Reviews for Da Jazz Method

[axl-ryder]

well what to say

I just want to say that your work shows an immense ammount of talent, but the quality of the animation shifts heavily from scene to scene. At some points it's extremely good and at others it's just average (of course when compared to the "average" newgrounder it was all phenominal). The frames were a bit awkward at several points, which really took away from the flow of it. At other times the anatomy was a little off, or undefined. Normally this wouldn't be a huge problem, but since your overall drawing skills are of a higher quality than most, any real drop in that quality seems more noticable. Your background skills are great, but it would have been nice to see more of them.

Another thing I noticed was that your faces felt a bit awkward during close up shots, although that wasn't as pronounced in that last fight scene. In fact everything about that last scene was great, so I'm guessing it was your most recent work. The lack of a plot did hurt the animation, since the rapid shift in the tone, pace and quality made it hard to appreciate the work as a whole. Of course that's the nature of a demo real, but I'm just trying to speculate as to why you didn't get something closer to a 4.5. I honestly think the music choice was pretty bad, since it made the camera feel even more jerky and made me think my computer was broken for a minute. The biggest think I think you could improve would be your frame pacing and your faces. Also your muscle detail felt a little flat, but your anatomical outlining was great. I also think a lot of the animation could have been cut out, since some of it really only brought down the rest. Sorry to go on so long, just little observations. anyway, great job and good luck. 5/5 9/10

JazLyte responds:

Hahaha yeah, I know, there's alot of my old work sprinkled in there because I wasn't too productive last year, so some stuff isn't the real deal. As for the timing and frames, I suspect it has something to do with the way I converted the cartoons to video. MagicSwf2Avi is what I used to use, it flawlessly turns flash to crispy video, but this time I just recorded the screen with Camtasia, resulting in some shitty playback. But you are quite observant, thanks for the good review, I will keep the advice in mind =)

[OXnumberOne]

story?

The animation was awesome! but there are some holes in your storyline, and what really makes and action packed flash with cool animation worth while is the story. Add some backround to some characters and this will be BEAST!

JazLyte responds:

It's a demo reel man. Hence me saying "This is my 2010 demo reel" in the author comments, and the words "Kalen Whitfield Demo Reel" on the preloader page. This is for potential clients to see what I'm capable of. So yea, tis storyless. The clips however are from animated stories of mine.

[VoiceJail]

Yea cool. :3

I like the animation... and I love the dark chick. :3 The idea seems kinda cool, and I really would not mind learning more about this little universe of yours. My one qualm though is the katana... seriously, black guys, white guys, latino guys, and for fucks sake no french guys should EVER use a katana.... unless you're Tarantino. This is the other side of the blade to the fact that no asian should EVER be a vampire.... ever. Other than that I liked it a whole lot... but seriously.. katanas are every where.. why not be unique and use a GIANT BATTLE AXE?

[RedKovu]

Not bad, could be better with some work.

Awesome action sequences. I enjoyed the first two, but the last one seemed as though it was missing a bunch of parts and pieces. For example they would be hitting each other one second, then out of no where it would skip to a completely different fight sequence, and that was the way the whole last fighting sequence went. But overall the animation was good, and the entertainment value was high.

Although I'm sure you've gotten much better at animation since this was created in 2010. Keep on it and your animations will only get better.

[TheBodaciousAdmiral]

awesome animation

the animation was sick, but the frame rate was a bit low, or at least it wasn't as smooth as it could've been. lack of plot was also lame but i get that it's a showreel