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Dec 21, 2011 | 1:59 AM EST
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Directed by/background art: Greg Bartlett (ZEEDOX)
Character Animator: Josiah Brooks (JAZZA)

"Chasing Comets in my Garage" song by REASONER

I started a year and a half ago on Comet when Reasoner was looking for a music video to be created for a song from his album. Being a huge fan of his work, I was excited to help out. It ended up more ambitious than I imagined and eventualy I teamed up with Jazza. I'm hugely thankful to him for making this project possible at the quality I was aiming for.

Merry Christmas!

Reviews


DirolTerminatorDirolTerminator

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars December 22, 2011

Have few misses.

The short is great.
The backgrounds is brilliant. But there was something in character animation - that just don't go 100% well with such detailed-drawn background.
In static the characters looks impressive and good, but there was something in their motions.
That doesn't look like "sneaky-moving", it's too choppy, then that child walks like a cripple. And the alien is just jerky-slow-walking, like the crippled child. You really should work on walking animation, man. Maybe it's because you timed the sneak-step wrong, it should be slow weight transition to the leg, and then fast step, and you've shown the slow step - and fast weight transition.
Is that child suffered scoliosis? It looks so - his back twisted like he don't have any of the spine at all.
Now for the astronaut - his shoulders are unproportional to his body - they're too small.
And the final, what's gives the strongest weird feeling - it's perspective faults, the characters just don't overlap well with the background - you've should put more of work there.


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CongoJackCongoJack

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars December 21, 2011

wow

I like that newground is such a big site that it can advertise on blimps



jjrock7Hjjrock7H

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars December 22, 2011

O_O

wow awesome it was a great vid make more



HunteruidHunteruid

Rated 4.5 / 5 stars December 29, 2011

Moving material

This was one of the most beautiful animations I've seen this year, definietely an instant favourite, accompanied by some tear-jerking music.

Best flash I've watched all year imo.

Happy new Year's Eve, and good work.

<3



Kame-KareKame-Kare

Rated 4 / 5 stars December 21, 2011

Satisfying

As an avid listener to Reasoner for some years, I've really been looking forward to this music video. I'm glad that one of my favorite studios was able to lend their hand in its making as well. The art was very clean and detailed, and the timing with scenery and music was also well done.

However, I did find the cartoon-ish character design to be abrasive towards the mood of the music and the animation at times. I believe a style aiming towards a bit more realism would've fit better, even though it 'is' JAZZA's trademark style. I also found that the plot managed to stray away from the original motive of comets for the animation and even the music. The story was fairly interesting still, though maybe a bit, dare I say it, random at times? Characters and ideas were introduced into a scene very quickly and without warning, which conflicted with the smooth and flowing nature of the music.

Overall, both the animation and music was high-quality, though they weren't always consistent in their intent. Great job to JAZZA and company, and great job to Reasoner for releasing his first album (about a year ago). Looking forward to future releases from both!


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