The good news is I'm at the point where I need to trim, add a pre-loader and credits. There's still quite a bit to go for the whole video series, but there's definitely enough for a quick clip.

There's been quite a few learning experiences. Nesting techniques are awesome not just for lip sync, but also for expressions. I've nested expressions in the eyes for blinking, emphasis, anger, and looking to the side.

Once the graphics have been converted into symbols and nested into place, all I need to do is change the symbol number in properties to change the expression, and make Goldie (shown) talk.

The really hard part at this rate is breaking up Goldie's talking head monologues with graphics. I've had to rely a lot on hand drawn stills and Photoshop to save time.

The big learning experience this week is realizing Flash sucks for really cool text. I found drop shadows, bevel and embossing in filters (many thanks to the Newgrounds tutorials, which is how I found it). However, to really stack up the text effects, it looks like I'm going to have to rely on Photoshop and Illustrator, then import.

For over two years, the erotic flash project I wanted to work stalled out, barely started. There's just been too much going on and not enough at stake to finish it.

Recently, something changed. Sherry and her friend Linda Roberts started a project called "Start My Porn Company." We've seen so many publicity clients in the adult industry fail because they get off on the wrong foot or don't know what they're doing, that Sherry put together a company specifically to consult and manage start ups.

Sherry asked me to come up with an animated video to explain the issues, and keep them entertaining. So, I pulled stuff out of archives, hit the books again, and am quickly regaining my confidence. A lot of this is talking head type stuff with lots of lip sync. To break it up, I'm adding in stills. The stills save me time, and allow me to get things done when I'm away from the computer.

I'm posting the X-rated stills here to Newgrounds, so I can point my friends in the industry to them.

When a funny clip comes together, I'll post it here.

Enjoy :-)

PS: The "nesting lip sync" technique really helps. Much of the work is simply picking the number for the mouth I want, and moving onto the next keyframe.

The one thing that always amazes me about flash is how even the simplest stuff can be the most time intensive. I fully realize that with more experience, the easier it gets, but my hats are off to you guys for being able to dedicate the time and energy without turning your computer into a pile of plastic and silicon chibbles.

Thanks to the stylesheet, composing the character here wasn't that difficult, but the ropes have taken a lot of time to get just right. Part of the time involved was looking up Japanese suspension bondage. With my pervy library and the internet at my fingertips, you'd think this would be a snap, but it took a little more effort than I planned. Surely a hardcore Domme or Master may be a little critical about the details of the rope work, but I'm just glad to have everything in place.

Now I have to create the leather clad succubi for this aerial delight. Wonder how many weeks that's going to take :-)

Here it is, the official completed entry into ReNaeNae's papercraft contest. I'm very happy with how it turned out. There's a lot of really good competition, but I hope I at least have a shot of an honorable mention :-)

Most of the stylesheet work is done, and work is already starting on the first piece. It's a simple one featuring a Succubi and a blond in suspension bondage. Already I'm running into hangups such as drawing Japanese rope bondage in Flash. What's great though is I'm already developing some techniques and getting used to working in Flash.

Meanwhile ReNaeNae has a "papercraft" contest that's been one of the most fun challenges I've had in a long while. I'm under a lot of time constraints. This contest is different in that I can do this quickly by hand instead of being hampered by my lack of experience in Flash. We start with a simple template to print out, add our design, then add it to cardboard and assemble it.

It's like a DIY Dunny without having to be a famous lowbrow artist or your own toy deal. Almost immediately I noticed the majority of people doing their papercraft boxes like robots, tv screens, or toaster macs, relying on each side as an individual facet. Wanting to be different, and have some extra room to work with, I put the front of my entry on the corner, which gives two sides to work with instead of one. It took some effort to line the sides up all around, but it's really come together as you can see.

There's a little more to go. I'm using silver gel-pen on certain details and still have to finish the laces on the back of the bondage hood. This has been some of the most fun I've had lately and it's looking really good. Don't know if I'll win, but this should turn some heads.

Special thanks to Little-Bacchus, the Newgrounds test pilot for scouting my artwork and for the kind compliments. Thanks to him, the art submissions are now available for viewing in the art portal.

There's so much to do, so little time. Seriously. I spend about an hour working the the project in the morning, then take care of stuff around the house and head to work.

I'd like to work on more the project during down time at work, but the big problem is having nude drawings on the job. Chances are slim I'd get caught, but it's not worth the risk having a nosy co-worker find one of the pieces. (Makes me miss my job at AVN sometimes :-)

What's amazing to me is how much work all this really is. Even the most elementary and crude flash animations really take a lot of effort to make work.

