Prowlies: Brackenwood Wildlife Documentary Series, episode 2

The habitats and behaviour of various Brackenwood creatures is documented in this series from the forgotten Viccan archives.
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I made this with Unreal Engine (backgrounds) and Toon Boom Harmony (2D animation) and was a test to see if I could bring the two together for a complete project. As the test was successful, I've started building more Brackenwood environments in UE4 for more Brackenwood movies, including the continuation of the Dashkin story.
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This episode was finished several weeks ago but Newgrounds gets the early exclusive on my movies because that's where the Brackenwood fan base grew from. Follow me at chluaid.newgrounds.com if you want to be first to see my animation works.
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[@alanbecker]

oof, those are some nice water splashes. and effects in general. maybe i need to give toonboom a chance

[@KandEcain]

Woah, idk why but I never expected to see you here. Good to see someone with good taste in videos :D

[@김식신-h5g]

Oh, God, the real one's here.

[@HeHndz]

It’s back finally

[@odinudin4313]

Oh my, alan becker's here

[@killakarney2075]

Never would I have thought u be here

[@Fae-Blossom]

It's so wonderful to see this again!! I remember discovering brackenwood when I was a kid. I'm 20 years old now and I still love it as much as I did back then.

[@xararaven]

Exactly the same for me.

[@feliksmangus550]

I know, right? I'm 34 and still waiting patiently for 10 years now, how the 'Last of Dashkin' story will continue.

[@wildrover8368]

@@feliksmangus550 same im 30

[@Axalon45]

I miss this world so much. I'm convinced you were The Guy to show off what flash was capable of back in the day, and that Brakenwood was the place you chose to do it in is a gift I can hardly fathom.

[@Luka1180]

Yes. He's ofc not using Flash anymore, but yes, he did do that for the program back in the day, that's for sure. He even advocated for its use inside of Disney while working there.

[@kruggsmash]

Could I just goddamn tell you how happy I am to see you still active? Your Brackenwood series really helped me be to become a creative person and I took a lot of inspiration from your work, m'dude. I wouldn't be the person I am today if my brother didn't show me your vids back in the late 2000s. Thanks so much, Adam!

[@jschnitz8302]

I used to watch these animations all the time when I was in high school, and I come back 10 billion years later and there's new stuff?! What have I been doing with my life? Thank you for all the videos! The water is so beautiful.

[@ghostmotus555]

been following brackenwood since i was a kid. im 29 and seeing this just brought me the best nostalgic tears. I hope to see more BITEY!!!

[@somescrub885]

I wish I could just make everyone I know sit down and watch these you deserve so much more credit KZbin just doesn't really make a good environment for animation... not that Newgrounds was ever much better. I don't usually do Patreon or anything like that, but if you started one (or already have one) I'd very seriously consider donating.

[@sammi_4249]

Oh boy do i have something to tell you! He's got a patreon: www.patreon.com/bitey but ya know only give if you can

[@warlock1080]

Zee Bashew wasn't wrong. The animation is unbelievable! Bet you wouldn't have too much of a problem getting a job from Disney with a portfolio of things like this!

[@someguy9052]

He used to work at Disney, now he’s a freelance artist

[@warlock1080]

@@someguy9052 ahh, I see

[@doublemdoublefun708]

Thanks the Animated Spellbook to direct me here, god, these animations are good, love it!

[@detectoplasm]

This guy is so freaking talented. All of this is 2D art. Even the lighting effects. I can't even fathom.

[@Luka1180]

Not all of this is 2D art. He's using 3D backgrounds rendered in Unreal for this short, as well as the one he's making now. But they have a lot of 2D work done to them, such as painting shadows and leaves in sometimes. This project was the first time he did a short or movie blending 3D and 2D.

