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Adam Phillips (born 1971) is a 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 (where his movies have nearly five million views and he is the highest-rated artist).

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."[1]

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. 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.

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Bitey in "the YuYu" (2006)

Selected works

Brackenwood

Auld Sage - Auld Sage sings a song from Coldplay. Although not an official episode of Brackenwood, it is the first look at Brackenwood and one of its inhabitants.
Bingbong of Brackenwood - The first official episode of Brackenwood, which introduces Bingbong.
Bitey of Brackenwood - The second official episode, which introduces Bitey.
Prowlies at the River - Brackenwood episode 4.
littleFoot - Part 1 of Brackenwood episode 3. - Created after Prowlies at the River.
the YuYu - Part 2 of Brackenwood episode 3. - The first episode to be sponsored by Newgrounds.

Other Animations

Pokies - Phillips' first flash
Night Shift
HitchHiker
Taken
Frank
The Wish
Angry Man
Transdermal Celebration music video, as mentioned above.

Books

Flash MX Most Wanted: Effects & Movies - has a chapter in which Phillips describes his work on Hitchhiker: Part Two.
New Masters of Flash: Volume 3 - one of the chapters is written by Adam Phillips, studying lighting effects in depth and their implementation in Flash (focusing on the Brackenwood flashes).

Awards

2003—Flashforward (New York City '03): The Hitchhiker: part 2 wins the Cartoon Category.
2004—Flashforward (San Francisco '04): Bingbong of Brackenwood (Finalist in the Cartoon Category).
2004—TGSNT: Bitey of Brackenwood (Runnerup)
2005—TGSNT: Grand Prize for Prowlies at the River
2005—Flashforward (San Francisco '05): Prowlies at the River wins the Cartoon Category.
2006—Flashforward (Seattle '06): littleFoot wins the Cartoon Category.
2006—Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Annecy, France '06): littleFoot officially nominated in the Internet Category.

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 *[http://www.biteycastle.com/bbWindow.html Bingbong of Brackenwood] - The first official episode of Brackenwood, which introduces Bingbong.
 *[http://www.biteycastle.com/biteyWindow.html Bitey of Brackenwood] - The second official episode, which introduces Bitey.
-*[http://www.biteycastle.com/prowlies.html Prowlies at the River - Brackenwood episode 3.]
+*[http://www.biteycastle.com/prowlies.html Prowlies at the River - Brackenwood episode 4.]
-*[http://www.biteycastle.com/littleFoot.html littleFoot - Part 1 of Brackenwood episode 4.] - Created after ''Prowlies at the River''.
+*[http://www.biteycastle.com/littleFoot.html littleFoot - Part 1 of Brackenwood episode 3.] - Created after ''Prowlies at the River''.
-*[http://www.biteycastle.com/theYuyu.html the YuYu - Part 2 of Brackenwood episode 4.] - The first episode to be sponsored by Newgrounds.
+*[http://www.biteycastle.com/theYuyu.html the YuYu - Part 2 of Brackenwood episode 3.] - The first episode to be sponsored by Newgrounds.
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