I learned to animate in Adobe Flash when I was 7 - 8 years old, and I've loved it ever since. Here's some of my results from using that program. Note that many of the animations are a collaboration between me and my friends!
PICO'S LUDO VENGEANCE
APRIL 2010
ANIMATION, GRAPHICS, STORY: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN & MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
IDEA AND PROGRAMMING: MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
Created in Adobe Flash. This is a game created for the Pico Day 2010 contest on Newgrounds. The music is by Madlib, Mr. Scruff and Moonstarr. We got the "Best Pico Game Award" for the game.
SNOWMEN
DECEMBER 2009 - JANUARY 2010
ANIMATION AND STORY: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN & MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
MUSIC: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN
Animated in Adobe Flash, and color corrected in After Effects. Snowmen started as a Christmas movie in 2009 made for a Christmas Contest on Newgrounds. It won 3rd place and we were happy. Then, in January 2010, we decided we wanted to participate in The Amandus Awards, a Norwegian youth film festival or contest. We submitted an extended version with additional animation and only our own music, and we got nominated. The movie won the "Best Animation Award" on the festival, too.
URG ADVERTISEMENT
SEPTEMBER 2009
ANIMATION AND MUSIC: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN & MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
Animated in Adobe Flash. as an advertisement for URG. URG is a youth support group associated with UKM, a Norwegian cultural arrangement for young folks.
ALIEN DUST
2009
ANIMATION, STORY AND MUSIC: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN
Animated in Adobe Flash. I started the project because of The Sparky Awards, "a contest to promote the open exchange of information". I tried to picture the fast spread of information when extraterrestrial beings arrive.
COMEBACK CAMPNORTH
MAY 2009
ANIMATION AND IDEA: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN, MARKUS VAD FLAATEN & SIMON GUSTAVSSON
MUSIC: JOSH ROUSE
Animated in Adobe Flash. It was first of all a tribute to a website called CampNorth. CampNorth is a creative community of artists.The website "died" because of server overload and the need of uptades. It is still down, but we really hope it'll come back soon! It's also an "unofficial" music video for the song "Comeback (Light Therapy)" by Josh Rouse, which we love. (Ironically, the song is about a lonely man in Norway...)
PICO'S COOL
APRIL 2009
ANIMATION AND IDEA: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN
MUSIC: RJD2 (& KEITH MANSFIELD)
Animated in Adobe Flash. This was made as an entry to the Pico Day 2009 contest on Newgrounds.
DAYDREAMS
MARS 2009
ANIMATION AND IDEAS: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN, MARKUS VAD FLAATEN & SIMON GUSTAVSSON
Animated in Adobe Flash. Daydreaming can be quite a thrill...
RUNNER II
MARS 2009
ANIMATION AND STORY: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN & MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
MUSIC: MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
IDEA (TECHNIQUE): MRAW
Animated by drawing on paper, taking pictures of it with a camera and using iStopmotion. Finished up in Adobe Flash. We draw a total of about 1500 characters in sequence and used about 11 sheets of paper.
THE MURDERER
NOVEMBER 2008
ANIMATION AND STORY: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN & MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
MUSIC: THE AVALANCHES & RDJ2
Animated in Adobe Flash. We made it as an entry for the Halloween Contest 2008 on Newgrounds, and as a music video for the tune "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches.
NOTHING IN MY WAY
2008
ANIMATION AND IDEA: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN
MUSIC: KEANE
Animated in Adobe Flash. It's a music video for the song "Nothing In My Way" by Keane. Just for fun, I pitched the whole song up a few levels.
DREAMS
SUMMER 2008
ANIMATION AND IDEAS: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN, MARKUS VAD FLAATEN & SIMON GUSTAVSSON
Animated in Adobe Flash.
RUNNER I
JANUARY 2008
ANIMATION AND STORY: TOMMY VAD FLAATEN & MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
MUSIC: MARKUS VAD FLAATEN
IDEA (TECHNIQUE): MRAW
Animated by drawing on paper and using iStopMotion! Finished in Adobe Flash.