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Ben Hyams @Elroy

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Posted by Elroy - September 7th, 2009


All wordplay aside, Montreal was pretty sweet. While there, I got a tour of the Notre Dame Basilica, and went on the rapids in the river. I did not get a chance to try poutine, though. I also bout a really neat silver photograph from a street artist (ill post a pic below).

I've also started working on two ideas for the Calendar Contest. I like both so far, so hopefully I'll finnish in time to enter the two. I currently have the 2009 calendar up on my wall, and I can't wait to see all the great art and work that will be put into the 2010 calendar.

As far as Awesomegrounds goes, I've promised myself that I'll have it finished by the end of October, so keep an eye out for that.

Peace,
Elroy


Posted by Elroy - August 30th, 2009


Im going to be in Canada for the next few days. Any advice?

Also, Im working as hard as I can to get "Awesomegrounds" out before the end of the year, but for some reason I keep experiencing setbacks. Whether it be my tablet deciding not to work for a few days, or Flash crashing resulting in the loss of five frames of frame-by-frame animation, something's just working against me on this one.


Posted by Elroy - August 14th, 2009


Well, I got back from New Orleans. Nola wasn't that bad, and I have to say the people have done a great job with recovery efforts. The group I was with even helped out by planting plants in the local park.

In other news, I lost the pen to my Bamboo tablet. If I cant find it, i'll have to order a new one. On the upside, if that turns out to be the case, it will give me a few days to catch up on some other things I've been meaning to do, like school reading, catching up on Hetalia, and working on my website.

Thats all for now,
Elroy

PS. Merry Clock Day 2009! I hope Strawberry Clock brought you what you wished for.

UPDATE: I found my tablet pen!

Lost Tablet Pen [UPDATE: Found it!]


Posted by Elroy - August 1st, 2009


Im going to New Orleans for the week for a Jewish Arts Festival. I'll be sure to write all about it when I get back. Also, I got my dandy shirt in the mail, along with a couple shirts I ordered from Threadless. They're a great site, by the way.

See ya,
Elroy


Posted by Elroy - July 17th, 2009


Well, I got my username changed, cause this one is better.

Among other things, Im going to be starting a web design in flash course next week, so hopefully something good will come of that.

I've been thinking of going to the Boston meet up next week, but right now, It doesn't look like I'll be able to fit it in. What I really want to see is an NG booth at the annual Boston Comic-Con. I've floated the idea to staff before, but they've been a bit unresponsive.

Also, I'm thinking of getting one of these kick ass Dandy Shirts.

Name Change, and Other Things


Posted by Elroy - June 23rd, 2009



Posted by Elroy - May 26th, 2009


So right now I still need a programmer and musician for the Power of Three thing thats going on. Heres my current idea:

Your a wonton spaceship, flying through space, when suddenly, rice balls start flying at you! They come in three, soon to be decided on colors! You must shoot and dodge them to survive! However, you can only shoot the rice balls that you have a power up for! You can only hold one kind of power up at a time, collecting many of the same power ups results in score multiplier.

Next level! Now there are rice balls AND leeks coming at you. With the leeks come three more power ups. Now not only must you remember to dodge and shoot, you must keep track of what you can shoot, seeing as it can now be any combination of leek and rice ball.

A third and final level would add something new as well, adding to the level of concentration and intensity.

I really want to work with people who have experience, so if your interested, let me know.

All the best,
Ben

PS. I managed to snag one of the Alien Hominid Plushies :D

Power of Three Anyone?


Posted by Elroy - May 12th, 2009


Check out CellRev.com, a website created by my good friend Mark with the intent to educate Americans about our corrupt mobile system. Also, if your feeling extra nice, give it a digg.

-8bit Clouds- Collab
The deadline draws near! Heres the current parts list:
Part 1 - Me
Part 2 - Ironosaur
Part 3 - Ironosaur - FINISHED
Part 4 - Gregly
Part 5 - EJRProductions - FINISHED
Part 6 - digitalk - FINISHED
Part 7 - Gregly
Part 8 - Gregly
Part 9 - Mexifry
Part 10 - TheShyGuy - FINISHED
Part 11 - digitalk - FINISHED

Cheers,
-Ben

Learn About Your Mobile Rights!


Posted by Elroy - April 20th, 2009


Pleduweh. It's been awhile since I've made a newspost. Flashwise, Im working on some stuff, so heres a little list of what I'm working on and how its going.

Hans Van Harken - The Legend
Here's the thing, I don't know if I'm going to actually ever finish animating the whole 3 sec. voice clip. I think it's really funny, but the thing is there are certain parts that have come out well, and others I just can't seem to make flow animationwise. I might edit the voice acting to make it shorter, or I might just adjust the "preview" I have up here to just be a finished product. I'm not sure yet. I'll see how it goes.

-8bit Clouds- Collab
Still a few parts open. Mexifry is going to take one of them, though he has not yet expressed which. Heres the current parts list:
Part 1 - Me
Part 2 - Ironosaur
Part 3 - Ironosaur
Part 4 -
Part 5 - FireBlazeProductions
Part 6 - digitalk
Part 7 -
Part 8 - Gregly
Part 9 - Mexifry
Part 10 - TheShyGuy
Part 11 - digitalk

The Zerok Project
The other day our good friend Zerok contacted me regarding a project. Im still not sure of the details, but it was something about putting an audio book into a flash format. It sounds like a really cool and unique challenge, and I'm looking forwards to working on it with him.

Untitled Project
Today I was doodling in flash and wound up making what turned out to be a really solid start to a short little cartoon. I'll probably have it finished in a week or two.

Thats all for now!
-Ben "LaughingTomato" Hyams


Posted by Elroy - April 2nd, 2009


Heres the part list for the -8bit clouds- Collab. If you are thinking about joining, DO NOT use the audio clips listed in the first post in the topic thread! Use the recut clips located 14 posts below the first post!

Part 1 - Me
Part 2 - Ironosaur
Part 3 - Ironosaur
Part 4 -
Part 5 - FireBlazeProductions
Part 6 - digitalk
Part 7 - Linkhasafan
Part 8 - Gregly
Part 9 -
Part 10 - TheShyGuy
Part 11 - digitalk