About

The Tournament of Flash Artists is a yearly competition of animation ability and quality using Adobe's Flash animation program. The contest is held on the Albino Blacksheep Forums and is hosted / organized by Munchy Media.

The goal of TOFA is to encourage creativity in it's most original form, while also helping animators to exercise their strengths with time limits, competitors, and completely original content creation.

The competition pits animators against each other through scored Rounds where the animators have a certain amount of time to complete their entry. Entries are scored by a panel of judges in Five categories:

  • Artwork (5 Points)
  • Animation (5 Points)
  • Originality (5 Points)
  • Structure (5 Points)
  • Entertainment (5 Points)

Points from each judge tally up to a total of 25 possible points. With four judges, the total points possible for an entry will be 100 Points.

Prizes each year are determined by donations through the flash community. To date, about $650 in prizes have been awarded, with both competitor numbers and prize amounts growing greatly each year.