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The Lonesome Boatman

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Q (PapaQ)

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Date Submitted

03/16/2006 | 06:02AM EST

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Current Score

4.18 / 5.00

Score Rank: #1,765
Popularity Rank: #24,008

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Author Comments

An Old Man, lost in a boat, trying to find his way home. Made in a week as a test for creating realistic water in Flash.

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Average Score: 8.5 / 10

Score: 10
TheSeventhSin

"Wow"

date: January 15, 2007

I agree with the last reveiw, this was amazing
the water,
the movement of the man.
Ahh we have a new famous artist on our hands
i know it was a test too
but it was one of the best thing's i've seen on N

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Score: 10
Kevo32a

"very impresive"

date: May 17, 2006

i know its only a test for water in flash but in appearences it is one of the most impressive pieces of work i have ever seen.

its content isn't anything to write home about but thats not why anyone would watch this flash.

that is a brilliant song. ive always loved it and have been trying to play it on my tin whistle all week

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Score: 7
Bezman

"rests in your mind"

by: Bezman
date: April 5, 2006

++ The water at the start does look fantastic. Is it made up using photos?

- Some vectors aren't so great. I thought the hands looked kinda flat and didn't like the way the bottle looks in the water all that much.

+++ Beautiful music. Evocative.

++ Some nice colours.

----- I felt the ending was really unsatisfying.

overall
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It is a haunting piece. Having read your author's comments, I do start to wonder about the little character. Questions flitter about.

Maybe one of those movies that rests in your mind and grows into something more than it was on-screen. A simple feeling evoked grows into a fuller story.

Author's Response:

Yeah, the water's made up using 2 wave images at a low alpha, moving against eachother over a sea gradient background.
Let it grow...

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Score: 10
Awn

"Outstanding."

by: Awn
date: March 27, 2006

I thought the graphics were beautiful. Especially at the start with the ocean view below the moonlight. The old man was excellently animated and everything that you animated in this flash is thorough in detail, I'm impressed by that, it must've taken quite a while to do this, even though it's not very long. I felt the tune playing suited this flash perfectly. The style of this flash was very effective, especially as it was quite slow. I didn't expect that ending, especially on the title, but I sure enjoyed it. All I can say it that perhaps it could have been slightly longer, because I would have loved to see more. To sum up, I thought it was interesting and delightful, nice work.

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Score: 9
Degillin

"Aww"

date: March 27, 2006

Man that was a nice gentle flash! i love to c more of those from other artist, and i can't wait to c wut u do in the next flash (oh and the water looks spectacular althou when it gets close it looks as if the pixels get stretched to much)

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