For those interested, I've lately been working on a less ambitious animation in an effort to boost morale, or something. This is a weird one for me, and gives me an opportunity to release some creativity from my highly volatile brain. Now I can apply some of my new and improved animation skills to the first solo movie I've released on Newgrounds since 2007. FINALLY. A finished project of some kind.

Stay tuned for 'MegaMan Wins the Internet', and prepare to trip balls.

(This image really does not do it justice. You'll just have to wait and see. I needed something to make the post less boring so phooey.)

After months of challenging work, I've finally started on the final product of Not Another Sprite Fight 2. I know its been a long time and a lot of you have been waiting on the edge of your seat.
As promised, one character from NASF 2 is revealed.
So now I present a sample of the sequel to my most popular animation.

Please let me know what you think. I aim to improve.

My laptop works now, to anyone who actually gives a shit.

And now the best scene from Airplane.

YOU'LL BE SWELL. YOU'LL BE GREAT.

To whom it may concern.

My laptop is not working. I'm doing what I can to restore it and recover the data. It could be a week or two, so please wait for my return.

I've banded together some old pals and we're ready to kick some ass in the Power of 3 event.
We are...

The Super Blues Bros.

Our game idea is under wraps, but it's coming along nicely.
Here's our team members:

Emanhattan: Art/Animation
Doomsday One: Programmer
Short Factor: Musician/Sound, Art/Animation

Our game is going to be very awesome just you wait.

And here is our team picture, drawn by Emanhattan with much relish.

Update: And my time here is up. I got to stay here a bit too long, and now I have to leave again, and very quickly I might add. So I'll be without internet... again. I have no idea for how long, nor when I'll be able to get back online. I'll still keep working with what I have. Also, I'm getting a job now, holy crap. Now I can get off my lazy worthless ass and start contributing to society. So best case scenario, I'll be less homeless and more independent, hooray. And finally I can start working towards one of the colleges I want to go to.

Oh yeah, and I'm starting to catch up with some of my other older, lesser known accounts, such as my account on DeviantArt.
End update.

Crazy week. I had to pack my things and move again very abruptly. Long story.

By some weird loophole deal I ended up with a free laptop with a wireless card, and as fate would have it, it arrived the day I moved. The place I'm staying at has wireless internet access, hooray. So as long as I'm here, which probably won't be longer than a week or two, I'll be online a lot.
That's about where the good news ends. Now my workhorse comp will probably be even harder to get, so I can't work on any of my major projects right now, nor can I start anything I've been wanting to. And after this brief stay, I'm headed out again to who knows where, so I haven't the foggiest what will be happening next.

Eh... there's a tidbit of good news left. I came up with this idea a couple weeks ago and animated it. I thought about making a longer movie from it, but I don't know yet. Enjoy this weird little preview thing.

Mario Bros Castle Sneak: Disguise Scene

I'm now a well respected member of Encyclopedia Dramatica. Check it out.
Short Factor on ED

Update complete, initiating gtfo

I still have no internet at home. My access to it is very limited still. I have some extra time online today, so I thought I would take this opportunity to post a little update here.

My "good" computer is not home right now, and my life has been hitting lots of speed bumps lately. As a result, NASF 2 and my other projects have seen very little progress. I'm still coming up with ideas, and I've also been getting my feet wet with 3D game design. I've been wanting to start making 3D games and animation for a long time, and I'm much closer now. For a good beginning project, I've got some good ideas brewing.

I hate being so flakey with all these projects. I've animated myself into a corner with TMG, Sonic vs Shadow, NASF... I've got some prioritizing to do, with my life especially, so it might still be a while before and can get back online consistently. Hopefully I'll be back soon. I can't promise NASF 2 to be released anytime soon though. If all goes well, I'll get to start some more serious work. I might even be able to release some videos of my tests and ventures into 3D stuff.

What stinks is that my technical knowledge in digital media outweighs my actual abilities. Its like knowing exactly how to build something, but then it comes out sloppy when you try to build it. I hope to patch up all my lopsided skills when I go to the college I'm aiming for.

My massive ego aside, I'm still deciding what to do first and last, so who knows what I'm releasing next. Stay tuned.

Found out some crappy news that apparently I am unable to get internet where I live. Just great... So I am using other computers to update things, talk to associates and friends online, and keep current with Newgrounds or otherwise general internet media. Yes I am a geek. You can shutup now.

With this limitation I thank myself over a month ago for stocking my computer with lots of extra untapped resources for multimedia design, prominently for sprite animation. I am now digging through all this stuff and going to work.
That said, I would like to inform everyone that Project Sprite Land, the sprite animation program, has to be postponed. I spoke too soon and probably should not have bragged so much about its development. Even though it is working somewhat, it is having a variety of issues, mainly slow performance.
Thus I am forced to revert to Flash for NASF 2. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, I like Flash very much and I have been really beefing up my skills.
With a recent spark of inspiration I am remaking NASF 2... again.
The last preview shown was the fifth version of the movie. I made twice as much animation as that preview but I am scrapping all of it, again. I am now at work on version 6 and the results of this new inspiration will show. It will be far better than even version 5.

