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[CoolJaw: P.S. IIII-V]

Suspense

Now the series definitely comes to an end. I know I said that before, but you have a great way of story telling. You take the pace out of the story just at the right places (some chapters earlier), but it never feels as if the story wouldn't advance or if you wouldn't know how to continue.
The flashbacks for example are vital to understand the storyline, yet they don't advance the story any further. They make certain things more clear, yet they tell nothing about how the series will continue (and this is what I mean by saying "taking the pace out of the story without making it boring").

Anyway, this part really creates suspense and I can't wait till the hopefully action packed final chapter is released.

I like the way how you put more narration in this part, it helps to understand what is going in the story on a lot.
Also I am yet again amazed how you always manage to find songs that fit your story perfectly, really good work on the musical selection in all the chapters so far. :)

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Celx-Requin responds:

This review made my heart melt...

I think everyone following the series from the beginning is gonna be blown away by the end...

Thanks a million for all the reviews,
and I hope you'll comment on the last one!

Sincerely,
- Celx

[Bahamut's Bday Card]

Happy Birthday!

A very nice flash for our favorite blue dragon. Bahamut turns himself into human form to go dancing in a discoteque. I never knew until know dragons had this ability.

The idea with the personal messages from various users is very nice. Too bad I'm not very creative, or else I would've come up with something better. Sorry Bahamut. ;)

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ThePigeonMaster responds:

Thanks man. Bahamut really loved this flash :)

[CoolJaw: P.S. III-V]

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Very short part again, but this time the story is advacned further (even though not that much happens here). I had some doubt regarding how you want to tie up all the loose ends in the story line, but somehow after reading this chapter I have a feeling that you will indeed answer all (or almost all) the questions that are left open now with the remaining chapters.

You build up a very good cliff hanger here. "Do you know what the 'Sculptor' does with the organs? No? Good, believe me, you don't WANT to know!" <- Maybe Simon is right about that, but as a reader of this comic I OF COURSE want to know what this is all about and I'm sure we get to know this in the remainging chapters.

One idea I had when reading this chapter: Maybe you could add some sound effects. Sure, it's a comic and comics usually don't have sound effects. But a little "click" sound and a "BANG" sound would fit in really well in those two panels where Simon kills himself, I think.

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Celx-Requin responds:

I can promise you this much, when you find out you'll be like wow damn...
The next chapter is really long but I should hopefully be done in a couple of days,
(I'm working on it right now)...

Thanks,
- Celx

[CoolJaw P.S. II-V]

Drastic change

A very short part which again leaves more questions open than it answers.

I liked the change in style here. The bright colours and the melancolic, yet somehow relaxing song fit really well together. This part really stands out from the other parts because of this drastic (yet fitting) change in style.

Maybe it was a little bit too bright though. I get that this is supposed to be some sort of flashback, or some sort of dream sequence, so the bright "filter" in front of the panels is a nice choice, yet I think it should have been a bit more transparent.

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Celx-Requin responds:

I concur...

Thanks,
- Celx

[<blank> (0m41s)]

Animations and sound fit together

The song really reminds me of "Brother John" (or "Frère Jacques"), at least the beginning notes of it.

I think you've done a good job animating to this song. The movements on the screen fit pretty well to the song.

However, I didn't like the wobbly effect of the lines. Reading through some of the reviews I think some people like this effect, others don't so I guess it's up to you if you want to continue using this effect or not. ^^
Anyway, I don't like the effect as it easily looks as if not much effort was put into the animation.
Now I don't want to say you did not put effort into this flash, but the "wobbly effect" always leaves the impression for me a flash artist didn't care too much about how the flash looks. So that's why I don't like that effect.

Overall it's a very nice flash that fits really well to the song you chose to animate to.

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Surn responds:

It looks like some like the wobble effect and some don't. One could see the wobble effect as more "natural" as opposed to perfect straight lines. But still, you make a good point. If people are split on the wobble effect then it probably isn't worth the effort to incorporate it.

Thanks for your input.

[The Beast Snacks 1]

Nice flash

This is a very good flash. It has quite a big filezise, but the wait is sure worth it.

The story is very funny and even though you jump straight into the action in episode 1 it's still quite easy to follow the storyline. You have found a very good way of advancing the story without annoying the viewer with a too long introduction.

The graphis are very nice most of the time. Sometimes it looks a bit too sketchy (for example in the fight scenes), but I guess that's just the style you want to present this flash in.

The voice acting was done in a nice way. All the voices are very fitting to the characters. But sometimes the voices are too quiet, so I had to turn up the volume.

Later on - when the statue awakens - there are sometimes some static noises when a character speaks, as if the recording was overpowered.
I don't know if this just happens for me, though. I had some issues with my sound system lately.

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tacobuttfish responds:

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it, I really enjoy your reviews as they are informative and help with the production of our next project, hope to see you back!

-Taco Buttfish.

[CoolJaw: P.S. I-V]

Good, but the menue needs some work

Others have adressed it, but I too think the menue pages are taking overhand, which is a real pity. You should try to think of a better solution (maybe just one menue page with links on it).

Anyway, the pacing of this chapter is pretty good. I like how you jump straight into the action after the phone call and my favorite picture is the one where the cop kicks in the door. I think this is actually the first picture in the whole series where there is one character seen during an action (other than walking and talking of course). This is really nice and I hope to see more "action packed" pictures in future chapters, as they add a lot of atmosphere and suspense to the story.

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Celx-Requin responds:

There will be a few surprises,
this is the last act after all...

Thanks,
- Celx

[Jossos Stickman]

Short, but nice

A very short and quite random flash.

The animations look quite good here, and the hat is drawn in a very nice way.

For a flash you did just for practicing reasons it turned out very well. Of course the story doesn't make too much sense, but we can see that you have talent animating the stick figures.

But as the genre "stick figures" already is overloaded with many submissions and it's hard to come up with something that really stands out, I suggest you try to develope you drawing and animation skills further to come up with submissions that aren't stick animations.

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jossospro responds:

worry not. Im no fan of stick figures either. this was just the practice of animating some characters. My other animations are too short to submit, and take too long to finish.

[Shark Black: Demo]

Good

A pretty good movie. Again, I like your style. It's very dark but it fits to the stories you create.

Just like Coop I think you should shorten the "running scene" a bit. It was too long winded and in the first half of the scene the background was very straining for the eyes.

Also, you really should put in subtitles. I only could make out half of the dialogue because it was whispered the whole time.
Another problem with the whispering is, that you can't really whisper the "hard sounding" consonants like "p" or "t", As a result those consonants where sometimes spoken too loud, which doesn't sound too good in my ears.

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Celx-Requin responds:

Hello,

See Coop review response.

Thanks,
- Celx

[Sky And Earth]

Needs more work

A short flash. The joke is indeed funny, but the voice acting needs more work. Especially the edit on the first line sounds very strange. Sounds as if you added the word "fly" to the file where you said "I'm going to".

The graphics could use some more work as well, they look very rough. I think you just need to practice a bit more and you should be able to create decent graphics soon.

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up-a-notch responds:

i did ad fly because i forgot and got lazy to record it again for some reason!