Score: 8

"thought provoking"

submission: Break of War

date: June 14, 2008

this was definitely one of the more interesting flash moves i've seen in a while. the message i got was a bit different than Lancekatre got from this - i saw this more of an analogy, in that we are to bombs, what balloons are to sharp objects (in this case, light bulbs).
the art was ok. the clouds are ALMOST great - i think you went a little overboard with the filters. the lighting also seemed a bit too contrasting. you should make the colors a bit lighter, and a bit more like the color of the cloud itself. shadows are never pure black - they get color from ambient occlusion. there's an art "tutorial" online that might help you out with that: http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tu t.htm#light_stuff

regarding the art of the last scene, with the balloons...i really, really didn't like it. the balloons seemed too...for lack of a better term, "noobish." the gradients were amateur, and after spending so much effort to give off a sad atmosphere, that's all i could focus on, was the gradients. it really took away the atmosphere. soften up the color so it's more orange, to fit the general lighting scheme, and don't make them stand out so much.

the animation itself was ok. there wasn't a whole lot of it, but what was there served its purpose fine. the only thing i thought looked a bit off was when the bombs were first being dropped. it's hard to explain, i guess - it just looked "off."

other than that, the movie was pretty good. the message was interesting and the way you presented it was great - it gave people room to interpret it without being way too vague. great job!

Score: 7

"a little bland, but otherwise ok."

submission: Watch Out Obama

date: June 5, 2008

people seem to forget that this space isn't for political commentary - it's to review the flash itself, regardless of the artist's opinions or what-have-you.

the art was very clean and pretty stylish, although it could have done with some more color. it didn't hurt my eyes, though, so it served its purpose. i think you went a little overboard with Hillary's accent, though. the voice quality was crisp and, other than the fairly annoying accent, it was perfect. i think the funniest part of this was Hillary actually pulling out a rifle, but other than that, the humor was pretty bland. political jokes can only go on for so long before they start getting stale.

you obviously have talent - i've read for blog for a while now, and it's really interesting, the way you create these. i think you should move on with the political jokes, though, and do something different. just looking at the titles of your movies, i see 6 that are related to politics.

Score: 10

"that was genius!"

submission: Chuck's New Tux!

date: May 27, 2008

i would have given you 9 stars, but that ending took me totally by surprise. just because you (or your friend, rather :P) managed to be unpredictable, you get an extra star.
the art in this was pretty much great, but not amazing. it was fairly basic, but it wasn't too minimalistic to the point where the lack of detail was annoying. it could have used a bit more, but i understand you were on a deadline, so it's all good. the animation was amazing, though! it was fluid and it looked spectacular. i loved Chuck's twitching at the end, and his barfing was pretty funny. his voice was only a little annoying, but it's not because of bad sound quality (it was perfect) or bad voice-acting (also pretty much perfect), but rather just because of his character, which was charming at the same time.

all in all, a perfect short. great work!

Score: 10

"O: holy fucking shittytits, ben!"

submission: Wake Up/Good Morning

date: March 13, 2008

sir, i am truly jealous of your amazing muzak skillz. i've been using FL Studio for years now, and i've yet to come up with something so coherent and amazing.

the only thing that bugs me is the slightly drawn-out intro, but other than that, it's perfect. you should make music for a game or something O:

Score: 2

"urgh."

submission: Vinny B : Friday Night Delight

date: February 18, 2008

paraphrase: "i like fucking girls lololololol"

maybe make something original?

Score: 9

"amazing!"

submission: DJ Runaway - Acid Stab

date: March 20, 2006

i was checking out your stuff after watching Timefight. i'm sure glad i did. this song has "boss battle" written all over it!

acid stab is one of the best songs i've heard on the audio portal, and that's saying something, with the comptetition from paragon and all them.

i use FL Studio 5 as well, but i'm nowhere near as good as you. the rhythm in this flows perfectly throughout the song, and that calm part in the middle-ish ties it all up, perfectly, by helping to emphasize the more hard-core parts in the rest of the song.

i'm definitely downloading this. and i'm gonna check all your stuff out (: amazing.