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[Partners in Mime]

I loved this, great work.

[Gigi]

I missed the Debut! I wanted to see it the moment you uploaded it and be the first vote : <

Anyway, like I told you before I love the Gigi aesthetic. The colors have definitely grown on me since the beginning, as well as the character designs. The dark purples really add to the creepy vibe. The motions, as well as the character movements show you've got some good Frame by frame going like I've said before. I liked the gravity when Golly jumps down from Gigi's shoulder is really nice and bouncy.

Extras were a nice touch too. I don't see many flashes here surprisingly that display concept art and sketches, even alternate auditions by voice actress. I can tell a lot of heart went into this mate

Good work : >

Budj responds:

Thank you kindly! Yeah, there were no tweens in this. I dunno if people noticed or not lol.

[Twiple Twouble]

I remember reading the comic book back in the day for "Triple Trouble." It would have been cool to see some of that graphic novel acted out, but you put some effort into this and at least referenced Nack the Weasel for old times sake. Some tips on the animation, maybe try fewer textures for background art, too many can get kind of distracting and messy, but the right amount looks cool. Also Dr. Eggman or "Robotnik" as he was referred to in the comics could have used a few more mouths for lip sync.

Keep working on stuff. I think you can have some good f x f going for future submissions. Maybe get a bit more creative with the jokes, instead of the more overused "Sonic games suck now" ones.

[Pkmn: World of Chaos Ep 8]

I missed the debut? Damn sleep! I need to seriously cut down on that!

But anyway here's my review... repeating what I said before like Budge mentioned

Let me start by saying you really heightened your scenery and backgrounds for this episode. The detailing of objects like the photo that fell on the ground, rain outside the window, background art like signs, gave the flash an atmosphere, making the world seem more real too. That got my attention and it also displayed the hard work you put into this flash. This is usually a huge problem for sprite animators, making most things look like an incoherent google image-fest, but you made custom backgrounds which look like they could actually be from the games. Congrats think you got the idea of an ambient setting down.

For the vector stuff, I think you will learn to improve on as the series progresses, and I think it is good to practice different styles.

My favorite part was Amira's flash-back, living with her relative. I thought the spriting there was a nice touch for some reason.

Well done. :)

teejay-number13 responds:

Thanks, people might not realize it but I got sick of scouting locations from existing Pokemon games so I started making all of my own from tilesets.

Yeah, sleep is a huge waste of time. Actually, I got a lot finished on this because a few days ago I went like 36 hours without sleep. Not because I made myself stay up, I just couldn't sleep.

[Link's Special Attack]

The animation wasn't bad. Phantom Gannon was draw well although I think the "ghost" flames could have been done a bit more interestingly than just a bunch of rotating balls, but the motion and art were surprisingly fluid for someone who has only animating for 3 months. Nice job.

The humor on the other hand I wasn't all that crazy about. It fell into the category of "typical minute long sketch" with the type of self aware observational humor that goes like: "Wait are you going to that? There is no way that would work, you look dumb doing that.." followed by the punchline "Oh fuck you did that." All pretty predictable, and I found it a bit pointless. But at the same time it wasn't completely unenjoyable, and I'm sure people will think the animation style helped your joke, and they might enjoy your timing as well.

All in all you have some good animation skills and I hope you continue to improve your writing, and maybe making your next comedic short stand out a bit more from the rest. Hope I wasn't too harsh either, and gave you some advice that you find helpful.

[The Moon Guardian]

Overall good effort but a dull experience.

Pacing in the character movements sort of bothered me. in the beginning, you had what was suppose to be a very dramatic scene, but the way the characters moved, talked, even blinked was awkwardly mixed with the context, almost as if it was meant to be a comedy. This sort of deshuffled the flash a bit, even while the script was functioning on a higher level than the other art. Not to say the art was bad, but it was blandish and fell somewhere between a naive color pallet and trying-but-not-knowing how to be dark. Like a Disney channel cartoon meets an dark fantasy-R.L. Stine book(?) This I believe was also transferred into the story-- bluntly being subtle became overly bland. Therefore interacting with the characters became difficult, and what should have been you conveying who they were with little dialog characterized them through the animation as dimensionless.

It seems like you found someone who can write dialog, but try listening to the story better and find your own style among countless other forgettable fables that reflect something worth saying, inspiring a different tradition than good vs evil every single full moon. Critical it may seem, but good for a child's drama not a serious one, which I believe was trying to be attempted.

Nice music, voice acting, sound effects otherwise.

Tyler responds:

Sorry there weren't enough ninteno sprite rip-offs for you.

[PKMN World of Chaos Ep 7]

I can tell you guys, that Teejay is committed to this series and it should be something to follow. Especially with the constant improvements, as in my opinion, every episode is better than the last. That being said there are different kinds of episodes, ones which progress the plot, and others which are more erratic and action filled. This one, to me has both and didn't have the feeling of a "Filler," which is what I like about the series. And there are always surely to be tiny cosmetic errors with coding and flash, just as sure there will always be people eager to point them out. The important ones are the big ones, which are mostly taken care of. Anyway I hope you continue to improve the series. For anybody that is a fan, I did a little art piece tribute of one of the scenes, you can find in my art section or here: http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/eastbeast/does-this-make-me-look

[Missing Mushrooms]

Really creative. The inventiveness of the trolls was hilarious. I didn't expect much at first but I came to enjoy the animation. Good work

[Stainville Episode 2]

At first I missed the old animation because of how hilarious the character used to look, although now the improvements made it into an entirely different comedy in a great way and they are still hilarious.

I'll take one of those You've just gotta believe shirts now

Alpha-Nuva responds:

those shirts cost like, 20 bucks. until we can get a cheaper deal, idt it's worth it. and they only come in white.

[Goldeen Loves Guitar]

Then animation was tasty good. Especially the way you paid homage to the episode animation but added your own thing. :) At first I was confused why the camera was on Goldeen while they were talking for so long but it had a cute punchline. The Jack Johnson line made me laugh and reminded me of a friend I know.

Dim the lights is a cool effect on this, I should do that more often while watching flashes, great work :)