I'm thinking of making the animation project as loops. There's no dialogue and they'll be set to music. As adult pieces, it makes a lot of sense.

Ironically this is how many adult films started. Before video, many adult movies were shot as 8mm film loops. Most of these are no longer available to the public, despite much value in the age of 2257 documentation and a desire for "golden age" films.

Last night, I finally got the first style sheets scanned in, and this morning I finished the front view. Obviously, there's quite a bit more below, but I'm not showing full nudity on my front page :-)

The objective here is to create a library of poses and features, such as different hair styles, body styles, clothes, and ornamentation. From there, I can map out the "story" and manipulate the graphics.

For this project, almost everything is staying in black and white. The lips are staying red, and I'm debating adding eye color. One thing I don't have to add is lip-synchs. While there will be expressions, this project won't include dialogue.

I've already started submitting adult pieces to the art portal, but they'll stay on my profile until someone scouts the work and approves it for the portal. At the moment, I'm keeping it slow, updating about once a day.

Just out of curiosity, how many adults on Newgrounds are in LA? I've been over to Valley Flash, but don't know that many people in LA that work with the program. I'm planning a trip to Digital LA the next time they have an event on Monday (currently I'm working week nights on the side).

The flash work is continuing, very slowly but surely. I'm starting by importing some drawings from the past, and re-creating them in Flash.

Meanwhile, on the drawing table, I have a style sheet of a character I'll use for animation. The beauty of flash and style sheets, is I can create a character, and simply re-use the pieces for future animations.

As for the bike, that's just for fun. It's an idea I had for a chopper with an old Ducati engine. It was a lot of work, and a lot of fun to create.

I don't have the time today to create this, but I at least wanted to float the idea out there to the like-minded. Obviously, I've never written scripts before. Hope someone out there gets a kick out of this.

Pitchmen: Reanimated 1

Shot of Anthony Sullivan from waist-up.

Anthony: Hello, Anthony Sullivan here with an amazing product that will truly change your life and the life of your loved ones forever. It's a revolutionary product combining the miracle of science with the dark path of evil.

Shot of Anthony with product on a table.

Anthony:It's called Reanimation, a solution so powerful, it can bring the dead back to life. *Picks up and holds the product*

Shot of pig's head in metal tray.

V/O - Anthony: Watch as we pour Reanimation over this pig's head, bringing it instantly back to life with vigor and vitality.

Pig's head begins to shake, eyes open and roll in agony, mouth makes squealing motions and thrashes.

Close up - Anthony: But don't just take our word for it.

Shot of Anthony with Billy Mayes on a medical examiner's table. The corpse is wearing the trademark blue polo shirt.

Anthony: Watch as we apply Reanimation to the late Billy Mays, star of the hit reality series "Pitchmen"

Eyes open, mouth gasps for breath, body shakes. Billy looks at Anthony in horror, and tries to sit up.

Billy:Oh my god, AUUUUUGH! The pain. What have you done to me! Help Me!

Close up - Anthony:Cowboy up Billy, you have three more Oxyclean commercials in your contract!

Billy:Help Me! Make it stop!

Shot of 1-800 number, with credit cards and participating stores.

Off camera - Anthony:Here's how to order!

Off camera - Billy:(whimpers ) I can feel the worms in my brain

Pitchmen: Reanimated 2 - the Return of Billy Mays

Shot of Billy Mays from the waist up holding a bottle of Reanimation. Occasional fly or two passes in the background.

Billy:Hi! Billy Mays here with a revolutionary new product that will change your life, and the life of your loved ones forever. It's called Reanimation, and it literally brings the dead back into the world of the living.

Four - way split screen of re-animating people, animals, and a tomato plant.

Billy:Use it on loved ones, pets and houseplants to change history, correct mistakes, and resolve life's tragedies.

Shot of horrifying motorcycle accident. Victim is reanimated with shock, pain and agony.

Billy:It's so amazing, we used it to revive this motorcycle accident victim. Watch as he brilliantly comes back to life with stunning vitality.

Close up - Billy:(fly buzzes by head) But that's not all.

Shot of other trivial products.

V/O: Billy:Call now and we'll throw in industrial strength deodorant, a flyswatter, insect repellant, and oxycotin. A fifty dollar value, all together with Reanimation, for only $19.95

Close up - Billy:(more flies gather in background, Billy is beginning to look a little green) But wait, if you call now, we'll throw in this DVD: "100 uses for reanimated dead people". That's a 20 dollar value, now free with your order.

Billy with products on table:Call now to get this amazing offer! Here's how to order!

Shot of "How to order" screen

Off camera - Billy:Anthony! How many more of these do I have to do? Just kill me already!