Reviews for human actions drawing tut

[Soapbubble]

Decent, at best

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Score: 4 / 10
Summary: Decent, at best
Review: I'm sure it was helpful to some, but I just don't think this tutorial cuts it.

First off, the graphics weren't any good. I mean, they were good enough to make out what they were supposed to be, but you need to practice on your drawing skills. One usually doesn't need much skill to make a tutorial about a topic, but this is basic drawing of a human body, so skill is required.
There wasn't any animation.

Tutorials usually have step-by-steps, to tell you what to do next. This was pretty much just phase by phase, with no text. You should try to add some text, to say what you are doing. Also, the text was pretty hard to make out at times.

Audio was nice, but some people want it to be quiet, so I suggest a mute button. Also, a back or replay button, so that people can go back to previous steps.

Tips for future submissions: Try to organize it better, and add text. Write the text, don't draw it. Try to explain whatever you're doing at every step. Good luck!

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piggy123 responds:

ok sure

[idiot-buster]

not good, but not great

It was a very short tutorial, i looked at it.

The wording was unclear some of the time and just all over the place. All of the drawings were crude and not the best of quality.

there were somethings that this lacked. Organization was one of them, i believe it was the final screen that showed all of thoes mouths and faces that just made no sence to include at the ending since they did not seem like much of a help to me or anyone.

It also would be a need for a replay button since you have to hit the refresh button to view it again. Also it would be nice to have a back button if you want to see somthing again. that would seem to be the biggest problem you have here.

Needs alot of work, but i think your up for it.

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piggy123 responds:

we are thanks

[Step]

Hmm...

This wasn't too good for a tutorial. It was quite helpful, but it needs to be a little more attractive. Black and white, and a little colour at the beginning and the 'Next' button isn't that good.

This also needs a neater layout and graphics. The text was a little annoying to read, plus I noticed a few grammatical mistakes (not that it's a big problem, though, but it makes it a little better...).

It needs some more buttons as well in my opinion, like a back button, mute button and menu button (like KrevZabijak said). The art of the body parts wasn't bad, though :).

Well, in conclusion, it is quite helpful, but too simple, and unattractive. Needs some work in it, but it's a good start.
5/10
3/5

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piggy123 responds:

thanks

[KrevZabijak]

Extremely short.

( Animation/Visuals/Effects )
I was waiting for more than four colours to appear, but for a basic tutorial, I guess more colours aren't necessarily needed.
The text could be a bit more readable, grammatically correct, and presented in a more orderly fashion. With regards to your text and its spacial relation to the drawings, you should have kept the text in one set area, and made sure the drawings stayed either centered or in their own static section as well.
Pressing next and seeing the text shoot to another part of the flash, and the drawings to yet another place is somewhat disconcerting. It also made it kind of difficult to see the progression of detail in some places. (A back button would have been extremely helpful, as well.) But, to each their own, I guess.
Spell-checking your work is something any author should do, in my humblest of opinions.

( Method of Conveyance/What I got from it overall)
A menu button in every section would be nice, so we could go to said menu and select which parts we would like to skip to or go back and review.
At the very end, I would have also liked an option to return to the beginning, or even a horizontal bar at the bottom to select the parts I would like to see again.
You did indeed cover the basics, and it's an okay tutorial for someone who's never touched a tablet or flash, ever, in their life. Not something for experienced artists, though.
This is where I took off the largest amount of my rating.

( Sound/Music )
Right at the beginning, I noticed a lack of a mute button. This option for the users should always be present.
The music quality is good for the file size. But, it did not loop. I'm not sure if you intended this or not.

piggy123 responds:

thanks

[Fro]

Crude, but not terrible

~ Animation/Graphics ~

The graphics were terrible in this submission all around. Your drawings weren't great, but you don't have to be amazing to give tips to other people. My biggest complaint was just the organization and lack of it. Things were just kind of thrown all over the screen wherever. Text was sometimes too small to read good and you started getting more and more sloppy as the submission went on.

I think the best thing to do to improve this is to organize it a bit more. Put pictures in one part of the screen, text on one part, and title at one part, etc... Keep it neat and consistent. Adding a colored background would be very helpful also. Something more detailed and not just a random color though.

~ Story/Content ~

I usually like guides and things like that. It did help me a little bit as I saw some of the steps that need to be taken to make some things that I wasn't good at such as legs, arms, eyes, and ears. The lack of good graphics makes it seem like you don't know what your talking about and the lack of organization and professionalism in the submission to me would make me think people may skip over it. Length of the submission was pretty good, but I think a back and forth button would be good along with a replay button. You also spell a word wrong on the ending screen. I just forget which one now. :P

~ Audio ~

Not bad music for a submission like this. Perhaps introducing a mute/unmute button for people who don't like to listen to music while they read would be helpful.

~ Overall ~

Helpful to some beginners, but content and organization made it not so great. Keep on working though.

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piggy123 responds:

thanks corky i mean fro lol