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Constructive criticism

First of all, to all of you who are blindly throwing criticism at this animation, you should be ashamed of yourself. The individuals who made this animation put enormous effort into creating this. Look past the inadequate image quality and into the details put into each frame and the background. Look past the voice acting and listen to the music orchestrated just for this animation. The 'butterfly part' that so many of you claim not to see is artfully and subtly integrated into the animation, through the eyes of the scientist.

Although this animation is not the best out there, it definitely does not deserve the reckless bashing that it is currently receiving.

As for the makers of this animation, I absolutely love the Samurai Jack-esque style. Refreshing to see something new in the sea of anime-style ones drifting around Newgrounds.

It seems this is your first time animating (or posting an animation), so I will give you some constructive criticism to help you hopefully improve your future animations.

I have the impression that you drew this animation on Photoshop or a program similar to it, frame by frame. This is a notable feat indeed, but there are some downsides to this technique.

The stiffness of the movements is a common trait of Photoshop animation. The movement problem can be solved by learning the basics of animation: squash & stretch, frame spacing, etc. Google those up, they will help you greatly.

Another hitch in using Photoshop is the image quality. Although the aesthetics are better, when importing them as individual frames into an animation program, whether it be Flash or even Windows Movie Maker, the image quality is lost. To solve this problem, increase the resolution of the image from 72 dpi to 150 dpi. The image will still be slightly pixellated, but one must remember working with non-vector images has downsides.

Also, there is the issue of voice acting. I know Erin from DeviantArt and have seen some other animation projects she has voice acted for. It was surprising to see that in this animation her acting is not up to par to the other pieces. This can be because of several reasons, other than she being a bad voice actor. Which she is not.

(1) Scripting and storyboarding. It is hard for a voice actor to be in character if he or she does not know what is going on in the animation. In the script or storyboard you send to voice actor, be sure to add specific stage directions, like tone, emotion, etc.
(2) Rushed collaboration-- if you request voice acting at the last minute, then it is likely that since the voice actor needs to rush the recording, the quality would be low. Manage your time. Communicate with those who collaborate with you.

Interesting Style

Unfortunately, I found the voice acting unbearable. She needs to learn a lesson about inflection and another about characterization. Oh, and another about recording quality.

hmm make it better

I watched it only once, but I guess its enough to make some observations.

The voice has no emotion at all! Besides, it's badly recorded, can't understand some parts.

Theres something with the perspective on the characters. They dont seem to follow the same perspective lines of the rest of their bodies, or even of the setting.

This is personal, now. I don't like much the style. Its like Samurai Jack, too many straight lines.

Hmmm...

Well, I liked this but it confused me a lot. Also, the blocky-shaped parts for the characters made it look bad. I also agree with the others that the voice was to bland. You should have had it a weaker more mysterious voice with a little bit of fear and nervousness mixed in. You should make a new version of this video.

nice job!

but weres the butterfly part?