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[Cyberangel 888: Act 1/3]

Pretty good

I was suprised at the fact that you had a guy challenge a girl to fight. Back when I was in high school, that kind of stuff would be a sure ticket for the guy getting beat down by any other guys who happen to be in the area. I know there are some tough girls out there, though, so it's not like I'm saying that out of prejudice or anything; I guess it was just the culture.
The most important thing you can improve in your next one is to have all the voices at equal volume, and at a volume people can hear without turning their speakers all the way up. Other than that, you've got some solid animation skills, and I'll be looking forward to seeing you improve.

omegafinal responds:

Well in my experiences, there are some cases where the guy challenged the girl. I've challenged a couple of girls back in college, but it was a playful kind of just knocking to the ground and putting wrestling moves on each other (or "nerd fight" lol). Yeah, it's more of an experience thing. Then again, this story takes place in the far, far future, so things change.

I'll take your suggestions into consideration.

[Anime Tales Ep. 1]

Good try! Keep it up!

I admire your effort, as animation is hard work, and I hope to see more from you in the future as you continue to improve. I hope the advice below will be helpful to you as you grow in skill:
First, I was suprised that, with all the free downloadable fonts out there, you didn't use a single one, but instead chose to write the text by hand/mouse. Using an appropriate font should be one of the first things to consider.
Second, I really enjoyed some of the transitions, such as where the eyes, then the lines, then the girl appears, as well as the light grows to turn the screen white, but many of the other scene changes were very abrupt, which made things look very unprofessional. I think if you would have even added simple fading (such as fade to and from white, blend from one scene to another, or fading to and from black) to many of those abrupt scene changes, the entire feel of the animation might have been greatly improved.
Third, the music also changed very abruptly. It's best to either find a point in the song where the music "rests", or simply fade out the music, and then start the next song.
Fourth, the tale was not clear, and had some plot holes, such as why was goku searching for the girl? How did he find out about her? Why did you say "the next day", when nothing "happened" the first day? I suggest getting the narration proof-read by someone else before you consider it complete, as this will help ensure that it is clear and coherent. Fanfiction messageboards would be a good place to do this, or if you have a mentor, he/she might be a good person to ask for help. Storylines are vital to animation. If a storyline is bad, the entire animation suffers, especially with anime, unless it is something immature like the "madness" series here on NG.
Anyway, that's all the advice I have for now. I hope that you will consider it, as I'd love to see your next flash be a great one. I think you have the potential.

Hatchey responds:

thanks for the advices, they're very helpful:)

[Clayground - Gurtrude]

It's hilarious!

This movie was awesome! Good job on the timing and the claymation. Yeah, the animation wasn't smooth, but it was a cute presentation. Good job! Claymation rules!

BlakTornado responds:

beleive me, it WAS smooth before it was imported into flash... CURSE YOU MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004, WITH YOUR RUBBISH VIDEO IMPORTER!!! lol

[God is God]

Looks nice

I liked how everything was put together in this one. Also, I'm curious how you cut out the silhouette of the dancer like that. Did you use Photoshop's magic wand, or is there an easier way in flash, or did you have to lasso it? I'd appreciate it if you let me know, thanks! Anyway, the music was fun too. I also like how efficient the whole thing was with memory size. It wasn't some huge thing you have to wait around for like other videos. I think a lot of videos could be a lot more efficient with their size. So overall, good job! :)

razorbjc responds:

the bellydancing part was done with rotoscoping. You just import a video of something (embed it in flash) and then trace the image frame by frame on a layer over it with the paintbrush. that belly dancer took about 300 individual frames.