Also in recent inspiration, I have taken up a smaller project. It is a satire on today's sprite movies. You know, 98% of all sprite movies on YouTube, made in Movie Maker and Paint, that consist of Naruto and Sonic crossovers or ridiculous SMBZ ripoffs. Or all those Sonic fan series with the countless amounts of Sonic sprite edits and recolors (original characters *cough*) that all have 20 super forms. Every episode is set to "His World". There are hundreds of episodes each divided into 10 parts.
Think Metal Gear Funnies but less spamlike and less horrifying pornography.
You get the idea.
It will also be a parody/satire of some overrated animators on NG.
I have a good deal of it planned but if you have any good ideas for it drop 'em here. I love to hear people give their ideas on the endless shitstorm of bad sprite movies clogging up YouTube (and often NG). Remember, its funny when its true.

I will probably update again when the satire movie (currently without a name) gets submitted, or I have a new preview for NASF 2. Which ever comes first.

Update: I'm headed back home, so no internet. Bye folks, I'll be back as soon as I can be. Hopefully no longer than a couple months at the very latest.

By September 14th, I will be moved out into a new place to stay 40 miles away from where I currently live. I'm turning 18, you see.
This place has no internet connection yet...
So, yeah, this means Short Factor is shutting down for a while...
DO NOT WORRY THOUGH.
I get to keep the computer, though offline, it is a working computer.
This means NASF 2 and all my projects will keep on going, as will I.
So it could be a couple months or more before I get my own internet connection.
Well, I might get a connection on rare occasions, so I will try to update then.
Regardless, I will keep working on my projects as much as I can.
One of my projects is an animation program called Sprite Land, a program MADE for sprite animation that beats the pants off most of Flash's features. NASF 2 is going to be remade in this program, and it will have real 3D background movement (goodbye linear gradient, we won't miss you).

In other news, I updated the SSBA Forum big time. It is now the official, full fledged Short Factor forums. It has detailed descriptions on the various projects in the works here at Short Factor, and you can sign up to be a member on the Short Factor development team! How cool is that huh? Not cool? Yeah... meh. Well anyway, it has some interesting info on upcoming projects and a few information leaks. Be sure to check it out if you're interested.

Short Factor Forums

Seeing as I will be absent for a while, it will be hard to update the forum... so just hang out there for a while.

Farewell my good friends and fans, I will be back later this year or early next year with one kick ass sprite movie called Not Another Sprite Fight 2.

Well... I've given it a lot of thought and I decided to remake Not Another Sprite Fight 2 from scratch. It is no longer 20% done.
The Luigi scene from the last post is still intact, but I decided to completely remake and amp up the fight scenes. I just got out of a bad trend of poor animation, that has been bothering me for a while. Now I am revitalized and ready to kick some ass. I also decided I might as well show Newgrounds just what to expect from NASF 2.

NASF 2 First Scene Preview

This time I'm pulling out some of the stops and really putting my self into making this movie. One of my goals is to raise the bar for sprite animation and hope that sprite movies can be more accepted, as sprite movies have been getting poor reception around the nets lately, and the reasons are obvious.
I will make some hand drawn animation soon too, so don't think I only care about sprites. I have a deep appreciation for the arts.
Anyway, please, enjoy this preview, I put a good deal of effort into this new version.

Also, a brief FAQ about the NASF series:

Q. Will NASF 2 be nothing but Mario vs Sonic?
A. Absolutely not! The introduction of various video game characters was one of the core elements that made the first NASF. I would not ruin that formula.

Q. When will it be released?
A. No date yet but we may see it in a couple months... maybe less.

Q. So... who are the characters going to be?
A. Aside from the obvious Mario and Sonic (AND LUIGI *WINK WINK*), that would be top secret.

Q. Will you use my idea(s)?
A. 99.9% chance of no. Not only is this an outlet for my best ideas (plus a few my close friends have suggested, which are good), many people these days think a movie is only art when it has some gay emo anime storyline. I've gotten suggestions like that (some people actually started writing shitty storylines for NASF) and suggestions for things that have nothing to do with NASF, like crossing over Smash Bros or Naruto. Ha ha, yeah, fuck that.

Q. Are you still working on The Master Games/Sonic vs Shadow 3/<movie name>?????
A. YES. SHUT. UP. Thank you.

NASF 2 Estimated Completion:
*Project Sprite Land subject to change percentage; progress pending*