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[Little Fighter Alpha Ch.9]

im sure someone else has suggested it but

i think you should look into getting one of those virtual camera things... the one that moves around with the characters and zooms in and such. i mean you're pretty limited with just using sprites so i think having another element would make it much more enjoyable to watch than just a still zoomed out shot...
go ask around on the forums. im sure you'll find one. i know im looking around.
4/5

-crepth

MaxR responds:

I'm currently using some camera works for Ch.10, you should check it out when it's out! Yeah i too noticed the static camera view for my fight scenes and thought of using some camera work, but it's too late by the time I realized that.

[Circuit Skirmish 2]

awesome. very smooth

the fighting sequences were very smooth. you should have a greater change of scenery though. i think thats one thing that makes fight scenes interesting to watch. that and the interaction with the scenery.
if there's one thing im not fancy about is the main character's design. he just seems really short and stocky and doesn't fit with his swift movements. idk... maybe you could consider him getting an upgrade or something. just so design and movements match better.
5/5 this should be higher on the weekly best.

-crepth

Falconer02 responds:

Thanks! I made him very basic/blocky so he looks like the exact opposite of perfect....kind of a battered up prototype robot.

[Monster's Dream]

wow that was really impressive.

the music and style of backgrounds really gave a cool feeling. just the angles you chose and everything were great. really made the viewer part of the animation. the design of the whole thing worked out great. but you should work on the animation of the character. he seems like a sheet of paper because of the shapes he makes when he turns. he looks skinnier at a profile view than he would judging by the front view. just little things like that that look a little bit unnatural... even though it is a dream XP.
5/5 great job and thanks for the extras it was really interesting.

-crepth

animatorjones responds:

no you are right, dream excuse asside the monster could use some fine tuning on the flatness front, inside and outside dream animations :D so ill definitely work on that. as for everything else thanks so much! glad you enjoyed the extras too! great review

-Jones

[Bitter Bill]

six 'n a half months in vain...

this wouldn't take that long if you knew how to make a flash swift-moving and enjoyably quick. there was a lot of stuff that probably took a long time to animate and just ended up boring the viewer. you have some parts that look natural but overall there are laggy movements and shrinkage with the character. also the character designs limit what you can animate with them. the humongous feet and tiny arms just look kinda stupid. so i think timing and character design are two things you need to work on. visually this just isn't that captivating.
3/5

Slackman responds:

The problem is that when you're working with little dialogue and given all the time to animate, you tend to just go overboard. Anyway, thanks for the advice and I'll be sure to work on it.

[Crows' Life Episode 3]

wow this is some great animation!

almost all of the animation was perfectly smooth and understandable... but i think you have the opposite of what something say Pokemon would do, which is lots of standing and no body movement, meaning you have too much body movement with not a lot of talking. you need less unnecessary body movements, it'll just look more natural.
but seriously this is some of the best animation, particularly dubbing animation, that i've seen on NG. Awesome job. can't wait till the next one.

-crepth

Toonimated responds:

yea, I'll try making them talk more and moving less. I'll get more animation done with less effort, yea, sometimes they overreact, especially the first dialouges xD

[CoreyStuckInPurgatoryVII]

hmm

big fan of the series. but this was a little disappointing, i know every series has to have a plot section where it's quieter and i think those help the story but this wasn't as good as the others in my opinion. also perhaps you could stray away from using as many photo backgrounds as you do. it has a weird contrast to your style of cartooning.
despite all that, you still get a 5/5 because its awesome.

-crepth

dnzTV responds:

i really really want to say that there are NO photo backdrops.. EVERYTHING is done by hand.. EVERYTHING. but hey thanks anyhoo :)

[Outlaw pt.1]

uhm

yeah i didn't even watch the whole thing it was that boring... you need t speed things up and animate better. that demon's voice is also really crappy. just work on animating more and a faster pace.
2/5

-crepth

BiffTheTimid responds:

You didn't watch the whole thing? Wow, you're an ass.

[Billy.]

meh~

this was really boring for me, i read some words and saw tweened shapes. the only fun part about it was pressing space. i respect if it's about a brother or a friend or something, but this is just what i think about the animation. good choice of music though
2/5
-crepth

Fion responds:

Haha, you have A.D.D.