At 5/4/13 04:06 AM, LazyModeComics wrote:At 5/4/13 03:49 AM, Grub517 wrote:What was it about? I was pretty confused about it.At 5/3/13 09:36 PM, LazyModeComics wrote:Not getting through with my animation.At 5/3/13 08:56 PM, Grub517 wrote: Very surprised.What about?
Never mind that, the communication and timing was a little awful, but the animation in it!
At 5/4/13 04:38 AM, NATA wrote:At 5/4/13 04:19 AM, brynimation wrote:
@ Grub517 - Your entry was better than some others, but has a lot of room for improvement as well. To start, the entry didn't fit the theme at all - it was just some people fighting in random sequences on an airship, and then harpooning birds. I saw no story or purpose to any of the actions. The animation itself was the strongest part, and the artwork was okay. The blending of 2D animation on top of the 3D ship was unique, but the 3D elements themselves were also the weakest part of the entry. I see a lot of room for potential, so keep at it and I hope to see you back next year too! :)
Wont be coming back next year. The holiday was basically a cruise ship, which was the entire video. There was no story because it just shows my future holiday. The bird bit was to resemble fishing, and the fighting bits were for like a laser strike or laser tag kind of thing. Hence, The Ship of Adventure.
Well, at least my new goal's gonna be be to score more than 5.
Holiday has more than one meaning that I hope you all know and took into consideration. Vacation in my case.
Feel free to use mine or Chongo's(Ryry's) voice acting for the Novice Round :D
At 5/4/13 10:57 AM, Kpheeyat wrote: Feel free to use mine or Chongo's(Ryry's) voice acting for the Novice Round :D
Feel free to use mine or Kpheeyat's voice acting for the Novie Round
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At 5/4/13 02:12 AM, Hikarian wrote: Cool! Last year I got 16th place in this open round, sooo... there's an improvement I guess. Good luck to the 32 who made it to novice. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out :)
Yeah its weird, last year i got 32th place ... huh, well ... gg
At 5/4/13 11:57 AM, Chongo wrote:At 5/4/13 10:57 AM, Kpheeyat wrote: Feel free to use mine or Chongo's(Ryry's) voice acting for the Novice Round :DFeel free to use mine or Kpheeyat's voice acting for the Novie Round
Feel free to use chongo s or kpheeyat s voice acting for the upcoming rounds
I'd be willing to help out with voice work again or sfx for the next round.
At 5/4/13 12:28 PM, codeblackhayate wrote: I'd be willing to help out with voice work again or sfx for the next round.
Feel free to use Mine Kpheeyat or Codeblackhayate's voice acting for upcoming rounds. It should be notes that CBH is female.
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At 5/4/13 04:38 AM, NATA wrote: There is no "breakdown" into categories for the Open Round, since its purpose is simply to select who will enter the tournament. I can offer some of my own pointers if you'd like, and if you contact some other judges they may be able to give their input as well.
Can I have some feedback as well? :)
Granted the reason why I didn't make it was probably due to it being horribly under finished. I'd still like to know your thoughts of my entry.
At 5/4/13 12:50 PM, artistuknown wrote:At 5/4/13 04:38 AM, NATA wrote: There is no "breakdown" into categories for the Open Round, since its purpose is simply to select who will enter the tournament. I can offer some of my own pointers if you'd like, and if you contact some other judges they may be able to give their input as well.Can I have some feedback as well? :)
Granted the reason why I didn't make it was probably due to it being horribly under finished. I'd still like to know your thoughts of my entry.
I would just like my final score if one existed... feedback wouldn't be bad... but I am sure I know what you would say.
Can somebody tell me what I did wrong with my entry? I want to improve for next year, because I want to know how I can improve after 20 days of all-nighters.
Unlisted scores are:
awkw0rdturtle: 4
Catoblepas: 2
ForNoReason: 1
If you did not see your name, then your entry was not listed in the top 20 of any judge and therefore received 0. Again, this does not mean your entry was horrible, but that it simply wasn't in the top 20 from any judge.
@ artistuknown - The beginning of your entry was okay, but it quickly went into a sloppy animatic in which I could barely even tell what was happening. The concept of "Birth Day" was odd and I didn't see how it could be considered a new holiday and there wasn't much explanation behind it. I'm also fairly sure your entry also has copyright music.
