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[TTA Episode 001]

Pretty good for sprites

I have one question; what is the track playing when Alpha first meets Flamey? My nostalgia is failing me!

Normally sprite things are done badly and look terrible when they do, but this is really good work!

[Mr. T Vs Unicron]

So so funny

At first I thought this was going to be really bad, but I took it on its merit and found the thing as a whole very funny. The graphics were so incredibly cheap it was brilliant (a rarity), and the sound was pretty good too. The cast seemed almost randomly picked; Kramer and the stick, thumbs up. And the Tenacious D fusion was genius.

[Rage, Episode 1]

A little disappointed

The file size is massive, leading me to believe it would be much longer. Somewhere you will need to compress something to bring it down. The animation was OK, and the overall graphics were pretty decent, but everything else was a little suspect. Personally I could have done without the "walking loop", it got tedious. Perhaps for that section have the character moving slightly up and down in the centre, while the background gradually gets lighter from the left. This will convey the sense of a longish walk without looking repetitive. You've got the beginnings of something pretty good, but it wasn't quite there yet. Keep at it by all means though.

[The Artifact]

very bizarre

I like the backgrounds a lot in this work, and for a first animation the drawing wasn't that bad. At least it wasn't stick men. The actual story/plot was to me incomprehensible. I'm giving you the benifit of the doubt and will say that was your aim.

From a style point of view I think a couple of film scratches would have really set this off, but you can't have everything, eh? Good work; you'll only improve as time goes by.

clevelandsteamer1 responds:

Thanks for the comment, I 100% agree with your film scratches advice, and actually thought about putting them in, only I got kinda lazy. Good advice, good critique, thanks.

[LetterWarz]

Hey, pretty good.

Quite amusing how the beginning bears relevance to the rest of the animation. It is clear to me you have a good eye for flash because of the quality of the opening scene, but I felt the second half was a little static; the characters didn't really do a great deal in the dream, and people can get pretty energetic in a heated argument. I haven't really seen spongebob before, I think I might have to watch some now because I found the exchange quite funny. Good stuff.

[The Gayest Showdown]

Too...funny...

So it takes the piss out of the Ultimate Showdown. It's still really funny. The animation was done badly really well (if that makes sense), and the singing was bizzare. Well it made me laugh.

[Blockhead: Episode 6]

I still don't get it.

This Flash left me very confused. Am I right in thinking you are striving to create the epitome of random? If so your job is pretty much complete. Good score for being well-animated and, well, I don't know why because it's SO RANDOM!

[Super Retarded Dog #001]

Surprisingly funny

Stuff political corectness. That was hilarious.

[Theoden, Horsemaster]

All I wanted was a sandwich with eggs...

AND HAAAAAAAAAM!!!

Surreal humour at it's best.