A Barely Wednesday Post, Creating the New Animated Intro
| 10 December 2009
Hey Blogbrethren! PHN here, with an impromptu posting just to remind everyone that, despite the rumors going around, I have not died of Malaria contracted after being bitten by a Spaniard. It was, however, a close call and I'd like to thank everyone for their prayers and their donations. I'm saying I'd "like to" because none of you donated a goddamn thing.
I was in real danger, and none of you cared.
Now, for today, I'd like to share a special little featurette: the creation of the animated bumper card for generation 3 of the coloring vidjas. This is a tale mostly told through picture, video, and some text. So, in other words, it's not really that different from any other post. But anyway, here's step one: Draw lots of pictures.
Step 1 is the biggest step. To sum up the rest of the steps, I've prepared for you a special film.
A couple of things about the intro itself. The opening scrawl uses the same sound effect from old Capcom games on the Super Nintendo, and the flaming wipe-out effect where my name fades is the same sound effect as when The Predator's vision mode changes. The rest of the sound effects, like the "dings" and the "booms" are all from various Capcom arcade games, notably Marvel vs. Capcom and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (what can I say, I'm a Capcom junkie). So there you have it. Sorry about the sporadic updates as of late, but you know, in this economy, I've got to spend more time earning money than I can spending it with you guys, the fans. But never fret, PHN hasn't forgotten about you, and your ravenous appetite for new stuff. So keep it locked into The SITE for much further ados! This is PHN, signing out!