design looks, animating him takes a long time, especially compared to Sonic. Robotnik’s mustache and yellow jumpsuit straps in particular were very troublesome, as well as layering the different body parts. The most frustrating thing with Sonic was doing his baby blue highlights. Thankfully, Sonic hardly moves in this cartoon. (That’s kinda uncharacteristic of Sonic, but hey I’m not complaining!) I wanted to add some traditional paint-like motion blur to some of the snappier movements, but due to the deadline—and me just wanting to move on to something new—I could not do it in time. The tight shot of Robotnik’s face at the end was also supposed to be painterly, similar to the gross-out shots in SpongeBob and Ren and Stimpy, but after I took a crack at it in Clip Studio Paint, I couldn’t do it. Also, I felt that a rendered painting of a character wouldn’t fit a parody that tried to match the art style of the original show. Pre-production began in August 2021 and post-production ended on Saturday, December 25th. Normally, a 26-second-long cartoon wouldn’t take that long, but due to a myriad of continuous financial problems and setbacks, it took four months to complete. It probably would have had a better start if I had started by making storyboards. I run-and-gunned this whole cartoon and I definitely regret it. I ended up making last-minute changes to the character poses, facial expressions, etc., which isn’t something you really want to be doing a lot with deadlines involved. You want to make confident decisions in the beginning so that the changes later on will hopefully be few in number. Ordinarily, I would not do this slapdash approach with a commission. But this started out as a gift and turned into a commission later. Regardless, even quick, shoddy storyboards would have gone a long way! Lesson learned. Originally, I was going to commission my friend Dyoudi Mitimasa (<a href="https://epicfunnyhahajokelol.newgrounds.com" rel="nofollow">@epicfunnyhahajokelol</a>) do the background art. He is a natural at this kind of sharp, abstract art style. However, I did not have the money to commission an artist, especially at the time. So instead, I leave you with a huge recommendation to go check out Dyoudi’s art! He’s a wonderful artist and a wonderful person! Additionally, Milton Knight is still an active artist and has a Patreon! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/miltonknight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Go support him, too!</a> I made this background art by referencing two screenshots from the show, shown in the timelapse video. At first, I was very happy with this art, especially since it was my first real attempt at abstract art. The reference really helped! But once I put it in the cartoon, something was wrong. Robotnik’s design is mostly warm colors. The background is mostly warm colors. I feel this leads to a lot of Robotnik’s movements being less readable than they should. Sonic is fine since he’s blue, orange’s complement. If I had to do the background art again, I would divide the composition into two sections: a cool section for Robotnik and a warm section for Sonic. <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HgFCB4l9Vv8#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649#ngq:865:649" width="865" height="649" data-smart-scale="865,649"></iframe> CLIENT<a href="https://youtube.com/c/matterboar" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">MatterBoar</a> ANIMATION / BACKGROUND ART / EDITINGAlexander Emenheiser <a href="https://ade-syndicate.newgrounds.com" rel="nofollow">@ade-syndicate</a> BACKGROUND MUSICDr. Robotnik's ThemeComposed by Reed Robbins and Mark SimonCover by <a href="https://youtu.be/j9GpekZhhkI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Turret 3471</a> Main Title ThemeComposed by Clark GassmanIncludes motifs fromSonic 2 Title Theme and Emerald Hill Zone composed by Masato Nakamura,In the Hall of the Mountain King composed by Edvard Grieg,and Flight of the Bumblebee composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov AUDIO TAKEN FROM<a href="https://youtu.be/1kCWA4gwOT0?t=1391" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">OneyPlays Sonic Robo Blast 2 - FINALE</a>with <a href="https://oney.newgrounds.com" rel="nofollow">@Oney</a>, <a href="https://patreon.com/wanwangames" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ding Dong, and Julian</a>Edited by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DexTheSwede" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Dex the Swede</a> FONTSPedro SPECIAL THANKS AND PATREON SUPPORTERSAnimation stream viewers,including <a href="https://twitter.com/doodledemon_art" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DoodleDemon</a>, for keeping me company<a href="https://www.patreon.com/miltonknight" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Milton Knight</a> for being nice when I talked to him :)<a href="https://suprdee2.newgrounds.com" rel="nofollow">@SuprDee2</a> for being supportiveand giving me a new version of Toon BoomDyoudi Mitimasa <a href="https://epicfunnyhahajokelol.newgrounds.com" rel="nofollow">@epicfunnyhahajokelol</a> PATREON &amp; KO-FI SUPPORTERSAleahAshleyFroggyDuwudeViktor Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog © SEGA, DIC Entertainment 1993 P.S. — I’m working on a new project right now! Consider becoming a member on Ko-fi and you’ll get access to previews, WIPs, shoutouts, and more AND support my work! There are options for one-off donations and memberships. Thank you! OH, and Merry Christmas! <a href="https://ko-fi.com/adesyndicate" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://uploads.ungrounded.net/tmp/img/506000/iu_506236_4226168.gif" width="427" height="240" alt="iu_506236_4226168.gif" data-smart-scale="427,240"></a>

OneyPlays Animated: Sassy Sonic

Used assets:

·       Ruins01: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ruins-of-baelo-claudia-an-ancient-roman-town-5280f4990ab5425aade69d54d0363c6b

·       Ruins02: https://sketchfab.com/3d-…

Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution - ReAnimated - Scene #56

Abstract Tunnel

So,if u look at brands like "Urban Decay" (which is just makeup) or "Liquid Death" (which is just mountain

Oppressed By Purple - Brand Cat Mascot Logo

A vocal demo to test out my abilites as an animator!

This is also an background test as well! Abstract backgrounds! Go subscribe to my channel: 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8B1t7mLZz8YhJA3ojzV0g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8B1t7mLZz8YhJA3ojzV0g</a> Original Audio: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIIvpPGYjLs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIIvpPGYjLs</a>

Freakazoid/Woody Woodpecker (Vocal Demo)

A little bumper I made for Mega64 TV. Always wanted to try my hand at animating their Tetris logo! Mega64 TV: 
<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/mega64podcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.twitch.tv/mega64podcast</a> Original Tetris Video by Mega64: 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0R9Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0R9Q</a>... Background Footage by Mitch Martinez: 
<a href="http://mitchmartinez.com/4k-abstract-" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://mitchmartinez.com/4k-abstract-</a>... Music from Audioblocks

Mega64 TV Bumper - Tetris

WARNING: The following tale is very slow, so you may well find it boring..... hopefully not.

Tortoise Be Happy

Obviously it's missing a couple steps, but hey, it's not supposed to be totally educational!