wow
I'm just so stunned. That was richly beautiful, a real treat! The music was perfect, and the pacing of the whole thing was great! The only thing that disappointed me was how short it was. I was really enjoying it. My favorite part was seeing that forest(at the beggining) suddenly become 3D. Amazing.
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There are not many animations such as this one. I believe people try to hard to come up with something people would like than to come up with something they are proud of. So good job from one of the toughest critics you will ever know.
amazing
the graphics were great, and the animation was even better. I especially loved the Sun's animation, and outerspace. Im really impressed with this movie, and how it flowed from 2-D to 3-D and back, and i hope you submit more in the future.
That was epic.
I think it was really good.
From a story-like kind of view, the build-up was extremely well executed, working from the most basic part of creation to the most complex.
The music fit the animation to a T, and it gave me chills when the score ramped up alongside the view from space.
I agree with ArkhainDevistat about the lens-flare, though. It seems like you intended for it to come from the flower, which was a nice touch that outlined the point of life growing.
But it obscured the detail of the scene and took focus away from the sprouting plants.
However, I still give you a ten, as it is as better than I had expected.
Given you poured your soul in to it, you get a ten
So what's right with it?
Well a lot of things. If it's not mentioned here it worked so please don't think it didn't :)
I loved the pop out introductory you brought from page (book) to world (popup drawings), led (sketch) to life (green, lush, vibrant). Awesome transition. The fly throughs were well set up and perfectly timed.
Your changeover of skethc, and cartoon, to real life, and back aagain worked out well.
Awesome conceptual piece.
So what's wrong with it?
You need a loading bar. Plain and simple. Telling people the size of the movie at the initial load sequence is great and all but if I can't visually see the progress I don't give a damn. A progress bar makes all the difference in the world to judge what you have time to do with when it'll be ready.
The lens flare was abusive. It should be there as much as it was. For a scene switch it would've worked except it was introduced way too early and annoys the viewer as they try to see the work being progressed through. Lens flares should never hit until there's a direct light source to cast from.
The AE mask for tree switching was well done but it looked like you switched to a still photograph of real trees in the woods. For something that's animation based, I wouldn't expect still frame photos in it. It could have been the blur effect as well that contributed to this feeling. Essentially this scene could've been taken out and the following scene moved over and slowed down on load a little to fill the gap.
Overall though great piece. Really impressive. :)