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[Stick Wars]

A blast from the past

Now with this one i like the idea of "STICK WARS" and even though this is an older flash, it still did pretty good, you really did give it that star wars feel so even with sticks it was like i was watching starwars in a stick version haha, so nice effort there, and it does show the effort in relation to star wars, so after watching the movie abit it gave me a few chuckles, now with the green stick scene i thought you could have animated it abit more with his limbs and such, the animation was kind of short almost seems like you could have added more short clips all in one flash to make for a sort of multiple starwars clips of sorts. And last but not least some "SUBTITLES" wouldnt hurt for when phantom is talking. but i did enjoy this, it was entertaining and i got a few laughs out of it.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
For starters you could "ANIMATE" the sticks "LIMBS" more, even have him move around more like into other scenes and such, you could have added more short clips all in one flash to make for a sort of multiple starwars clips of sorts. Now I mention Subtitles only because its not hard to understand or anything but its nice to have for viewers, cause sometimes something might be missed, just a little something extra that will make a better flash and such. but besides that hope those small tips help on this amusing flash.

[Stickman Can't Fight 2]

Random and amusing

OK so i found this one pretty amusing and there was alot of funny moments, the "MUSIC" was pretty kicking, i noticed alot of basic sounds as sound/fx, also the backrounds could have been better most were just white ones the episode here was not too short and kinda flowed along with some decent action and some random humor wich i reallygot a kick out of, maybe you should use smaller "STICK-CHARACTERS" so that you can show more detail in other areas aswell, But anyways a good and entertaining submission you have here, i look forward to more.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Some more details here and there maybe some facial details on the sticks as they fight, and some backround detail could also happen.

guitan11 responds:

check out the latest episodes! i think i cover most of what you thought needed improvement ;)

[Stake..And die]

I think i remember this

I think i remember this from long ago, it was spretty neat, OKfirst of all this is notbad its really too short though, So maybe upgrade this with some longer scenes, maybe have him skate on differant parts of the sidewalk and such, The flash is just too short and just is over before it started now i did get some humor from it but maybe making it longer or with other short tunes would show abit more quality on your end, You may also want to do something with the "STICK" character as it was abit plain, After messing with this abit i found it to be a really decent and fun flash, allthough it did lack some stuff, it could still be better, So i have mentioned some ideas and even basic stuff that other flash like this one have so below in the improvments section may help good luck either way.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Since you had just Stick characters, I suggest making more Character like characters with full color facial details, This will show lots of effort in your character design, it tends to take more effort but the results will pay off alot. Just having a more full character you can do more with and improves on the quality of your flash as a whole. have him skate on differant parts of the sidewalk and such, but also give differant scenes like a city backdrop and such, Add a stop-Action code, it will stop the looping of the flash, also add some play and replay buttons so that the user can navigate better, the stop action code will stop the loop, and is easy to emplement it can be done thru the script in the flash code bars. I would suggest to improve on the flash short you could add more shorts and put them all on one flash instead of just the one, but having alot in one flash would make it more entertaining, and make the flash longer with more to see, just the one short single flash is ok but its over before it gets started and theres not much enjoyment out of that.

[Thief: Rent's Due]

Good flash here.

So for a stick flash the "ANIMATION" was very fantastic, even for stick characters, so that was the first great thing i noticed, how the animation flowed very nice, and just rolled into each and next seen easily, always nice to have that in a flash, and as for it being a robin hood it gave it some sort of adventure, and the content kept me interested, so nice job on those elements, The "VOICES" cameout pretty good aswell i thought, fit the parts perfectly, so if there are any tips at all i can give for making this better, i believe the onlything i can suggest might be that maybe broaden your ideas with more then just stick characters, give them more character style characters, with the animating you can really make the flash shine, anyways nice work here.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Great flash here, if any suggestion of tips and ideas to make it better maybe, Make Characters not the stick kind, while this does take more time and effort but it will make your flash better and with more details for the characters like color, hair clothing some facial detail, it will improve on this and your characters, something to think about for this or your next film, for improvment.

[Edible Castle #10]

Nice talant with this one

Now i like this one for a number of reasons, and its sad to see that it could be one of the last ones, but seems like it went out with a bang especially with names like tom fulp and such, the animation cameout well, and seemed to play along very well from start too finish, i was very impressed from everything with art and animation as it all flowed well together and made for something very entertaining so nice job all around, I love all the differant iconic names working on this and the list keeps going on, but in the end it was a welldone piece, and i do hope its not the last, its worked out for the best, as for improvments, i could see more of these being popped out, but besides that it was pretty good.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
So always with improvments, i try and suggest some, but with this one it had all the right stuff, but if anything at all, more effects with backrounds, just an idea and that might bring more focus too those elements.

[The Matrix Has You.]

love the parady of this

Now here was something differant and kinda brings you back to when the matrix, these were all pretty good and the art was pretty good, even the animation was notbad, The pikanjo one was probably by far the best one, animation and drawing aswell as humor that came with it, so props on that, All the differant styles are pretty good but the pikanjo one was by far the best one, this was a unique one with the differant styles and all the humor with differant jokes, it all seemed to come together, so again nice job there, i will look forward to more stuff like this, now as for improving on this one, i think everything was pretty good, from size, to mb's, and even winning a daily award, so all and all it was pretty good and well rounded, nice work, and hope to see more soon.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
So as mentioned this was pretty good already, if any improvments, maybe adding a few more jokes, then making it somewhat longer, maybe even a few more clips and refrences such as with neo and pikanjo and so on.

[An Arrow in the Knee]

Decent flash here

So i dont know a whole lot about this theme and all but i like your presentation, The "VOICES" were pretty good, very good quality here, on the voices ofcourse, Congrats on winning some awards, it was a nice gesture and shows that you really put the effort fourth, keep up with that type of effort. You really put the effort in the "CHARACTERS" and thats what really stood out so nice job there, You should think about adding more action scenes more stuff going on, and that would bring a plus to it all, So great work here, the best stuff on this was the "CHARACTER" work and actions, As for improving on this, well youalready won an award so that was as good as you can get, but theres always room for improvment.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Everything was pretty good here, maybe making it somewhat longer would be a nice effort but as said before its already a good flash.

[Knife Dance]

Cool submission

And once again i come across one of your nifty flash animations here, i thought this one was pretty entertaining, and gave me a few laughs and chuckles and so on, and i notice you have won some awards on this so once again "CONGRATS" on the awards it was well worth it, My one issue with this was that it was kind of short, you have some good ideas with these and they just kind of end too short so maybe making them longer, or even adding other shorts into one flash would be a good idea, just another idea to think about, But you have some good animation here, nice flow of animating, awsome quality on audio and "VOICES" so an all around solid flash here.

~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Try and make this somewhat longer or take it an even further step by adding a bunch of short toons in one flash entry just an option to give it more quality and more enjoyble for all.