David Brown (born: January 5, 1995), better known online as Phantom Arcade, is an American YouTube animator who is best known for being the animator and one of the art designers of the 2020 video game Friday Night Funkin' and his guest appearances on OneyPlays.
He has also hosted major animation collaborations on Newgrounds centering around fan-made short films for properties like Super Smash Bros, Final Fantasy VII, and Dragonball Z.
Background[]
In 2001, David watched an animated video known as Stickmen on Crack. After watching this, he was inspired to become an animator on Newgrounds and ended up producing a number of animated shorts. David ended up uploading a handful of the animated video game parodies in 2017. These include such videos as Kappn' Gets Smashy (Animal Crossing parody) and REBIDENT EBIL (Resident Evil parody). He also makes his own original animations, such as Brad n Dan Amiibutt Unboxing and Get Creamed! Trailer.
OneyPlays[]
In 2019, Dave guest starred on the channel known as OneyPlays. He appeared in "Oney Plays The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker," and "Oney Plays Resident Evil 2 (2019)," "Oney Plays Devil May Cry 5," and more. His notable moments involve life stories, such as how he was fired from McDonald's for eating on the job, and his banter with fellow Newgrounds artists Chris O'Neill and Cory "Spazkid".
Trivia[]
- In 2020, he, musician Kawai Sprite, game developer ninjamuffin99 and fellow artist evilsk8r collaborated to make Newgrounds game Friday Night Funkin'.
- Dave has hinted to not being straight multiple times during past livestreams on Twitch. However, his sexuality is currently unknown.