Alan Becker

Alan Becker
Born 1989 (age 28–29)
Dublin, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality American
Education Columbus College of Art and Design
Occupation Web animator, YouTube personality
Years active 2006–present
Known for Creating Adobe Flash animations and YouTube videos
Notable work "Animator vs. Animation"
"Animation vs. Minecraft" (AVM)
"Animation vs. Youtube"
"AVM Shorts"
Internet information
Web alias(es) noogai89
Web hosting service(s) Newgrounds, YouTube
Website alanbecker.net

Alan Becker (born 1989) is an animator from Dublin, Ohio who is best known for creating the "Animator vs. Animation" series and its spin-offs "Animation vs. Minecraft" (AVM) and "Animation vs. YouTube" (featuring many well known YouTubers) on Newgrounds and YouTube.[1]

Career

In 2006, at the age of 17, Becker posted the video "Animator vs. Animation" to sharing site Newgrounds, where the video quickly went viral and led to it being re-uploaded on various media websites. Becker almost sold the exclusive rights to his animation for $75 but decided against it; heeding the advice of Steven Lerner, owner of Albino Blacksheep. Later he discovered that this animation was uploaded to the site Ebaums World without permission (for which the site was infamous of re-uploading other people's content without the creator's consent). After Steven Lerner used this as evidence in a legal battle against Ebaums World, Becker accepted a $250 payment for use of the animation. However, following a change of heart, he returned the money and had the animation removed.[2]

Atom Films persuaded Becker to create a sequel after the success of his first animation, so he created "Animator vs. Animation II" and, after multiple requests, created "Animator vs. Animation III" before moving on to work on other projects. In 2007 Charles Yeh offered to make a game of the animation and after looking at his impressive work Alan agreed to collaborate with him. Becker intended make the third iteration the last in the series, stating that he "wanted to make sure that no sequel could come out of that" by ending the video with a blue screen of death, as if the computer is dead and the animation series could no longer go any further. But he has stated that his animation teacher had inspired him to continue on YouTube. His fourth video, "Animator vs. Animation IV", received over $11,000 in crowdfunding on Kickstarter.[3]

Becker has recently created works related to the video game Minecraft such as the video "Animation vs. Minecraft"[4] and a world map based on the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro.[5]

Becker also created a series of "how-to" videos regarding animation based on the "12 basic principles of animation" which was uploaded on his secondary YouTube channel "Alan Becker Tutorials".[6] The most popular video on his channel is Animation vs. Minecraft, which has more than 101 million views.

On November 21, 2017, Becker announced that he was working with Insanity Games to create a card game based on his animations.[7] The estimated release date for the card game is in May 2018.[8]

Starting on November 18th, 2017, Alan Becker started making new short Minecraft animations due to the fact that Animation vs. Minecraft receives more attention, beating Animator vs. Animation as the most viewed video on his channel.[9]

On June 30, 2018, 09:44:52 EST, Animation vs. Minecraft reached 100 million views on YouTube, along with a video showing the upcoming spin-off, Animation vs. League of Legends.[10]

Awards

In 2007, "Animator vs. Animation II" won a "People's Choice" Webby Award.[11]

Filmography

  • Pink Army (2004)
  • Animator vs. Animation (2006)
  • Animator vs. Animation II (2007)
  • We Are Corn (2010)
  • If Water Had Eyes (2010)
  • Animator vs. Animation III (2011)
  • The Burger (2011)
  • Burger Box (2012)
  • Stick Texting (2012)
  • My paper crane flew away (2013)
  • Lumin (2013)
  • A Wild Pokémon Sighting (2013)
  • Revolt TV Animation (2014)
  • Revolt TV Animation 2 (2014)
  • Animator vs. Animation IV (2014)
  • Chairbending (2015)
  • Stick Texting - A Whole Conversation (2015)
  • Animation vs. Minecraft (2015)
  • The Story Of Love (2016)
  • GreeNoodle (2016)
  • Animation vs. YouTube (2017)
  • AVM Shorts #1 - The Rediscovery (2017)
  • AVM Shorts #2 - The Building Contest (2017)
  • AVM Shorts #3 - The Roller Coaster (2018)
  • AVM Shorts #4 - Potions (2018)
  • AVM Shorts #5 - Note Blocks (2018)
  • AVM Shorts #6 - Command Blocks (2018)
  • AVM Shorts #7 - PvP (2018)
  • AVM Shorts #8 - The Nether (2018)
  • AVM Shorts #9 - Villagers (2018)
  • AVA Shorts #1 - The Virus (2018)
  • AVM Shorts #10 - The End (2018)

Video Games

  • Animator vs. Animation Game (2007)

Notes

^ AVM means Animator vs Minecraft, and by this analogy AVA means Animator vs Animation.

References

  1. ↑ Schechner, Sam (June 22, 2007). "The Joy of Sticks". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Becker, Alan (June 3, 2016). "The Story of Animator vs. Animation - 10 Year Anniversary".
  3. ↑ "This Animated Short Film Makes A Stick Figure Come To Life, And It's Utterly Brilliant". The Huffington Post UK. October 3, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Pandher, Gurmeet Singh (December 22, 2015). "Animation Vs Minecraft: New And Latest Video Now Trending". www.thebitbag.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Barder, Ollie (September 12, 2016). "'My Neighbor Totoro' Has Been Recreated In 'Minecraft'". Forbes. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ Allan, Patrick (March 8, 2015). "Learn How to Animate like a Disney Animator with This Video Course". Lifehacker. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ Alan Becker (2017-11-21), Animator vs. Animation - The Card Game!!, retrieved 2018-02-21
  8. ↑ "Animator vs Animation, The Official Card Game". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  9. ↑ http://www.alanbecker.net/introducing-avm-shorts/
  10. ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R089Js4teb4
  11. ↑ "Animator vs Animation II | The Webby Awards". Retrieved 2018-02-21.
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