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[A Sore Splat]

Nice work

Just a little unsure if this is your own work, as it says it was created by Doc Frankenstein and that's not the name of this new account, despite the name apparently being available.

The artwork is good, complete with the lazy flapping of the pigeon's wings. Hardly an in depth study, but it's so true about the way those little bastards fly - they shouldn't be able to, frankly!

The musical arrangement for the flash was nice, sounding a little like a proper 1920s silent movie, but brought to us in glorious colour and slapstick. I loved the way that the face of the young lad changed so subtly and yet so effortlessly.

This flash could quite easily escalate into something much bigger, as the proliferation of arms between small children and pigeons grows steadily out of control. Cue the kid with a shotgun, as the pigeons call in a cow to dump on his head.

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lessfame responds:

Hello, Just want to make sure I clarify,
My name is Franky
Frankenstein, is me! This would be my work. Thanks for your comment.

[LL - Hammer]

Decent movie

A bad workman always blames his tools - you should have directed him to the Where is / How to forum on the NGBBS :P

That shameless plug from me aside, you've come up with the old cliched plotline of the wild goose chase, which works well in this incarnation. I liked that Carrot kept hold of his hammer for shits and giggles, as it's a neat twist.

The animation and the artistic style used was neatly drawn and the only issue with the animation in itself is that Wine never tended to move fast enough for my liking. Sorting that out might have given a better overall impression of the flash.

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Madanimation responds:

Meh.
And thanks : D

[LL - Quince's Party]

Too simple

So you decided to make a second Legion movie to submit on Lock Day. Surely you've had all year to come up with two flash that would suffice, rather than this, ahem, effort.

To be honest, if you wanted to make this a prpoer party, give Quince the microphone and have him make some sort of speach to the gathered locks before breaking into dance. You could explore all sorts of effects with the disco ball, for example and of course the movement of Quince himself.

I've managed to give you these ideas with only a few minutes of thought, it shouldn't have taken you much longer than a week to produce a quick little flash like that. I'm glad that it didn't continuously loop the 'Jackass Party Boy Song' ad infinitum, as that could have gone way too far.

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Madanimation responds:

Meh.

[Skate Something ep.1]

A little basic

There is a little of the skills that you need to provide decent flash movies here - good quality sound mixed with average quality animations. Next what you need to do is come up with a plotline and you'll be on your way toward something better.

Just showcasing a few tricks on a skateboard isn't really much of an animation. Why not come up with some sort of graphic, telling us what these moves are called? That would at least give us an education on the dynamics and terminology of skateboarding.

The length needs more of a boost as well - more tricks and perhaps a skate-off between two rivals could certainly improve the piece beyond recognition!

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sistem69 responds:

yes the graffics idea is awesome thanks. and its basic because its my first flash.

[A Thousand Frames]

Needs more

I hope that this project ahs shown you how you need to draw more frames to slow the animation down and smooth it out a bit. The way you were with some parts of the animation, it moved far too fast for my liking. This is where frame-by-frame animation gets tedious, I'm afraid.

When the world turned into a gumball, I'm not sure that you really needed to tell us that it was a gumball, before it was bitten. Maybe make it so that the jaw clamps around it, chews it for a while, then blows a bubble, for instance.

Still, you've gone some way to learing the skills that you need, I'd reccomend that you work on making a definative plotline for these things, just to keep it all in perspective.

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blackcat2000 responds:

Yeap, it sure has shown me that fbf is tedious :P
The gumball thing is actually a pretty good idea... not sure why I didn't think of it... Oh well, that's what comes of rushing my drawings!
A plot is indeed much needed. For my next animation, there is and will be a plot... no worries :)