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The-Swain
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Real Name: Michael Swain
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Profile: The-Swain's profile
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Aura: Game Developer
Level: Level 8
Game Developer AuraLevel 8
Whistle: GarbageWhistle
Garbage
Blam/Protect Rank: Town Watch
Town Watch
Flash: Blockhead: Episode 1

Mastermind

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The-Swain aka Michael Swain is a popular Newgrounds flash artist who is responsible for the Blockhead series, the Mastermind series and the Time Squad trilogy. He's recently known for helping Krinkels to create Madness: Project Nexus and it's Steam remake. He is also helped develop Fulpstation, a server on Space Station 13.

Early days[]

Swain started learning how to flash dance around August of ’05 after being inspired by David Firth's “Burnt Face Man” series[1] and in September released his first flash movie, Blockhead Episode 1 .

The rapid releases in Blockhead's early days were in part made possible by the flexible schedule Swain had as a graduate student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Michael Swain has graduated and moved to Philadelphia.

Style[]

The Swain is known for his situational and “random” humor as well as his unrecycled fbf. When animating he favors the brush tool and Wacom Cintiq.

Interview[]

In an interview with the NGMag, The-Swain has been quoted "I am probably also insane." Completely Blockheaded Interview

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