it took many hours and some hardcore hacking, but i’m proud to say i did this all by myself, with the help of google, xda/cyanogen/droid forums, and big ups to this guy for the sweet gimp python script (animated gif to individual png frames!).

here’s a link to the bootanimation.zip, if you want to try it on your phone.

my phone (your mileage may vary):
htc g1
cm recovery
cm 5.0.7-ds-test3 w/ hotfix