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Project Arbez or simply Arbez for short was an animation I created several moons ago. When I state several Moons, Arbez was completed in 2002 and was briefly revisited in 2007 where I Attempted a major over all but figured it was not worth the time and devoted my time to the Born Fighters Game project. Arbez was a love hate relationship that came with many experiments ,trials and failure, it was the love of understanding animation that forced that animation and also why it was never completed as I was never satisfied. It was an experiment that half worked and half failed. In short I learnt alot from that and mind you I did that back in 2002, that was 12 years ago DAMN I am old. That was when I was super creative, now not so much. If I showed you the work load you would think what the hell. Actually I will do a video now that you asked on that very animation. Titled “Why Arbez was doomed to be a successful Failure”.

When it came to flash it was a science to me. I was always the VFX person, I studied parallax animation, I studied lighting, I learnt how to create game algorithm, it was a delight using flash which was a mixture of illustrator’s vector capabilities and Photoshop free drawing power. I was recently asked about the backgrounds created for Arbez. The background that look like Raster were created in Photoshop and anything else that looked like vector was first drawn in flash then recreated in Rhino 3d, then transferred to another 3d application then back to flash. Also a note to the wise this was a composition edit in Flash 5. As the years progressed I have earned my animation badge but as I have stated I have sadly become less creative. I am less eager to experiment in the ways that I once did but that will all change it’s time to get back to the roots of being the ninja master.

I also created a boring behind the magic video if you are bored enough to listen to me rant.

At the end of it all both Born fighters and Arbez taught me lessons about myself and pipeline process in creating a product. These are experiences I will never loose, for one I understand that yes one man can create a product from start to finish but sometimes the load for a project can tax your mind, also I learnt to work smart. I proved to myself that I was capable of creating an animation. I also realized that I am very absent minded and will become distracted and bored very easily, hence why I work on smaller projects and once I am finished with a project I never go back except to probably get elements that may work on another animation.

For all that never saw the still Work in Progress Arbez Check it out here.

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Getting to the meat of this article, Ankama games which has released such games as Dofus and Wakfu has an animated series out there that they may need your support in getting subtitled and dubbed in English and other languages. If you are down for that party read on as they have great incentives for investors.

I have been a fan of the Ankama series of games such as Dofus which later spawned Wakfu for a long time, the art style color and sheer vibrant energy that this project held is simply a marvel. I believe it was last year I came across the animated series and was stunned that there was an animated series, mind you I have forgotten about the Dofus universe for many moons as this game is old as hell in game years that. Dofus was a game created in flash like wise Wakfu is an animation also created in Adobe Flash. To all the nay sayers that state flash is a horrid animation tool, please hold your hacks until you exit the plane. going back to the series it is simply beautiful and I encourage viewers to take notice and check it out. I have included a link to one of the episode for you marveling interest.

Either way these kats are trying to get an English dubbed and subtitled version out so if you are down for that party join in and throw your money at them and get the watching. As usual enough of my talk simply check out the content and support the cause if it up your alley. Just to be clear they already hit goal so if you want in that is really up to you.

If you feel the need to read up on this amazing series further here is a link to just that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakfu:_The_Animated_Series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankama_Games

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dofus

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