Sit down, boy. I'm about to tell you a story........

Once upon a time, there was an animation collab. It was called the Sketch Collab.

Now, for more than 15 years, the Sketch Collab, in concept, has always been simple.

Every year (except 2018, for whatever reason), a bunch of animators make a series of short sketched animations that's 5-10 seconds long.

The collab organizer(s) then compiles all of them into one sweet collab with background music playing over it.

For this year, I am the sole collab organizer, as @Ozone had to disappear into the wilderness of the Australian Outback, doing god-knows-what with also-god-knows-what.

After being part of the collab for three years now, I thought I'd shake this collab's tried-and-true formula up a bit, conceptual-wise.

so introducing

!!! THE MOST MUSICAL SKETCH COLLAB YET !!!

This time, the animation will be synced up to the music!

Rather than just have background music play over the entries with little rhyme or reason, I thought it'd make for a good viewing experience to see all the animations have something to do with the music.

RULES

Unless they're actual clarifications, I don't want to see you nerds asking questions unless you've really read the rules!!!!! >:C And I mean, really, really, really read the rules, from top to bottom, every word inside and out, ad nauseam.

1. THE ANIMATION MUST BE TIMED TO THE 120BPM CLICK TRACK

"What click track?" THIS click track.

https://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/3cf3180fe43bdb585563fa79d7d4ae9f

This is an eight second long 120BPM click track. This is also what you will be animating to.

All you have to do is simply make your animation be timed to the beat. That's it! And feel free to approach this any way you like, by the way. Things don't have to look like a rhythm game that strictly follows the beat's timing.

1.1. THE ANIMATION MUST BE EIGHT FULL SECONDS LONG

Nothing more, nothing less. Mustn't be 7.9 secs long, or 8.1 secs long, but exactly eight. Any entries that exceed eight will be trimmed down, and any entries shorter than that will be rejected.

2. THE ANIMATION MUST BE BLACK AND WHITE/GRAYSCALE

Some people added a few colors in their entries last year. They were dealt with accordingly.

I'm kidding. As long as your entry is still predominantly black and white/grayscale, a little color can go in. Don't go overboard, though, or I will personally send you a rejection letter myself.

3. THE ANIMATION MUST HAVE NO SOUND (apart from the clicktrack)

Unlike last year, not even light sound effects this time is allowed, as it will conflict with the music. Sorry, fellas.

PLEASE KEEP THE CLICKTRACK IN THE ENTRY!!! I will use it to time the entries to the music, so it's important you keep it in!

4. PLEASE NO COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL

We're just trying to be safe and we want to put an emphasis on YOUR creations, so try not to make fan-art. Anything that has a lawyer waiting for us is a no-go. This does not include anything indie, unless that "anything indie" also has a lawyer waiting for us too.

5. NO CHEATING

NO TWEENS, NO TRACING, NO ROTOSCOPING!!!

By "tweens", we mean computer-generated tweens, like Adobe Flash/Animate's Classic Tweens. Not literal inbetween frames. Use whatever shortcuts you want, as long as it's not tweens.

6. PLEASE DON'T GIVE US AN M-RATING

Stick to the T-rating, please.

7. DO NOT WRITE YOUR F###ING USERNAME ANYWHERE

WE, no, I WILL PUT YOUR NG USERNAME ON THE CORNER OF YOUR CLIP. Don't worry, everybody WILL be credited. I'm not a hack.

Did something confuse you? Read again. Still confused? Read it again. Grab a dictionary. Read it again.

Any entries that don't follow all the rules will be flat-out rejected

You can however resend your entries many times you'd like if there was an error/adjustment. I will trash your older response in favor of the new one.

VIDEO SPECS

16:9 resolution, must be AT THE VERY LEAST 1280x720.

Use any framerate, but I recommend 24 or 30 FPS.

Any video filetype that VLC Media Player can read is fine.

White background, no color (!!!!!)

We prefer you wait for the collab to come out before posting your entry publicly.

No watermarks. If last year's Sketch Collab was anything to go by, some of you guys can't read.

Ready to submit an entry?

Submit it in the Google Form below!

https://forms.gle/cxMLYiZ7JY46Hjd29

SKETCH IT TO THE MUSIC