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[A Demon Tale]

Artwork is well done.

Everything that Alone in the Dark said in his review below is exactly how I feel about the piece. It is a shame that the end felt a bit rushed. I remember being told that a piece is only as good as it's worst flaw, and the worst flaw in this was that run with tweened arms and an odd humping motion. The beginning and end of a film are the most important parts, and the end didn't quite do it for me either. Still, I went on too long on the negative points. Your film overall is very well done, I'm just a real animation hound as opposed to just admiring the illustrative value of flash.

Good job.

Stryda responds:

Thanks for your review.
See my reply to AloneintheDark cause I dont really feel like repeating myself.

[Journey Is The Destinatio]

in the properties at the bottom, choose stream.

with the frame selected, choose 'stream' in the properties box at the bottom. The default is 'event'.

As far as visuals go, I just don't see why people don't challenge themselves here. If you're in college, you should at least be old enough to comprehend how much appeal there is in a walking stick man.

anagoge responds:

Thankyou for the stream hint. I shall now go about fixing it.

As for sticks, I must point out that this is my first serious attempt at a Flash animation and as such, a stick is all I'm capable of currently.

[Martial Arts Marmotte]

Needs work.

It doesn't matter what tool, 2D, 3D, or stop motion . Basic rules of animation apply to everything. I couldn't find one thing to this that developed the character, developed a coherent story or used animation as a story teller. I mean, You even had two ice blocks pass right through each other! The biggest 3D mistake you can make. Don't worry about all the fancy renders. If you want to make great animation, then focus on that.

There was nothing to grab my attention either. Marmotte looks around, starts meditating on an iceblock. immediately cuts to him flipping over an iceblock 'later that day'. bird grabs him. the end.

Coherent stories or jokes can be made that play out in less than 10 seconds. Run your ideas by friends and family and get them to make suggestions. You honestly will become better that way. You can't analyze your own mistakes when you don't know you're making mistakes.

Good luck.

Super-Blackball responds:

that was wave not an iceblock

[Story 3 - Mysterious Cave]

Attitude Adjustment

You need to learn to grow up. People have opinions for a reason. Don't post your work up if you're afraid of those opinions. Your art is lookin really good and have a confident line, but you're not going to be able to hold a job for any longer than a week or two tops if you treat anyone with less skill like they have no worth. There's no room for an inflated ego in this industry, Mr. Arshad.

Nocturnal-Devil responds:

well maybe you didn't know that these aren't the ones i use for work. these are the ones i draw in my free time just for fun.

[Stanley & Clarence Ep. 1]

Nice effort.

Granted the characters are simple but you don't need complex characters to make something good. it's all in the writing. For this though, you should try for more subtle humour or off the wall completely wierd humour. The sauerkraut was a step in the right direction.

SuperDuck-Spanjj responds:

i liked the sauerkraut too :P yeah i think ill make the humour a bit more random in the next one, thx for the advice :)

[FBF 6 Season 2]

Mongolian was the only worthwhile one

The rest are shoddy, at best. I loved the smooth animation and used the fire explosion to great effect. That right there grabbed my attention and forced me to watch the rest. If Mongolian wasn't the first one, I would have shut it off.

Maxwell-FA responds:

So should I take offense to that? Listen, we make flash because we love it, and nobody like you or anybody else is gonna stop us with your downings. Stay sic.

[RvsG2 - The Reckoning]

pretty nice animation

Granted Naruto is an awesome show, and you chose well for the music. The attempt at an entirely one dimensional plot that so obviously runs along the same vein as Naruto was a big groaner. Your animation is coming along well, just, the whole build up to the fight was unnecessary, it actually detracted for me. The time could have been better spent in backgrounds or experiments with your animation. Still, very nice work, keep at it. I hope to see some frame x frame work someday.

Spookey-Mulder responds:

I'd love to do frame by frame work... But I'm not very gifted, I'm working on it though.

I'm making another movie that's entirely action based without the plot stuff. I think it'll be to your liking when it's done... though I'm still a stupid tween idiot, I even went to a 50 fps to make my animations more worthy amongst so many fbf geniuses. thanks for the review

[sonic movie madness1]

good effort. Lots of work put in

I can see tons of work put into this. If more time was dedicated to the writing aspect though, I ( and others, I'm sure) might have been able to sit through the whole thing....

RogerregoRRoger responds:

writing? There was no writing in it, only a bit typing for the subtutles..

[Mrs. Oni Period 1]

You should listen to Daddy

There's a good reason he doesn't like it.
There's a good reason I don't like it either.

You get the fisheye!

zeppelin-man responds:

???? I don't know what to say.........really....?