[@wholesomeSloth]

I'm so glad you're back at it again. You should really be proud of your reach. I was a kid from Spain who barely knew English when I first watched your Brackenwood animation (The lack of dialogue probably helped picking my interest, haha). Now I'm 26 and, I don't know how, remembered your animation and wondered about if you were still making stuff. I'm so glad you're still animating! Looking forward to that new Dashkin animation. Pixar should pitch your idea for making a full fledged 2D style animation (like a movie with soundtrack, voice actors, animators to help you out so you don't faint between frames... etc), or at least a short. I think it still a pretty cool original idea, and that doesn't come often...

[@DoctorFail]

always great to see bitey's world again!

[@rocketryan91]

Ever since I first saw the Yuyu, I've been in amazed by this world.

[@admiralcheesecake]

I remember watching brackenwood when I was a small child, and I'm 23 now. It's been a constant source of inspiration to me and has always been near and dear to my heart. The pure joy I felt when I saw this come up in my suggestions literally brought me to tears. Thank you so much for keeping brackenwood alive

[@Saltheartfreak]

Thank you Adam for continuing the tales from Brackenwood and expanding it's universe. It's absolutely fascinating.

[@Neoentrophy]

Consider patreon, this deserves to be realised

[@Abelhawk]

There’s just something incredibly charming about the way that water looks.

[@afroscal]

Completely worth the wait

[@thecultguy]

I want to drink all of that water.

[@TheOrangeRoad]

I always forget that I'm subscribed to this channel. Good reminders

[@NoilBee]

So good to see this! Very glad I was scrolling down my KZbin timeline and saw this released! Please keep pumping this stuff out! I'm 28 years old now and I remember watching this when it first came out!!!!

[@TheDigitalWatcher]

AUUUUUGH! I thought you fell off the face of the earth a decade ago! It's wonderful to see you still have ambitions for Brackenwood!

[@RealBranimation]

This was my childhood. I miss bitey!

[@PatRick-mq6ss]

I don't know if you'll ever see this, but I was always a fan of your work, even bought you book if that means anything. Your way of art was always of my interest and I just wanted to finally say thank you for it. I hope you know that your work does a lot more than entertain.

[@happynoob742]

You are an inspiration to all Toon Boom animators watching your videos, thank you!

[@Psylawliet]

Saw bitey in a drawing at Instagram, And couldn't stop until I found it. Love the series!! From newgrounds to KZbin. Your animation is amazing!

[@TheKyleFyles]

These make me so happy to see again!! I remember discovering brackenwood when I was a teenager. I’m 25 years old now, and I still love it as much as I did back then.

[@possumqueen123]

I remember watching these as a child, and god does it feel great to see you still at it. You are an inspiration to us all. Beautiful ❤❤❤

[@johndoe46446]

I love the Brackenwood series so much.

[@DjDaxter]

great to see Brackenwood again

[@snookyzun6158]

I miss you, I especially liked the Yuyu episode! So glad t o see this again, can't wait to see Bitey and all the Brackenwood families

[@Talik13]

My GOD it feels good to see more of Brackenwood!

[@---_---_---_---___---]

Littraly found this series three days ago and thought it was a real shame it was over. Thanks for proving me wrong, this was amazing.

[@cryingclown83]

You've always done a terrific job of capturing the essence of nature. This had me grinning in delight from ear to ear. Thanks for Brackenwood, Chluaid!

[@MHZNOMISS]

15 years later, still the best animator out there

[@AdudenamedKemp]

I hope Adam makes his living in animation. He's skilled and super Imaginative.

[@Gabriel-rd2mj]

Been watching since Newgrounds more than a decade ago. I’m so, so happy you’re still making videos, they’re absolutely beautiful

[@ShintarufromdA]

"Stunning" doesn't begin to describe this animation!!

[@nikinnorway]

How am I just seeing this in 2021? I loved Brackenwood back in the New Grounds days!

[@DvidTheGnome]

The animation is gorgeous as usual, and I gotta say you've really mastered toon booms potential in the area of 2D water effects (like wow!). I also like the idea of expanding the little universe you've created with these narrated docs. Unfortunately you left a little encoding error or whatever at 1:37, but no big deal.

