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[2 years of animation]

Sweet.

Let's get right down to it, shall we?

Graphics: Truly amazing in some places. Not so good in others. I averaged this out as a seven, albeit, a high one.

Style: Despite the graphics varied from average to awesome, the quality of the animation was consistent throughout. It was all linked nicely together, pretty much seamlessly. Great work on that.

Sound: The song was great, it was synced well with the animation and fitted quite a few of them too. Excellent choice.

Not particularly funny, I doubt it was meant to be.

Overall you get an eight. However, this is purely on an aesthetic basis. Watching this, I felt inspired. There is some abso-fucking-lutely brilliant animation in this, well worth a watch. The eight I gave does not demonstrate the sheer majesty of some of the art and animation; nor the creativity.

Sorry I can't offer much by way of constructive criticism, but you don't need it anyway.

Excellent Job, this is a favourite.

It was mildly violent in places, nothing hardcore. Meh, who really cares.

You only had a play button; no replay button. You only get a five for this. A scene selection screen would have been nice.

LaserKarl responds:

Thanks for writing such a long review, really nice of you :)

Thank you!

[Stickman fight nonsense]

"Nonsense" is the word.

I expected as much from the title. Anyways, here's what I think:

Graphics were...well...not very good, to be frank. You clearly had an idea, but it seems you didn't fulfil it. If you have a stationary bacnground, I'll always suggest using the line tool to make it.

Style wasn't terrible. Nice opening - made me expect more than what I got though. If you're doing sticks, animate on a higher fps - it was pretty jittery. Try 18, then move onto 24 (if you feel like it).

You had appropriate sound effects where ever they were needed. Got a bit repretitive though. Add music next time.

Violence...well, there wasn't much. I'll just give you a 3.

Humour: None here.

Overall, a 4. You're clearly geting to grips with fbf animation - it's a good start. However, it felt very random. You might've pulled this off better if the stickmen had been fighting ot interacting with each other in some way. What it seemed to be was you practising animation by making sticks to random things. Heck, that's great. I learnt to animate that way.
Try animating sticks doing normal things, then put a basic character design over them on a separate layer - that way you'll progress your animation.

Nice start but a long way to go.

1/5

Whitechair08 responds:

Wow, thanks for the honest critique. All the time spent watching and writing are appreciated. I agree with your crit 100% . Nonsense is the linch pin in this short. Your words and time are appreciated!

[Stick Antics]

Oh gosh!

That was brilliant!
The graphics were overly simple (not bad though), but you are using sticks.

The style was mind-numbing. The way the stick moved, the stick's physics - amazing. Very smooth, very fucking smooth indeed.
Sound: Coral. 'Nough said.

No violence, so the 0 is self-explanatory.

Interactivity. You get full marks here. Not only a snazzy preloader, but a replay button AND links to various sites. Nice.

Humour: 7. This was an enjoyable romp. A simple idea superbly carried out. It made me giggle inwardly and raised a smile to my face.

Overall: 8. If you want a pleasant way to spend half-a-minute, watch this! Graphics whores: shit off. This is purely for those who appreciate fun and good animation.

The simplist ideas are the best, eh :D

Snubby responds:

yup, they sure are. If only I wasn't so lazy I could have made it longer and gotten a better score.

MUCH THANKS AMIGO!

[Mecha Duel]

Excellent.

But parts of it must've been rotoscoped - it was very well done.

Damn, wish I could fbf like that :D

5/5.

StephenRedmond responds:

Thanks, man, but none of it was rotoscoped. If you think about it, the most difficult bit was the freefalling, which I couldn't possibly have rotoscoped, so why would I trace the easier bits? :P

[Lightning FBF]

lucky you, my 110th review

Making lines move around the screen is old news, if u like fbf try making a simple char and then animating that doing something (fighting's always good). You seem to know the jist of fbf (some quite sylish parts) so it shouldn't be too hard for you to build on this.
More than lines next time please.
1/5

Death-Con responds:

Ok, thanks for the review *salute*
:P