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[Safeway - The Flood]

EH...

Overall: 3/5 : 5/10

Audio: 5/10
Animation: 5/10
Plot: 6/10

The Audio was rather basic and for the most part, not enjoyable. The Store's BGM (or Elevator music as I call it) was fine but bland, but the watery sound effects was far too loud and over all too compressed.
All other sounds didnt seem to fit well with the rest of the sounds either..

Theres two halves of this Animation that I would like to talk about here.
On one half, the Animation itself was scratchy at best, let alone there wasnt really much animating going on throughout the entire duration of the flash except for the water running which, although is hard to draw let alone animate, it really let down the overall quality of the flash. The humans movements were staggered and unrealistic.
On the other half, the Quality and depth was really good, and really the only reason why the Animation score got anything over 2/10.
It seemed quite evident that you took actual photos of the store and the location and just drew over them to achieve that good quality and depth.

And finally, Plot, Its a clever story line, but it seemed that you were trying too hard to make funny moments, like the employee in the break room, or the fish at the deli. Both of which were funny though, but I couldn't help but tell that it could've been done better...

Overall, I'm not sure how this even got on the front page of NGs, but it seems that as of late, Less than Par front page animations seem to be getting it sadly.

Keep working at your animating skills, you have potential to become quite impressive.

veyn responds:

Very helpful advice, thank you. I need to practice animating flowing water.
Most of the flash was rushed right before the day it was due, thanks to my crappy planning. I should have taken more time to work on the fine details.

[desert.]

ehh..

overall: 3/5 : 6/10

Audio: 7/10
Animation: 6/10
Plot: 6/10

I'm not really sure where to start with this, so i think ill just go from the most noticeably annoying part.
"water...... water...... waaaater" yes, we get it, a stranded man in the desert would obviously be looking for water and or shelter. making him say it over and over again is silly, seeing as people dont exactly talk when stranded and are looking for water as opening your mouth will dry it out.
some of the sounds you used were decent and wernt noticeably compressed, however it was the way you used that which ruined them. most sounds have a small amount of background noise or white noise, this is heard a second or even half a second before and after the sound has played. This was the case in this animation, I've heard of some people adding in a quite white noise just to cancel out the noise that comes with the sound.

The animation was full but wasnt well rounded, meaning, you gave a good sense of space, showing a single lonely figure in a vast open space.
Some of the characters movements were far to juttery or sudden for my liking (like when he fell to the ground when he got to the tap)
And the biggest thing I noticed was that nothing had any shade to them. only the character cast a shadow on the ground, but nothing else had any shadow or had any form of shading too giving a lack of depth to the entire flash...

Plot wise, It's very interesting. finding a pretzel tap in the desert would be rather annoying and all that, but the story feels... lost.
You have given us a guy thats in the desert with no explanation as to why or how he got there. I'm aware that alot of animation's just do these sorts of thing for fun and that it is what it is. but I cant help myself but still ask.

As far as the story for the flash goes.
there isnt one, theres a guy in the desert who finds something that it isnt. the end.

Keep up the good work, try to work on an attention to detail, smoothing out your animation a bit more and remembering your shades and shadows.

All in all, this really shouldnt have been on the front page.
but thats what happens these days...

TimeWasted responds:

I appreciate your thoughts and criticism. I am inclined to believe you missed the point, however. It was supposed to be sort of like an animated one to three panel comic joke. A short, absurd joke. It wasn't supposed to be a three act story or plot, just an animated joke. It was originally slated as a collection of six shorts, but I am instead going to release them all separately, I think. I don't always put shading in characters, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, but that's just my stylization. Shading is not a necessity, especially in cartoons. Look at many of the major cartoons on television today and you will notice the characters are simply not shaded, but colored in cells. That's what I was going for with this. About your comment about not liking the repetition of saying water-- have you considered the effects of dehydration, complete isolation, etc. on someone's brain? Oftentimes people in such situations talk aloud to themselves to keep sanity, or as a result of insanity. This talking was also used for expository purposes. As for sound, I used a built in mic on my laptop, 'cause I have no actual sound equipment, so it was all sort of DIY. There is also quiet white noise, called desert ambiance if you listen closely. The character model used [as well as some of the animation] was from over a year ago, before I had read as much as I have now on animation theory, so I couldn't do as much with it as I could if I was to start anew, but I didn't feel like starting all over. So, I agree the animation isn't top notch. I liked the suddenness of the fall, though, personally. Again, thanks for the criticism and hope my comment clears the air on it a bit.