[@chluaid]

yeah that encoding stuff is pretty annoying and it only shows up on KZbin. No idea what rabbit holes I'd need to go down to fix it.

[@DvidTheGnome]

​@@chluaid Just to let you know, I re-watched the animation and the glitch is gone.

[@chluaid]

@@DvidTheGnome excellent! Maybe it was still processing when we saw it.

[@sythirius42]

God, your environmental art will never cease to inspire me. Absolutely breathtaking work as always.

[@kairunelastreeper]

I'm sorry. I was a huge fan of this series growing up but I somehow convinced myself this was done by another animator. Absolutely glad that today i was corrected and got to see some more of your work, remastered even. Will be here to see even more.

[@TheSunsetHero256]

Holy crap! You're still making theses?! Dude, I was blown away by the Yuyu back in the day! Keep up the good work!

[@N0VA_ST0RM]

Would love to visit this place in an Origin 600i or Anvil Carrack and enjoy the wildlife in action! I used to watch your older stuff on Newgrounds growing up when I was quite yonge. Glad to see all the people are still going, you and also others like David Firth to name another! ^__^

[@darianreynolds7814]

Oh wow. This just literally put me back in my childhood body. So nostalgic seeing this again it looks amazong

[@SoWhySoSirious]

And after almost 12 years... I keep coming to Brackenwood. What you have here is something truly magical.

[@leonardoherrera9059]

Such a shame this didn't get more views. This is amazing and deserved more.

[@satchserra89]

I watched your cartoons on newgrounds back when I was a kid!! crazy to rediscover you while looking up how to build a XRV valve lol

[@upinarms79]

I''m so happy to see that you're still working on the Brakenwood stuff. I found it many years ago on Newgrounds and I still think about it to this day. What a beautiful and imaginative world you have created... I hope you keep it going and don't let it die because it's far too good for that. I hope you keep expanding this world and making more and get the recognition this truly deserves.

[@inyuji]

Ah so great to see animation from you again. And the prowlies are so fascinating in the way they move

[@jxxx94]

I absolutely love these, please keep doing them forever, you amazing man you.

[@XxaxX360]

I'm definitely using these descriptors in my next D&D game

[@CaptainAfricaFGC]

I can see how much more detail you get into the backgrounds with the new system splicing 3D stuff.

[@navilluscire2567]

*The legends were true! They have returned, praise the gods!* But seriously it's great to see you back at it, I still occasionally rewatch your (MUCH) older animations because they're still just as amazing then as they are now, hope to see more of your special animations in the near future!

[@jeremiahjk4092]

Thrilled to see your work again, brings back a lot of nostalgic memories !!

[@isamekailmahmud9302]

Thank you for staying

[@ABonafideSkeleton]

That water animation is amazing!

[@GreyDevil]

I remember watching your stuff back in the flash days, I love your old animations. I always imagined a whole series/world with your characters, you were and are a big inspiration for me creatively :) I had no idea you made this animation this year! I really hope you'll do more

[@VOXIDD]

I still can't get over how awesome your water looks.

[@michaelmurphy236]

I remember seeing your early stuff on new grounds back when I was 7, couldn't believe that your still making animations and how much you have improved. Keep it up, you are truly inspiring

[@CurlyHairedRogue]

Dude, this is beautiful! Why hasn’t this popped up in my recommendations?

[@adamfeoras]

Whoa, Brackenwood. Didn't think I'd be seeing that place again. Hoping for more.

[@SaiyukiGS]

love these mini documentaries 😂

[@hokusan5662]

Wow, I can't believe how this doesn't have billions of views. I guess I am here early

[@imafireingmylasar]

This is really cool, there's not much else to say other than that but it's nice to just be back in that world again.

[@Triunity4]

oh my god youre still making it!!!!!! bro your website back in the day was craazzzzyyyy the lore and characters are so unique.

[@dacha-thwei1534]

I've longed so much for an update of the Brackenwood stories, and this is amazing!

