Score: 6

"A nice little animation"

submission: Transmutation - My first!

date: 6 hours ago

This was a pretty cool animation. Usually beginner-submitted flashes on this site are of a very poor, scratchy quality, but this was different. I enjoyed the way the lines seemed very carefully drawn and frame-by-frame animated - it reminds me of the way I made flash when I was a beginner.

Some ideas for improvement for you - add colour and music. This generally makes flashes much, much more appealing and interesting to watch. Even if it's this sort of random animation, it really helps. There was a lot of empty space around the edges as well; try to keep your flash at the size of it's content.

Another idea is to up the frame rate, which is located in the Properties window in flash (it will be set to 12 FPS by default). This will make all animation run much more smoothly, though the flash will be quicker so you might have to do more - it will be worth it though.

Good job, I hope my tips help you.

Score: 9

"Abstract"

submission: super happy fun life

date: July 2, 2008

The thing that struck me most was the colour change at the end - after the dark greys and black and white used throughout, this felt surprisingly refreshing and quite uplifting. I found the rest of the flash to be meaningful and pretty figurative with having read your description afterwards, though I think you need to be more literal - the storyline was quite an abstract one, and some dialogue between characters could make the whole thing flow together a bit better. Not that the storyline was at all bad - just hard to interpret on seeing the flash alone.

I found the MSP song a bit too upbeat for the black and white part of the flash; maybe some more atmospheric and ambient music such as Aphex Twin or Brian Eno (or, you could try The Cure or Joy Division if you want a real band as opposed to electronic music) could have been more appropriate here; though I though the song fitted quite well with the colourful ending. The animation was great, in your typical wobbly style.

9/10 - needs a more coherent plot, I think, but your current direction is great in terms of style and animation.

Score: 9

"it is a house"

submission: Nipple Clamps.

date: March 25, 2008

Oh wow, wasn't this a spectacle. Worth the wait.

I reaaaally liked the sketchy style this has, and the changing colours helped a lot to that effect. The music was the choice to make for this flash (even if it weren't snayk), bizarre and brilliant, and fitted in with the animation and stuff well.

I think there needs to be a little more of a plot though (don't take me wrong, they are lovely experiments), your cartoons seem a little TOO abstract. Maybe introduce a few characters.

I decided to write this review hazier than my others, for a change.

Score: 9

"Stylishly abstract"

submission: Neon Bible.

date: March 6, 2008

You pulled this off fantastically, the music syncs with the animation so well and I loved the basic green line art you used to great effect. The frame-by-frame explosions went well together with both these aspects, and I thought the 3-Dimensional shape animations were well-suited to this sort of thing. All the sorts of things which give this a computery theme - the green on black, the abstract shapes, the coding at the beginning (AS 3.0?) make this really stylish and brilliant.

Your choice of music is great as well; a really tranquil, ambient sound combined with the slowly-pounding drum beat makes for a well-suited background noise, and allows for lots of different elements in the flash to sync with.

My only qualm with this is that it could of been longer; I realise animating takes a long time though, and what is here is beautiful and serene.

Very well done, favourited and fived, lovely piece.

Score: 8

"Really brilliant"

submission: <HERO>

date: March 2, 2008

I loved a lot of the effects you used in this movie. The filters worked so well - all the blurs and glows combined with some great animation were a strong point of this. My favourite bit was where the car crashed down onto the man - the slow-motion and then the drop was pulled off really well, and you really got a feel of the weight of the car.

The music was a good choice, though maybe you could of changed the song and varied it up a bit, it felt a bit repetitive being on throughout the whole animation. I also thought you could of included more sound effects - possibly voice acting? It would have made big improvements.

One aspect I had a qualm with was the people; your drawing style is a bit under-developed, I think you need to study the human figure more, particularly the head. They weren't terribly drawn or anything - just a bit simplistic. Your animation, however, quite makes up for this.

So 8/10, I hope I've given you a good few points to improve on, and well done on making a long, enjoyable piece!

Score: 10

"Terrific"

submission: SuperTank

date: February 24, 2008

I've waited for ages for this to come out, and the finished product is excellent! This deserved a far better score. The graphics were absolutely brilliant - slightly in the flathead style of Paladin - but ignore all of the reviews saying it was a complete rip off of them, they still retain originality. Coding was awesome there Snubby. Great work both of you! 10/10.

Score: 10

"What a brilliant parody!"

submission: Bambee

date: February 24, 2008

Nevermind being brilliantly animated, this was hilarious stuff! Absolutely awesome. Nothing I can think of to improve whatsoever.

Score: 9

"Very nice!"

submission: Newgrounds Pass 2

date: February 24, 2008

I liked the overall experience of playing this: the music works really well and you used the level icons to good effect. The actual questions were easy enough without being completely obvious (though I only got up to the MorrowDays one!) and I liked all the various NG-centric ideas (such as the angry faic, though it didn't shock me since I knew it was coming :D). Fived.

Score: 10

"Fucking brilliant"

submission: Anusboy

date: February 23, 2008

Your animation style reminds me strongly of Terry Gilliam from Monty Python, absolutely brilliant. I loved the bizarre plot of this, as well as the ambient music and ridiculous voice acting. Great cartoon! 10/10.

Score: 10

"Lovely"

submission: Silence world

date: February 22, 2008

I really like the ambient, depressing nature of this. Your use of only black, white and grey made this distinctive, and the music made this emotive. The lack of real action or dialogue didn't matter. A very well done, looking forward to more from the author.