she wanted dungeon guy 3....great animation btw
Reviews for "VG Cats Christmas Special"
It was pretty good.
You know, I really was expecting something epic and outstanding from you on this animation wise, but that's not exactly what I got. It also kind of offsets me to see you went from re-drawing all the scenes to using cut outs of the comic (the choppiness of the pictures reveals this) and that kind of detracts from the visual effect. But after sitting on it for a second, I came to realized that although one could construe this as laziness, it also still has the same effect, it was heartwarming one way or the other. And although I believe that this flash is a step backwards for you, just concerning the flash itself, it's still well done.
You handled the audio well, and placed it where it should have gone. Two tracks is a little small but it's still effective given the shortness. On the animation side, as I stated, I'm not pleased with the backwards step. In all the others you redrew every scene, and in that way, made it truely seem like a full animation and not just taken out scenes from the comic on flash. Now, it's not like it was done poorly, you did a good job using those scenes. But the point is, I can still tell you ripped it straight from the comic, which, off the bat, seems lazy. Now all in all, I still liked it. Despite those choppy pics, the ones you did animate, were animated with excellent quality and I have to say, although not your best, is still damn good.
I still got a pretty good heart warming from this. Just seeing one of my favorite VG Cats Comic animated to those well picked soundtracks was pretty heart tugging. And I'm sure, if you would have put in a lot more work on this, it would have been excellent and very well made flash. But I can understand that this time, you have more than one thing to work on, so although I usually don't simpathize like that, I will give you a score you deserve. You have amazing potential and I just keep liking your work more and more.
- Hollow P.
MikeandTreyVideo responds:
I will admit, the part where Leo is earning money is a product of my laziness. I redrew a lot of Aeris in this piece. The other parts that I used (Aeris holding the games, the present on her nightstand) I tried using more artistically. Kinda like how you would see an anime go from its typical art to a more detailed design (typically seen at the end of episodes).
but yeah, I was lazy at parts. I think I mentioned in a PM that this was basically finished back before I even started on VG Cats 5. Merry Christmas!
This is great.
I remember this comic. A couple things. First, Aeris' hair looks really awkward in that first behind shot. Second, you should mention what song was playing at the end (Last Christmas, if anyone didn't know). And @Ohmadon I'm not sure this was the right place to put that rant. IMO it distracts the audience from the message the comic/movie has.
Just my two cents, and Merry Christmas!
...
in november...
MikeandTreyVideo responds:
Both songs are credited in the credits. You gotta actually read those things before saying someone didn't credit them. I found the Last Christmas on the Audio Portal by 7eed. Couldn't find his profile to add to the portal stuff.
aaaaaaawwwwwwwww
i found myself saying that at least like twenty times.
Nice and classic.
I like the Conker's Bad Fur Day "money" character :)
Might have been better without all the shout outs at the end. Pulls you out of the cool message the animation is about IMHO.