Early for Halloween 2009
I liked the atmospheric effects and I thought that you handled the torchlight and resulting shadows particularly well. The Chupacabra was convincingly vicious.
Excellent !
Reviews for "Paranormal Creatures"
Good atmosphere, but...
Story: the story is nice, good introduction to it. However, the animation itself really didn't lend itself to well for it. It has an anticlimactic end. Fortunately, it wasn't one of those things where the character happens to have a fire arm or something to fight a monster. Still, having the creature run off after one hard hit isn't much. Perhaps more backstory on what the creature may have been. It could also help if there was more to the reason why it ran, such as a noise or if the guy was an athlete. I'm thinking the latter, but not too sure due to the lack of story detail.
Atmosphere: The atmosphere you managed to create works well. The audio selection and placement went great and truly made this animation worth looking at. It's dark and the viewer can get a sense of how the guy must feel.
Animation: It's a very simple animation, but it does have some nice details. You have a great drawing style. Hell, your alot better at drawing ears than I am. Some of the subtle movement, like the eyes going back and forth, were also well done. Another plus is that the gradiants weren't overused, a problem that many new Flash artists tend to have. Your shading can use some work, but it's not as bad as most people out there. The color selection also works well. About the only problem I see is that the movement is simplistic. Half the time, it looked more like paper doll limbs rather than actual movement. I think after some time, you'll get the movement down well.
Overall: Your definitely on the right track. You know how to set the atmosphere, you don't make any noob mistakes, and I enjoyed it despite the ending. You have great potential that can be reached through improvement.
On a side note, you shouldn't listen to anyone that say you should change in accords to their prefered style. I see a couple reviewers who have done that. Just work and improve in the style (or styles) that you like most. If you keep changing to meet the standards of every critic, you'll find your work becoming bland. Don't ever allow your work to become bland. Keep what you have now and just improve where it is needed.
Paranormal Creatures is great but lacks a bit
The story was better than a lot of the animations I've seen recently on Newgrounds so I've got to give you that but the end leaves more to be desired, perhaps a follow up or a continuation would be nice. The animation was considerably good especially since you had two weeks to make it. However, I think the character is a bit unrealistic. I expected someone more boastful and constantly talking to the audience as that's what most ghost hunters do or otherwise they are usually fake but since this guy is real I think he would have more of a personality. The creature was cool and would've made a cool fight scene had he not just quit after getting hit by a stick hard. But I enjoyed the animation so 9/10.
~Da Bomb Productions~
Larty responds:
Actually, I didn't have only two weeks to make it. The initial deadline was two weeks but it then I went on and finished it in a period of six months.
I have to disagree what you said about the main character talking to the audience. Is it really necessary for the character to talk to the audience and explain what he's thinking about? Some reviewers here have pointed out that the character's reactions do that just as well.
A good review, anyways.
great job the 6 years was worth it
you did a good job
that was great
but way too short u could even make a movie
Larty responds:
Oh, look! Someone actually wrote a review in 2011. I didn't even notice :3.
If anyone else is reading these, I am now working on a game. Hopefully it will be released this year. Sorry guys if it has taken this long :/