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A very rare video I made during production of Broom Wars. It was a sneak peek that was nothing special.

A revised walk cycle I made. Much better than the old one.

A more recent animation test I made, trying to improve my animation quality. This is the first time I'd animate using a drawing tablet, which I got for Christmas 2009. I used my tablet to draw certain frames from scratch, but also used it to trace over some frames I drew using pencil and paper and scanned. Also, I improved the shading. This is the first time I have to paint a background using acrylics and watercolors on bristol board. Plus, I got a microphone for Christmas, and then I was able to do voice acting using it. So I recorded my voice, imported it to my animation program and improved the lip sync.

Arry has been stuck on a tree branch after trying to play hide and seek with his brother Dilly. In the first version of this cartoon, I colored Arry the armadillo yellow by accident, so that's why you notice a big difference between the "Tara and John" Arry and Arry from The Trouble with a Tree Branch. Only this time I decided to make version B of the cartoon with Arry recolored to look like he's from Tara and John. I also changed a very few spots in it. The original cartoon can be viewed at: http://nate-spidgewood.deviantart.com/art/Trouble-with-a-Tree-Branch-vB-151707017

Arry has been stuck on a tree branch after trying to play hide and seek with his brother Dilly. This is a Flash animation of mine. The original version can be viewed at: http://nate-spidgewood.deviantart.com/art/The-Trouble-with-a-Tree-Branch-142747979

Here are my brand new improvements on my animation done on Toon Boom.

Here's my first hand-drawn animation. I'm sorry for the bad animation and drawings, but this video is still kind of cool.

I'm sorry for the bad animation and drawings, but this video is still kind of cool.

This is the first time I scanned the animation drawn on paper by hand into my computer and used Toon Boom to trace over and color them. I'm sorry for the outdated animation.

This is an animated short film called "Broom Wars". It's hand-drawn but there's audio. The short centers on the cartoon version of Nate (me), who sweeps the floor with the broom - until Bruce Ebner a.k.a. Mr. Bruce wanted the broom, so both of them got in the struggle. Here's a backstory for the cartoon available for you to read: http://www.natespidgewood.webs.com/animation/broomwars_backstory.html NOTE: Broom Wars is NOT a "Star Wars" spoof; it's a short cartoon that was given the title "Broom Wars" because of the broom brawl between me and Mr. Bruce, so don't complain about it. NOTE 2: I'm sorry for the bad animation and drawings, but this video is still kind of cool. NOTE 3: Never claim this video "is gay." It's not supposed to be gay, it's just a slapstick cartoon. TOOLS/EQUIPMENTS USED TO MAKE THIS SHORT CARTOON: Pencil and paper HP Deskjet F335 All-in-One scanner Microsoft Paint (frame editing) Adobe Photoshop 6 (frame editing and title cards) Toon Boom Studio 3.5 (rendering and animation) Adobe Premiere 6.0 (editing and titles) and Windows Movie Maker. WHERE I GOT THE SOUND EFFECTS FROM: http://www.findsounds.com http://flashkit.com http://soundsxtras.com And one sound effect is made by me.