Atrox was indeed a great addition to TOFA this year.
Hope to see more of his work in the future.
Reviews for "The Speech"
AtroxChobatsu responds:
I'm glad to hear that! I had a lot of fun, and I learned a few things too!
There will be more, for sure. :D
This was great, the animation was solid and it felt alive. I know its not easy to create the illusion that a character is a living, breathing and thinking creature but you sold it. Congrats Keep it up!
eh... it was ok
Just like my public speaking class, my teacher gave a similar warning about what would happen if my final speach sucked.
There is a very unique charm to this piece.
Usually I skip through animations like this: after all, I, like most others, mainly visit newgrounds for fast-paced stimulating action and profane humour. Once in a while I come across animations like this: usually the work of a student or a small animation studio with a very placid theme pertaining to daily life: no violence and no profanity. Usually they're pretty boring with shitty humour and story, and I just close the tab.
That's what I expected when I started watching this animation.
But I'm telling you, I don't know why, but I just kept watching it.
I'm not going to lie: it wasn't funny, it wasn't stimulating.. but it was just.. entertaining. it was interesting to watch. I felt a certain charm, a certain engaging atmosphere, something resonated with me, despite the mundane theme and cliched design. Perhaps it was the great visuals or the sound or the voice acting... I don't know.. or perhaps the minor details were well weaved in enough to compensate for a lack of an original story. Or perhaps it was precisely because the theme is so familiar to everyone and it was just realistically portrayed. But I digress.
All in all, I was enthralled enough to log in and write a (positive) review.