Adam Phillips
Adam Phillips (born January 1971) is an Australian freelance animator. His recent work, for which he is best known, has consisted of flash animation compositions published on his website Bitey Castle and on the flash portal Newgrounds (there, as of December 2006, his movies have over six million views and he is the highest-rated artist). He is the creator of the Brackenwood series.
Adam Phillips was a featured artist at the Adobe Design Center for the month of December, 2006.[1] The alternate soundtrack for the YuYu in that link was composed by Lee Miller.
Biography
Adam Phillips was born (1971) and raised in Narromine, New South Wales. He displayed a precocious artistic enthusiasm early in life:
- "My mother recognized my talent for drawing when I was a toddler, and she maintains that I could hold a pencil correctly before my two legs could support me. I would sit on the floor for hours drawing spiders on my fingers and toes, and filling sheets of butcher's paper with doodles and scribbles."[2]
In 1989, Phillips moved to Queensland to find work, and was later injured in an industrial accident. During his convalescence he dedicated himself to drawing, and in 1993 was hired by Disney to work as a tweener in Sydney. He was promoted in 1995 to the position of character animator, and in 1998 to effects director, a role in which he worked on several sequels to well-known Disney films.
In 2000, Phillips began his first animations in Flash, focusing on stories remembered from his childhood. His flash work soon grew to include a video for the Ween song Transdermal Celebration, and winning entry in the cartoon category of the Flash Forward Film Festival in early 2003. Phillips is a devoted Ween fan. In the picture above he is wearing a Ween shirt. Later that year, Phillips created Bitey of Brackenwood, the second animation in his Brackenwood series and winner of the runner up prize of The Greatest Story Never Told (TGSNT) flash competition. During this period, Phillips also began writing book chapters for flash guides.
In 2004 Phillips left Disney "to pursue [his] own interests." Since that time he has produced much content for his Brackenwood setting, including Prowlies at the River, which won the TGSNT competition (subsequently, Phillips has stated that he will not enter any future TGSNT competitions). He has also continued to do outside work as a freelance animator, writer and special effects designer.
Phillips has stated that he is currently collaborating on a book about animation and programming in Flash, called Flash 8 Design, co-authored with Sham Bhangal and to be published by O'Reilly Media on May 1, 2006 (recently delayed). He has also expressed the intention of creating a television series, feature film, and various books set in his Brackenwood setting.
Bitey in "the YuYu" (2006)
Awards
lots.