paradiddlesjosh's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sprite Tutorial V 2.0]

An okay spriting tutorial.

Tutorials are nice to help beginners, but I must tell you that you are breaking apart your sprites incorrectly. By breaking them apart with Ctrl+B, you leave the background attached with the rest of the sprites, requiring extra work to cut the background out. Instead, go into Modify and select Trace Bitmap. Set the Color Threshold to "0", the Colors per Pixel to "1", in the first drop down menu select "Pixels" and in the second select "many Corners". This allows you to just select the background itself and delete without having to specifically cut out each individual piece.

Now, aside from that, it was a good tutorial, though I suggest adding additional music so that you have many options to choose from as well. :D

-Josh

crazygamer008 responds:

Thanks alot i will do that in my next tutorial my next will have all these things along with buttons sounds make animation across the stage

[A NuklearPowered Rhapsody]

Dude, you've got an animating gift.

Especially considering this is your first Flash ever, I'm going to have to assume that you're already an animator/artist of some sort and decided to jump right into Flash animation. A very wise decision, if true.

Graphics: I loved the custom/edit FF sprites. Sprites are far from original, but they looked good and did the animation justice. A 7/10.

Style: I loved it. There's no way that you're not some kind of animator. All the movements were fluid and you have your own unique way of doing effects. Very useful. A 10/10.

Sound: I love Queen. I just wish it was a little louder. A 9/10.

Violence: None. A 0/10.

Interactivity: Not much, but it's not a game. I usually give this a score based on the number of clickables and their usefulness. A 2/10.

Humor: A Serious animation. A 0/10.

Overall: I highly enjoyed this piece. A great way to calm down after getting into an angry rage with a certain crew on Newgrounds ripping off a certain team of seasoned Flash artists. An 8/10.

All my fives are belong to you.

~Joshy676

NuklearFenris responds:

Nope, not an animator at all. Just a sprite artist.

[Sunday Comics & Toons 004]

Nice.

Finally something with my works makes the front page. Thanks for using my music.

RSQViper responds:

I liked the piece quite a bit and it fit in, I thought, with the collab. It'll be used for at least a few weeks as well.

So, thank YOU for having it!

[SSBM Collab]

Thanks for using my music!

I don't have too much to say about this flash, but let me start saying something anyway:

Graphics: It's almost as good as sprites get. Could be better, as others have said. Experiment with different things like framerate and tween types and I'll bet you could make something that blows this out of the water.

Style: Better than most collabs out there. Seriously. Outside of The Matrix Owns You, TSAH, and a few classics, there's nothing really great on NG collab-wise. Or maybe it's because the Star Syndicate is high on the idea of crappy collabs about buttsex. I don't care.

Sound: You used my music! Only three other people have done it, and you're the only one who used it so far not in a game and using the whole thing. If there's any other music you guys need from me, take it.

Violence: Lots of it. 'Nuff said.

Interactivity: There's a low-quality DVD-style menu and a play button. At least I get to click something.

Humor: It wasn't really funny, but most things with lots of action aren't really funny anyway.

Thanks for reading my review, and there's some pie in it for you if you guys continue to improve.

OMFG PIE!

LilDwarf responds:

omfg it's joshy676 you're welcome :)

[Misplaced Turnabout]

New or not, I find this funny.

And I like that you used my music. Thank you so much for caring enough to download and use my stuff. Please, make more and help yourself to my shares of music. Just don't touch my character themes. Those are mine from now on.

Dily responds:

No, thank you for creating such a wonderful track!

[FFVII: 66 Hit Combo]

C'mon now...

That's an unfair estimate of Cloud. It takes 66 hits from Sephiroth to just KNOCK OUT Cloud, but it only takes 16 hits (Omnislash) for Cloud to frigg'n kill Sephi!

Nice work though.

Michelangelo responds:

i wouldnt know, but ill give you the benefit of the doubt ;P

[C&K Excellent Adventure]

Very cool.

I really liked the music and the animation of the flash. I still can't believe two kids would go to all that trouble for a gumball, though. Still, it probably wouldn't have been so funny if the kid just had a quarter!

Overall, I give it a 5/5. Have some pie!

OMFG PIE!

Quimera responds:

It would be such a sad flash if the had a quarter XD

[-=Alien Hominid Tribute=-]

Heh. I actually got a cheap laugh out of this.

If not for stupid reviewers, this might not have gotten the "Turd of the Week" award.

However, it's time for some stats:

Good things
-Good job getting people together for another collab.
-Sounds were pretty good, they just weren't to my taste.

Bad things
-Animation could've been MUCH better. It looks as though you weren't even trying -- or maybe this is what you wanted it to be. In which case, I'm sure it could've still been better.
-I realize this Flash was just pokin' fun at Alien Hominid, but don't you think this stuff is starting to get old? Sometimes you just gotta grow, dudes.

Hopefully my advice at least reaches you, if not help you for your next Flash. But keep the skull-fuck joke. That was some funny shit.

Starberry responds:

yes the animation was lacking but we were not trying for much here really.

i don't see how our material is more overused than anything you have listed in your favorites :/.

[StarCraft Technomix]

That was pretty sweet.

I don't care what the other guy says. He's an idiot, too -- I'd like to see him get the daily 5th place on so-called "Crap". Great job, the graphics we great most of all. Have some pie.

LegolaSS responds:

hmmm pie :)

[Lj/Habbo]

I like it.

This was pretty good, despite the lack of sync. It's no problem, but if you get a chance, fix it. Either way, you also compressed your file, so good job. Have some pie.

Squenji responds:

I never did compress it, actually. It was a tiny file as it is, so I just didn't think it was necesary, lol. I did try to resync it when it didn't work on my comp by messing with everything and trying to make it look good, then when I uploaded it, to my horror it was un-sync'd again! Next time I just won't mess with it.