@ ForNoReason - I put your entry as #20 on my list simply because it made me laugh like crazy. Aside from making clever jabs at the animation community, there is very little animation or artwork value, not to mention very little story. The idea was clever, and the jokes were funny, but that's really the only leg it had to stand on.
@ urbfilms - Your concept was good! The biggest weakness of this one was the pacing - it just went on for way too long. The sequence where he's trying to fly out of the bank drags on. The artwork and animation weren't terrible but can also use improvement. When it comes down to it, there were just a lot of highly experienced animators pumping out very high quality entries this year and many other decent ones got pushed out.
At 5/4/13 06:36 PM, NATA wrote: @ artistuknown - The beginning of your entry was okay, but it quickly went into a sloppy animatic in which I could barely even tell what was happening. The concept of "Birth Day" was odd and I didn't see how it could be considered a new holiday and there wasn't much explanation behind it. I'm also fairly sure your entry also has copyright music.
I guess mine was a bit confusing. While "Birth Day" was the holiday being celebrated, the "new holiday" in mine was the tyrant coming to end their holiday and introduce "death day", the assistant even did a thumbs up to hint at the theme, but i can see how it wouldn't be too apparent, especially with the horrible animatic. It's a lame concept, I know, but it's all I could come up with at the time. If it was actually finished, I'm sure it would have been apparent, but my computer died so I couldn't finish :/. Thanks for the feedback though. And no, there wasn't any copyrighted music in mine, all Royalty Free music: most of it was by Kevin MacLeod, except for one piece by Royalty Free Kings.
I know I made it into the Novice round bracket, but I always appreciate good constructive criticism. If you wouldn't mind, what were your thoughts on my animation? What areas would you have liked to have seen improvement?
Sorry to those I haven't reviewed yet. Things have been kind of hectic with real life. Congratulations to all of the winners by the way!
At 5/4/13 06:36 PM, NATA wrote:
@ urbfilms - Your concept was good! The biggest weakness of this one was the pacing - it just went on for way too long. The sequence where he's trying to fly out of the bank drags on. The artwork and animation weren't terrible but can also use improvement. When it comes down to it, there were just a lot of highly experienced animators pumping out very high quality entries this year and many other decent ones got pushed out.
Thanks for the feedback! I guess I'll practice a lot this year, and try again next year. I can say that I learned a lot over the last 25 days, and they were VERY worth it! I will try to do the next themes, even though they won't be for judging. Thank you and I hope to see you all next year! :)
Would I be able to get some feedback? If I hadn't lost points for being late would I have gone on?
Well, if we're asking for some feedback on our animations, I wouldn't mind jumping on the bandwagon. :)
Also, in case you guys haven't seen it, the NATA skype group made this:
At 5/5/13 11:10 AM, Pahgawk wrote: Also, in case you guys haven't seen it, the NATA skype group made this:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/616890
Cool stuff guys. Wish I had time to get in on the skype group and that whole thing.
Any who, finished up my Opener round entry and submitted it to the portal. Now everyone who helped with it can finally get the credit they're due. Enjoy...
At 5/5/13 11:24 AM, suprofound wrote:At 5/5/13 11:10 AM, Pahgawk wrote:Enjoy...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/617027?updated=1
Damn!! Double post, sorry. How do I do that cool link in the forum? Try again
You know what sounds like a good time?
Releasing the next round's topic early.
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wow, i just made it in barely but good enough.
At 5/5/13 11:10 AM, Pahgawk wrote: Also, in case you guys haven't seen it, the NATA skype group made this:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/616890
Damn, this looks fun. Am I too late to join the skype group?
I'm razorbladebreakfast on skype too if that's cool.
At 5/5/13 03:41 PM, RazorbladeBreakfast wrote:At 5/5/13 11:10 AM, Pahgawk wrote: Also, in case you guys haven't seen it, the NATA skype group made this:Damn, this looks fun. Am I too late to join the skype group?
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/616890
I'm razorbladebreakfast on skype too if that's cool.
I was about to ask the same thing. Skype call looks amazingly fun! My skype is boomie0123 if there's still room.
At 5/5/13 04:19 PM, SafePlagiarism wrote: woah...
Stop being late
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