[@AsahiStuff]

Yes! And thank you! :'D I'm so glad I was able to watch the old Brackenwood animations from my childhood, and so pumped to watch the new ones! :') Love from France!

[@nikaleles2290]

god i'm so glad these animations exist

[@vanessaterry1574]

A family group is called a clamber! xD LOL! Excellent work, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen

[@tambow13]

holy crap, I remember watching all this on newgrounds :') happy to see you're back, loved all of the animations for Brackenwood

[@michael10010]

Thanks for posting it onto KZbin, now i can also like the video. :)

[@dangerousrival5026]

Been watching your stuff since 2003 on Newgrounds, glad to see your keeping Brackenwood alive. I dont know how your not at least at 100k subs yet, your fans are slacking lol. To be fair I just had to sub here myself after a trip to biteyscastle cause I was feeling nostalgic for the some good old fashioned flash animation. Keep up the amazing work and I hope one day your projects become more widespread. People need to experience the wonders of Brackenwood for themselves.

[@papapingas1797]

Simply wonderful I can't wait to see what's next brother

[@arinelle85]

I love this so much! I think Prowlies are my favorite creatures in Brackenwood. :)

[@binglemccringle705]

man i remember back in middleschool i ran across this series im so happy its still somewhat going and the fact i found out you have a yt im 98% sure this is what got me into alien biology (not that earth stuff isnt cool but like, id love to move like half as fast as chompy or something like that)

[@pedrokotii2417]

Excellent work. The only nitpick I can offer, is that the credits at the end of video are not very visible from mobile - they blend in a bit too well. Adding them to description and/or pinned comment would be nice.

[@Osafiny]

Wonderful

[@joshuahutto]

BALLIN!

[@rovertarthead]

Only newgrounds animators know truly the work of your art I always remember watching your stuff when you first were posting on there while I was still getting used to the Wacom tablet. your stuff has come along way hope to see more as always. Oh toonboom?! I thought you were still using flash??

[@lordsilvy3172]

I have never been happier to see an upload, ever in my life

[@SugaryOats]

AaAAAA i've loved your stuff for years and didn't know this came out! good god you deserve more attention!

[@travislacey7198]

Another awesome one! Glad to see it released.

[@DaemosDaen]

Wow, This looks awesome. I remember you working on this on Twitch.

[@aronchai]

This is so awesome! Might want to change the title though; it's cryptic, and made me think this was another in-progress clip.

[@joshl.6826]

Beautiful animation! So glad to see brackenwood animations again!

[@rendarsmith]

Very well done! I can't wait to see the next one in the Dashkin series. Will you ever do more with Bing Bong?

[@chluaid]

As Bitey's character developed, Brackenwood became more about him and his past. So Bingbong, created to be no more than a bumbling cartoon idiot, eventually had no real reason to exist. I'll always have a soft spot for him and he might be OK as a comic relief sidekick one day, but right now he doesn't really have any role in Brackenwood.

[@shieldgenerator7]

wow the animation here is really good! i loved the shot of the prowlies jumping in the water

[@santumos]

Beautiful stuff

[@skahana950]

Lovely !

[@bobbygarza6263]

Amazing animation, and excellent design for the prowlies!

[@Ree1981]

I just had some vague memories of those creatures, in the back of my head, but I could never remember from where until I saw this. Bitey.

[@HeHndz]

It’s back finally

[@rainmaker3000]

Truly spectacular animation, keep up the amazing work 👍🏻

[@CaptainSnackbar]

beautiful work

[@MotleyMince]

I have been trying to find your stuff again! I’m so glad I found it! I love your stuff!

[@gabejones8112]

This is actually so amazing!!! I'm having trouble believing that this only has 1k likes, that is _way_ too few!

[@bigstevie01]

These are just as outstanding as ever!

[@EndermanBoss]

It's good to see you still going strong even after all this time. I wish you the best.

[@zsurvivalist7996]

I wish this guy could make a game with team cherry