Excellent!
For a first ever animation, I thought it was most excellent!!!!
Your off beat, whimsical humour is just what Newgrounds need and I found it highly refreshing!!!
10/10 Sir!!!
Reviews for "Who Wields the Staff"
Good
A very funny flash that reflects everything I like about the 80s: Cartoons, a simple view of the world (good guys are 100% good, bad guys are 100% bad), bad stories and a cheesy laugh at the end. Only thing missing here is a very cheesy "moral of the story" presented by one of the good guys, heh.
The graphics are quite good, but they seemded to be a bit rushed and "unclean" from time to time. Also the voices could have been a bit louder. Otherwise the voice acting was pretty good.
I also like your take on the rule for the competition that the main character sohuldn't talk. Using an inanimate cardbord box man as a main character is a very nice touch. ;)
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Pretty good
I liked the story, which was kind of funny. However, the animation could have been better. Also, the volume levels of the voices didn't sound equal. The main hero wasn't as loud as any of the other voices. Other than that it was pretty good.
Mentalholik responds:
Thanks ever so much for the kind comments! It's my first flash, so I will certainly try to put more animation in future!
Great for a first
-It's not too often that someone's first animation is actually decent and isn't just stick figures going across the screen with text. Much better than anything that i've made in flash. The effort and time taken to draw things out and add voices is well noted and shows that you actually have a little know-how of the flash program you are using.
-Even though you did have some nice character builds they still look somewhat unrealistic due to lack of shading and texture detail. Mainly on the muscly guy where his pecks and abs look completely flat and small details on the other characters.
-Lipsynching could use a little more work in the future to line up better and emulate mouth movements IRL. More atmospheric sounds to create more moody and dynamic scenes so the characters don't necessarily have to talk as much either. Still it's great for a first animation.
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Mentalholik responds:
Thanks ever so much! I will certainly take on your suggestions!
Pure 1980s!
Well, here we go with a lot of symbolism from the 1980s cult and cartoon series. You've got the A-Team (Mr. T rip off); He-Man taking the lead role and inanimate cardboard box man obviously reflecting the usual acting capabilities of the guy that played Panthro in Thundercats... oh, ana bad guy that could easily have been Skeletor or Mumm-Ra
There is some great work, with the gags and the backgrounds that you've drawn, though a little more work is required when it comes to the lip syncing of the characters, leading to something that looks a little ugly on certain words, since it doesn't seem to move fluidly enough between the stills. Perhaps tweak the tweens, to help you out here?
Still, I'd love to see more episodes of this potential series, though try not to overdo the Inanimate Cardboard Box Man jokes, as they get old quickly.
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