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[CoolJaw: P.S. IIII-V]

Some typos, but still an excellent chapter

There's not much to be said about this one that hasn't already been said.

It's still, of course, somewhat hard to follow if you haven't seen the previous ones, but I have, so it's not a problem.

The story is dark and still makes me want more. It's engaging, and if this were a book, I'd be sucked in the moment I opened it.

Your style, as I've said previously, is very cool and fitting to the story of this flash. It's sort of sloppy, and pretty rough. The colour scheme you use enhances the feel of fear, sadness, and makes the entire series much more tense. The music you use has the same effect.

There are some typos, and it's important that you try to avoid these. See if you can get someone to proofread it for you before you post it. Here are some quick ones I saw, or lines that could be improved:

You see them don't you? all died at your hands
Add THEY before "all died at your hands".

You'r not? Why because you killed as a soldier?
This should be "You're not?", instead of "You'r not?".

But the things you've done will follow you always
I think a better way of putting it would be like this:
But the things you've done will forever haunt you

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Celx-Requin responds:

Hello,

Thanks for the review I'm gonna change that second mistake you caught.
Although the first one was meant to be like that...

Hope you catch the last one!
Thanks,
- Celx

[Fate's Apprentice]

I don't really like Aerosmith, no.

A very good attempt at animation, but some pretty vital flaws remain.

First off, you need to increase your framerate. This was simply far too low, and the animation was not smooth at all, it seemed more like a slideshow. It looks sort of like you used Windows Movie Maker, and pre-drew the drawings in a program. Of course I might be wrong, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't increase the framerate.

The story of the flash is, however, one of the better I've seen. It's very original, while it keeps true to fairytales of old, to some extent. It's original in the sense that it's not something you see animated on Newgrounds a lot, but the story is not too unusual. Apprentice looking up to master, tries to copy it, and then... stuff happens?

The choice of music wasn't really that good. Not because I don't like Aerosmith too much, but because you should instead add voice-acting, and maybe some ambient background music, as well as better SFX. The little amount of SFX you had in the flash felt out-of-place, because it was so scarce.

Graphically, your drawings aren't too bad, but they're a bit simple. You want them to look sort of realistic, but lack the detail to do it, so it doesn't look as good. You should either practice your skills, or decide on a simpler style of drawing. Either way works out. I'm not taking into account the quality of the film, as you explained that issue, though I'd like to see a better version.

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EKublai responds:

Thank you, your criticism has been duly noted.

[DailyToon #427]

Awesome music

Great choice of music

Blazingwolfe - It's a rough life.
retrosmash - Lupus IS funny! =D

TheStarSyndicate responds:

do you have lupus?
3

[DailyToon #425]

Juxtaposition appreciated.

Neat stuff.

ThreeStar - I would prefer not to suck a Cheetah(?)'s dick.
MrScriblam - I do care.

TheStarSyndicate responds:

"Suck a llama's shitty asshole!
Suck a panda bear's spermy nutsack!
Suck a sloth bear's bootyhole!
Suck a greyhound's musty ass, mothafucka!"

- Wesley Willis

[DailyToon #423]

What a sensual voice

Someone should go for a career in voice acting.

I liked your play on the american Idol series, and the originality of the rest. Oh, and the final clip was a great way to end the show. Good stuff, guize.

TheStarSyndicate responds:

cuz i dont wanna miss a thaaa-ang,,,,,,,

[Time To Start]

Oh, I helped protect this!

I gotta say, I love Blue Man Group. I really like your take on them. It's really simple, with minimal animation but really cool animation with the text.

Graphically it's not incredible, but I really, really liked what you did with the song lyrics. The robots were okay drawn, nothing incredible nor special, but they looked like what I'd always thought of as a robot, what I'd draw as a kid and so on. Just, much better.

I liked how you used the robots to animate the first two movements. Didn't like that you got lazier with the more complicated movements, which really seemed like you simply got lazy and wanted to upload it.

Not much more to say. A fun lil' music video.

thenewbies responds:

Cool. Thanks for the review! Now movement number 4 was intentionally left out, since I felt it was a funnier way of ending the Flash, with an impossible pose. Movement 3 was originally pretty cool, but I acted like an idiot and forgot to save anything before I got a little teensy crash on my computer.

[Duality Complete]

This is what I like to see

Wow, really. Seems like a lot of time and effort went into this.

Graphically speaking, this is a great flash. Your drawing style is awesome, and I really like the amount of detail you put into it. It's not overly much, but just right, especially when you get the overview.

The story is short, but it's... I don't know, deep. The clash of two completely different worlds, the materialistic and industrialized robotic world meets the natural and peaceful primitive world of nature's spirits, all due to a flower of sorts that appeals to both sides.

I'm not sure they fight or embrace, but I like how you turned the two into yin-yang. Symbolic and deep, absolutely.

Your choice of music was excellent, and really made the flash move along and flow much better.

I'd love to see it less blurry and in better quality. If you could, I'd love to see that, but if there are technical limitations, I completely understand.

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Weenog responds:

Thanks for the review man, the fact that your not quite sure if they're fighting or embracing eachother is actually a good thing, and is how i intended it to be (see my comment below)

Ive noticed how its actually an interesting way to test someone's way of looking at things. if they see love or hate or both. or if they see destruction or creation or both...It might tell you something about that person.

If you'd like to see it in better quality you can find a link on my profile that will direct you to youtube version. Take care & thanks again.

[Dailytoon #422]

Not the best Dailytoon.

The intro is great, as always.

Didn't really care for jarjarbinks3's submission. Made me dizzy, and I didn't even like the music. Really loved the art in dantbee334's submission though. Not sure I get the message though. Does he mean that anyone using AS3 are fags, or that he's using AS3, and you're a fag because you probably don't?

TheStarSyndicate responds:

it's a dailybee reference but i don't really get it either so it's ok
-3

[Gangsta Gangsta!]

A big meh

Well, it's a Clock Day flash, it shouldn't really be too good.

You've come a long way since this. Or maybe this was just a rush job, I haven't checked out anything else you did from back when you made this.

The standard clocks are in here, sure, but the talk animation (the little diamond shape over the head) looks real bad, compared to what it usually looks like.

There's pretty much nothing to say on graphics, as all you've done is use pre-made clocks, with images that have been cropped poorly. There are no backgrounds, except for a few pictures.

Audio-wise, sure, cool song, and I gotta say, I liked how you "changed" the lyrics.

Other than that, there's really not that much to say. If you'd spent more time on it, it could've been pretty cool. Yo Clock Crew Raps could be a pretty cool concept if you put more time and effort into it. But as I've said, Clock Day flashes aren't really about effort and quality, but about protecting as much as you can.

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PatriotClock responds:

Haha this was made after the other flashes submitted. It was made to look shitty as if it was made in 2001. There will probably be more YCCR, possible this year. <3

[FutureShock]

Not your best work

The graphics in this flash are decent. Then again, the clocks are pre-made, and the backgrounds were really simple. The tin foil hats were actual tin foil hats copied into the flash, which is okay, at least you did good with the lasso tool. I guess that's what you used. I haven't opened flash in a year.

There was a lack of music, but that didn't really matter. It only annoyed me a little in the scene after he runs away from DNA Clock (?) and jumps, it left a gaping hole in the audio aspect of things. The Speakonia voices were easily understandable.

The plot... well, it was boring. It's a joke I've read in multiple comics before, and it's not funny any longer. The ending wasn't too bad, but it was okay, I guess. You could've done something more with it, and it seems like it was ended a bit prematurely.

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PatriotClock responds:

Thanks