things that can and never should

hi ^^

i finally finished my first bootanimation and i thought i’d share ^-^ let me know what you think.

so far i’ve only tried it out on my nexus, but if there is demand for other sizes (g1 for instance) make a request, and i’ll get those whipped up as soon as i can.

here’s a preview:

fill 'er up [cm6 bootanimation]

fill ‘er up [nexus one] {480×854@18fps} http://hotfile.com/dl/65728966/4dd590b/bootanimation.zip.html

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