You nailed it man!
Reviews for "The Crystal of Zanthar"
CroMagg responds:
<3!
Hot diggity! You blew some of this animation out of the water. The 3D light/explosion effects were a welcomed touch and just looked really great without popping out too much! Really great work here1 Can't wait to see if this is going anywhere..
CroMagg responds:
Thanks! It's a wonder what you could do with a little paralaxing! I def would love to continue the story. If I get into the next round I'm going to try to pick up where I left off. Hopefully get more story and characters more fleshed out.
|"I'm looking to continue a single story from start to end. "
That's cool. I want to see you go far because of that. Really interesting idea.
I really liked this! Woohoo! Heheh. Oh, to be more constructive, I just think everything flowed together very well. I liked the design and the music and the look and feel. Good job!
hrm. not bad! I like the backgrounds. HOWEVER, thinking as a writer, i find that the music is too busy and inappropriate to the mood, and the guy should not be smiling in that situation; it's grave determination he should be comveying, with a bit of snark, unless I'm missing something. Also, the animation does not match the lovely background enough for them to work well together. change one or the other to better match. i would suggest changing the animation style to match the backgrounds a tad. ;)
CroMagg responds:
Thanks for taking the time for the review!
Yeah, looking back after the rush of making something complete in a short-ish amount of time the music is very cluttered to me as well so that is something I'm looking to change up if I make it into the next round. And if I have enough time this round I'd love to smooth out the animation more. I was working in anywhere from 12-6 FPS where i usually work in 24 so it's a bit choppier than usual.
You actually nailed a huge misstep in my plot as well. Looking back I didn't want the prince (blonde main character) to be happy at the end there. I put that expression kind of as a place holder and wanted to go back and make him look concerned, confused, and angry. Regardless of me getting into farther NATA rounds I'm going to continue the story line and re-polish this animation with a lot of the critiques everyone has been saying and that's very high on the list. Hopefully it won't confuse viewers in my future animations for this story.
Sorry for the novel, thanks again.
Cheers!
-J