Very original
Incredible drawing!
seriously amazing!
And, somehow, I can see FFXIII right there!
Reviews for "Duality Complete"
little quick
It was good over all and the concept was alright but It was too short. as a side note it reminded me slightly of gunnerkrigg court
Intriguing
Apart from the obvious technical issues, I find it very abstract and intriguing. What I probably think you wanted your audience to think ishow Ying and Yang must co-exist in order for life to happen. The association with Man and Nature is perhaps one of the ways in which the eternal struggle of Ying and Yang can be depicted.
What I like most about this animation short is that its entirely out of pencil and paper. Though you used some masking techniques (probably) in the eyes of "Yang" when he sees "Ying" in order to save time; to make an animation using a physical medium can be very difficult ( due to the lack of layers and the possibility of smudging graphite )
The only thing you failed to see here is your audience. Pardon me but a typical user here usually expect something "flashy and bold," and not all of us understands anything deeper than a LOLCAT picture. Your best bet ( if you decide to continue with this style of animation ) is deviantart ( not advertising anything here ) if you want some advise or actual constructive criticism.
PS: Learn some basic Actionscripting, Newgrounds has its own pre-coded preloader which is very easy to use. And streaming videos does not work well in flash players without any UI ( it hangs/stops but does not continue further )
Hope to see you again!
Weenog responds:
thanks for the review, it's been both informative and amusing :p
Deviant art is okay but no way i would have gotten this amount of exposure or feedback on there.
So not everyone understands it...I find there's alot that do or atleast interpreted it in their own way and i'm very pleased to have shared this with all of you. ^^
take care.
Awesome
I love the original artwork man! Black and white is a personal fav, and then the accents were what made it. This was cool. Make some more stuff man. The ending was kind of bitter sweet :) In a good way.
Greta work!
I would love to give a 10/ 10 but there is no preloader.... Preloader is the simplest part of a flash animation, it really is when it's all hand drawn animations.
Quality might be a bit blurry bit, hand drawn stuff is always neat to see in a flash, i like the story/ plot of it, it was very creative..... Just one thing, did you get this idea from a game called Machinarium (however you spell it) This flash looks similar to it.
Weenog responds:
like i mentioned before somewhere, the art in machinarium did inspire me to work on the machine world, they've got a real neat way of drawing pipes and the likes. it's a great game, but the idea or concept are really nothing alike.
thnx for the review ^^