[An Animation Revolution]

quite informative!

Overall: 4/5 : 8/10

Audio: 9/10
Animation: 8/10
Plot: 10/10

The excerpt from the Go Animate! thingy wasn't compressed noticeably and held its "quality" your voice acting was fine as well.
What let you down was the lack of BGM to add some depth.

The animation itself was rather good too, however the only thing you put effort into was your character and a little bit of time into the Go Animate dude.
Also, a lack of a better background kinda of ruined your score a bit, howeer I guess I can see why it's the way it is, thanks to Go Animate!.

Plot-wise, was enjoyable and perfect in every way I can possibly think you, your message was clear, concise and you even gave reasoning as to why it shouldn't be used.

All in all, this is a good animation.
Well worthy of the front page.

[MvC3: Dante]

very nice

Overall: 4/5 : 9/10

Audio: 10/10
Animation: 8/10
Plot: 9/10

The audio was very nice and clear, the BGM was simple but effective.
Voice acting wise, it was superb, every character had a wide diverse and unique sound and there was a high level of quality.
Consistency of sound quality was also quite amazing.
Excellent job there.

The Animation was very high in detail but lacked.... an actual animation, most of the time it was whole layers (Like an Arm and hand) that moved ever so slightly, this style of animation although visually appealing is (to me) lazy, you sept the time upholding the quality but barely any of it using it.
The lips were nicely synced however and when thing's did move, they moved well and without any 'sticky' bits.

Plot was superb, a little dry/boring as nothing else went on except for this chick talking, but it was humorous non-the-less.
A nice little twist wouldn't have gone astray mind you, although it would have been guessed right from the start.

All in all, this is a high quality flash, and nothing short of what I expected from you and whilst advertising MVC3 (unlike some of the other less perfect ones)
You did a very good job and should be happy with the result, as a nice little future reference it would be handy to pick up some slightly adopted animating techniques in order to give your flash that 'animated' feel, otherwise it's just talking pictures with moving mouths and eyes...

Definitely worthy of the front page.

[Animating Boxes at 3am]

Very interesting...

Overall: 3/5 : 7/10

Audio: 7/10
Animation: 5/10
Plot: 10/10

so the Song was very nice, and this and that and and and... although you didnt make this song... the use of the word 'And' really killed the song...
A lack of ANY other sounds kinda reduced the score by a bit.

The animation itself seemed very half-assed, when throughout the majority of it was poorly-drawn stick figures and some of it having some effort put into it like at the very end.

Plot wise, VERY compelling. It makes me glad to be a musician rather than a pen-pusher.
You chose an excellent song to animate.
in the end, the message behind the song and the animation makes this worth the front page, but the quality of the animation isnt really worth the front page.

[Bigger Fish To Fly]

meh... >_>

Overall: 3/5 : 6/10

Audio: 4/10
Animation: 5/10
Plot: 7/10

So I really wasnt too impressed with the sounds or the music....
So where to begin I wonder...
The BGM didn't seem to suite any of the scenes or scenarios, ontop of that it was way too compressed and as a result your BGM became very unattractive and annoying.
The Sounds that you used were also just as overly compressed as the BGM but they didnt blend at all.
Sounds that suddenly start and suddenly stop are very shallow and dont add the depth to your animation...

Which brings me to your animation.
It's not bad, for a FBF-Based Animation. but plenty of room for improvement, the biggest no-no you did was that you used a small image for your background and stretched it far too much, Resulting in severe lack of quality and defined edges.
when the TNT in the water exploded raining water down on them, the way you drew the water exploding and the rain falling as a result of it could have been done better.
The Paintbrush tool is useful for something's but should NEVER be used for others.

The plot was very simple but nice, Fox wants food, bird takes food etc etc... albeit's a little confusing as to why the bird decided to cause trouble for the foxes...

