Score: 7

"A good start to animating"

submission: VG Ball

date: June 19, 2008

Let me start off by saying that I did not see that ending coming. The ball looked pretty good and had some nice animation going....but this was more a sprite movie than anything else. I liked the concept of a ball just going around doing whatever and messing with video game characters and then having them chase after the ball.

For one, the dialogue you had in there I couldn't really understand and what I did understand it wasn't very funny. It sounded like somebody just behind the mike doing voices, not the characters talking if you get what I mean. And some of the music clips seemed out of place(they went by too quickly and just didn't mesh with the movie).

The sprite animation was really smooth and nice. What I would say is work on your own drawing skills so that way you can combine the sprite animating with your own drawings ( the Tankman series is a good example of that). I think good things will happen if you head in that direction.

Just keep making stuff man! You have potential. I stuck around to watch the ending of the animation so it has something to it! You also have a pretty good score. Just keep making stuff!

Score: 10

"Very Good"

submission: There She Is!! step3

date: June 5, 2008

You really had a tough act to follow with this one. Step 2 is one of my favorite animations here on newgrounds, so when I saw this on the frontpage I was pretty excited.

I gotta say, you guys really have some excellent animation going on in this. The plot line isn't as good as step 2 but I think that is because you have split this into two animations. You allude to plot that will happen in the other one in this(especially near the end) and that's why I think a small part of me feels a bit empty because I hate cliffhangers. Ha.

Also, this one felt more random to me than step 2, and that was probably the only aspect I didn't like. But that is more of a style preference rather than a real criticism, I still loved the animation.

It's gonna be a tough 2 month wait.

Score: 10

"That was awesome!"

submission: 2 - The Story of Khale

date: May 9, 2008

I have to say, you really managed to suck me into your movie. Everything in this movie was just excellent and made me want to see more. I went back to watch ep1 right before this, and I knew you had animation skills, but you really put them to use in this movie in such a compelling manner. I loved it.

My one problem was the voice acting. it just didn't work for me. At time's it was too soft, and it's quality just wasn't up there with the sfx/music/animation. It felt amateur compared to everything else.. Also, the acting for them also took me out of the movie, it didn't feel like the characters were talking, but more people behind microphones were talking, not the characters talking to each other within the movie. I didn't buy the vocals, that's really it. Maybe just a better microphone would do it, or better actors.

Everything else was really well done, therefor the acting couldn't really hold it back. And way to end on a massive cliffhanger, it hurts, IT HURTS. I eagerly await episode 3. Take as much time as you need and don't rush it, cause now you have massive expectations!

Score: 8

"hmm"

submission: Final Fantasy: Veiled Wind

date: March 6, 2008

So I know this song from the DS version. I really liked the beat you had going at the start. i would never have expected that for this song. I felt that the main melody was a bit too slow once it started and I didn't like the sound(the synth) that you used for it at first.

Around 2 and half minutes though you have a nice arpeggio style line going on while the melody is playing and it worked really well. I only wish you had better sounds/synths to work with because overall the sounds aren't that interesting.

Still, I enjoyed listening to it, and enjoyed the rhythmic beat it had. Cool job.