Does anyone remember Zelda Heroic Rage? I went back and watched most of them recently and there were so many cool comments and fans out there. I can't believe it's been 12 years since posting the last episode. The overall art quality of the Heroic Rage series was not great, but there were some great moments and some innovative combat scenes that I enjoyed seeing again. It's interesting to look back on my series then see that Nintendo has since made "Hyrule Warriors" where Link and various characters fight hordes of enemies, a bit like my Heroic Rage take on the IP. Not that I inspired Hyrule Warriors, of course.

I joined Newgrounds in 2002. Before that, I was a fan of the Zelda games, I loved them all up the that point, and Ocarina of Time in the late 90's had been mind-blowing for that era. Majora's Mask was just okay I had thought. When 'the Windwaker' was revealed at E3 2002, I was downtrodden. I wanted Zelda to be more like what would eventually meet my vision more: Ninja Gaiden on xbox (2004), Dark Souls on PS3, and Skyrim. I had some experience making comics and flip-books growing up, and also some experience animating on a computer in high school. In that 2002 era, I chose to make a more violent, gritty animated version of The Legend of Zelda. My vision resonated with people and the Heroic Rage series did pretty well considering the art and animation wasn't professional tier by any means.

Back when I walked away from creating movies in 2008 or so, I felt like I wasn't progressing enough in quality of artwork. Heroic Rage Episode 9 had taken a lot of time and effort, and it didn't even take 1st place for the day it was released. I decided I needed to focus my time on making money and providing for my family. I have made a few more Flash movies and games over the years and mostly kept those offline. Each year (mostly) I make my family a Christmas Defenders game or movie. I just watched "Tarboy" the #1 movie here all-time. It was okay, definitely great quality art and voice acting. I wouldn't write home about it though. Can anyone recommend anything more bad-ass that is a top-tier movie here in the past 12 years?

I am looking at MAYBE making a comeback. What program is the best these days for animators? Flash seems to be more and more becoming obsolete. Are Newgrounds artists using Patreon and getting some decent donations these days? Thanks for any helpful answers.