Overall, its not a bad flash, very mediocre. However this really isnt the thing for the front page.

[Chuck vs Alfa]

umm.. I... uhh

Overall: 4/5 : 9/10

Audio: 8/10
Animation: 10/10
Plot: 10/10

I'm completely lost for words...

That is all...

[The Facebook Poke War]

Punch = Poke?

Overall: 3/5 : 7/10

Audio: 7/10
Animation: 7/10
Plot: 7/10

Alrighty, So the sound in this, well.. the music as it were considering that's pretty much 95% of the sound we get in this flash, was well and truly over compressed, The poor quality almost made me stop watching all together.
Also, a lack of other sound's makes the flash seem shallow.

The animation was at parts really smooth for an FBF and in others, there were no inbetween frames when a 'motion' happened, I cant help but wonder if this is just your style of animating so I havent really voted you down for animation fluidity.
The Quality of your animation was so-so, the body-stance, facial expressions and aspect ratio size for each character and their limbs, hands, head etc was spot on.
Everything looked perfectly proportionate and good, the quality of the flash was a little bit sketchy but im guessing that this was a bit of a rush job?

Plot wise, well, it was clever although a little confusing.
Perhaps theres some sort of inside joke because I cant see the resemblance between poking, and poking with a cannon?
I dunno, but it was a clever kind of flash none the less.

Overall, it's a pretty nice flash, very light and comical for all the right reason's, the BGM suited (kinda) although it's a big shame that its been compressed to all buggery.
This is pretty much front-page material, but only just.
Congrats!

WooleyWorld responds:

Yes I like the stances and proportions I do. I like the semi cartoon but keep it slightly real look.

Thanks for the very long thought there.

[Xtreme Coffee Action Set!]

Very nice

Overall: 4/5 : 9/10

Audio: 9/10
Animation: 10/10
Plot: 10/10

Sound quality was superb, although when the hardcore music came in, it sounded a that bit distorted or compressed, that was honestly the only thing that dropped the score.
The voice acting was perfect too.

The animation was consistent, graphic ( ^_^ ) and overall perfect, I saw no clipping or blemishes at all. truly a real animator.

Plot was simple, effective and funny.

Simply one of the best animations I have seen, I highly regard simple but effective animations.
You held your consistency and the quality was noticed.
All in all, excellent job!

This is well worth the front page.

(This is my 100th Review!)

BillyNapalm responds:

Thanks for the great review! You have keen ears, my friend, as I have no real knowledge of sound and basically crunch the crap out of my audio so it doesn't peak. I'm sure there's a much more delicate way of handling sound, but my tiny mind just can't wrap itself around it.

[Grizzly Bear Man]

Interesting

Overall: 3/5 : 6/10

Audio:N/A (Music: 7/10)
Animation: 7/10
Plot: 5/10

Due to a lack of any Audio content apart from the music, I have rated the sound based on the song.
Let's just say, I prefer the sound of my dog barking at passers by on the street.
The song was alright, rather repetitive.
But what really got to me about it was both, the Lyrics and the amount that the song has been compressed.
I understand that it's a rather lengthy flash but that doesnt mean you should have compressed your song that much, especially why its the ONLY sound based medium in the entire animation...

The Animation itself was okay, nice-looking scenery and all that but I have no idea why, in some parts the little scout doesnt move and rather appears in a different position all of a sudden, or he's very sketchilly moving back and forth like Mr. Game&Watch...
I did however, like the use of various Fonts for each of the characters.

Plot wise, It really felt like as if you tried hard to come up with something, made it up as you went along and got bored somewhere in the middle.
A song that the only thing keeping in time is the repetitive tune.
An animation that doesnt know wheather it want's to be fluid, smooth, FBF or Sketchy.
and a plot that appears to be made up on the spot...

I kind of liked this, but at the same time, I really didnt...
I guess it's one of those things where you watch it once and you walk away remembering only the good things about.
Not sure if this one is worth the front page or not, I'm very much on the fence with this one.

So good work, you succeeded in boggleing my mind.

imjeffhip responds:

Yeah I started to run out of time to animate, so some are more fluid then others which I should have keep it either or instead.