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I really liked the way you did the photographs. Plus, Pink Floyd is almost always a good choice.
My only real suggestion would be: When a character is interacting with something, like the dude is when he's running his fingers through his hair, I think it helps for there to be some sort of visual clue that the interaction is taking place. You know, like some of the hair would overlap the fingers, or they would move to track over the curve of the top of the head, or something. It's a minor point, I guess, but it is something I noticed.
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I had never heard this song before (although I do enjoy the Beatles' music). Overall, I really did enjoy this piece, although I find that I must agree with mrpersonguy on one point: the croquet scene. I didn't have any problems with the way the violence was depicted, it just seemed a little out of character with the rest of the flash. I understand that you may have included it to highlight a sort of 'otherworldly' or 'unreal' theme to the piece, but it just didn't seem to fit with the rest of it.
All in all, I really did enjoy it quite a bit. I especially liked the teacup bell in the bell tower. A nice touch. :)
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After I watched this, I went back and re-watched some of your other work so as to be prepared to write this review. Here goes.
First off, I thought the artistic work was beautiful. I could see how you built off some of your previous ideas and designs. For example, the skeleton that puts on the mask and is covered up reminded me of some parts of 'Breath Me.' In particular, I really liked the bit where the stars coalesce to form a figure. Most cool.
The song you chose is AWESOME! I know nothing of the band, so I can't join the debate that I saw in some of the other reviews. Oh well. I'll just reiterate: The song was awesome.
In your comments, you said that you "really need to improve on your story skills." I'm not entirely sure what you meant by that, though. Were you talking about the images and the visual 'story' that accompanied the song? The only thing I noticed there that could possibly be considered a weakness was the literal interpretation of the lyrics that was going on. That's the sort of thing that can work for you or work against you. The only place it bothered me at all was when the song was talking about the words of the demon being like lava from a volcano, and a volcano rose up in the background.
Judging by the rest of your work, I don't think you really need too much help on that area. I mean, it's just a matter of listening to the song and weaving your own story to fit the theme and feel of the music. You've already shown you can do that really well, in 'Opiate,' for example, or in 'Innocent Mayhem" (still one of my favorites).
Anyway, Kudos on another awesome video! It's good to see new work from you on NG. I wish I had been lurking on the portal to help protect this one, but I'll content myself with a '5' for it after the fact.
Author's Response:
Oh wow!! A long review!!! I LOVE long reviews!!! Thank you sooo much!!! Im sooo glad you liked my work!!! I put alot of time into each flash I make!!
What I meant about my story telling skills was that I feel like none of my Flashes have a very good story line... And I have a really really hard time thinking up a story... I guess Im going though a writers block of a sorts... Lol Thank you sooo much for watching all my videos!!! Wow!! I love when people do that! And hardly anybody ever takes the time to actually watch them!!
Im trying to make a style of my own so I guess I do look back at my past flashes and try to make some stuff the same... You know what I mean... Like the skeleton and dead trees and what not... Anyways... Thank you again sooo much for reviewing!!! I love the long reviews! As I said before lol!!
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