Reviews for Leave Your Brain Behind

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:s Weird

Im gonna have to agree with TomRobbins, while what we notice like the two exploding balls and the realistic movement is sweet having the whole frame react in subtle ways would make it excellent. I have no experience with this sorta thing (or animation in general) but having more than one thing filling your frame at any one time that come into blend and having the balls exploding part way though dramatically change what is building up and having the two or more situations blend and draw apart throughout the animation would really draw people not too excited to see some black and whites shapes do some weird things into the whole piece .

Im not gonna comment on the music because im sure alot of others already have.

The story, cause this is what an animation is, didn't really do anything it was just this random action then some other random thing happened which transitioned the frame to the next quite random circumstance.

Overall i enjoyed it but there is so much more that can be added or improved.

KidneyThief responds:

Animation is "to give life" it is not neccessarily a story, but thank you for the review

[some1unkn0wn]

very interesting

great music, great animation, great idea.

KidneyThief responds:

Thank you

[TomRobbins]

Meh, right idea but not quite there.

It was decent but not quite there.

I'm frankly sick of the people here giving it a 10 because they think it's something really astounding.
The only repeating idea was a tree, the other things just seemed to be made up as you went a long which really doesn't take much skill, thought, or time.

I personally would have liked to see the trees seem a bit more lifelike once they were made subtle branch sways would have really made the animation seem alive. Everything just felt really stiff and forced. I was waiting for some more full frame stuff to happen, there was a lot of stuff that was just a tiny thing off center. I want to see the moving lines explode into something big.
Yes, I know negative space can have a huge effect but this didn't seem purposeful, it seemed more like you were only focusing on one area and forgetting about the rest.
The beginning where the arms come and rip the head off of what ever grew on the tree was obviously made up as you went since everything moved very separately. You need to think about multiple things moving at once, not just one arm, then the other it will really help the flow.

One thing that was quite successful was the two balls exploding, the movement was very organic and it quickly growing into branches really created a pleasing motion, however the branches then remained very stiff. You should think about making them react to the other ball's explosion a little bit. Not huge movements, but subtle movements that people will subconsciously pick up.

You seem to have the right idea but you need to work on your execution. I'm sorry to say but the people giving it 10 really don't pay attention.

And please, it's not JUST music, music plays a HUGE part in the whole feel of your piece. With something like this, the music can make or break the whole piece.
You should take time to study design and art in general, you have great potential for some very abstract animation work but you just don't quite have the feel for it yet.

KidneyThief responds:

I would like to thank you for your honest criticism and your time to write this review.
When I said "just music" I think that came off the wrong way. I am very well aware of how important music is to animation, what I was trying to say was that if it had been audio such as vocals or sound effects they would have been off sync and ruined the presentation.

[Assassin2]

Meh.

That was good animation, no doubt about it. But it's the kind of thing I lose interest in fast, no matter how impressive the detail can get.

KidneyThief responds:

Thank you for the review

[Decocrap]

I appreciate your work

I am giving you a ten because I am a fan of psychedelic art. One suggestion for next project, make the different scenes more cohesive and you will get a more positive response to your work. Once again though excellent art

KidneyThief responds:

Thank you, great review