I'm glad its finally here! Its easy enough to understand without any verbal dialog, the animation is smooth and the entire episode feels great! I enjoyed it and I'm glad to have finally seen it, but heres a review that might help you a bit (Or not).
I did have an issue with the throne scene in the great hall, I couldn't quite tell where anyone was looking other than the Jarl(?) (I think his wife was just zoning out, but hey I don't expect it to be perfect).
All said and done however, I do feel like the coloring/shading of the characters could be improved a bit, it could just be the contrast between them and the awesome backgrounds that are getting to me though.
Reviews for "Shieldmaiden Part One"
PiratePudding responds:
Thank you very much! :) I'm happy you enjoyed it.
Well, the Jarl was looking at the crowd in the hall and they were looking at him, basically. And Yes the wife IS zoned out. she's booooored, haha.
The shading is a bit of a quandary. SInce I worked almost by myself on most of the episode, I had to make some choices. Either take even more time and add shadows to every single frame... or just add them where they set the mood and get on with the animation.
I've been waiting so long for this amazingness! Wish it was a bit longer.
PiratePudding responds:
Happy you like it!
We're working on the next part, but it take alot of work to do everything.
If you want more, please consider giving a hand on Patreon! :)
Since your teasers I had been waiting for this and it is great. I like your animation style and that you can tell a story without any words. Keep it up and I'm waiting for the next part! Cheers!
PiratePudding responds:
Thank you very much!
It's great that the film has been receiving so much positive feedback!
(Don't forget to give the patreon page a glance If you'd like to help u get the next part out faster! :) )
This was a very good cartoon! I was a bit disappointed it was left hanging, but then again it would be continued later. I appreciated all the little details put into everything. At first, I thought it was going to be about that old guy who would be the main character. It really wasn't.
I guess it was unpredictable that way. The credits seemed to go on a bit too long. This definitely has potential. It helps that the animation is great too. I like the title too.
PiratePudding responds:
Thank you very much, I'm happy you liked the film! :)
We're a very small team, so we can't make the whole film in one go, but the next part is on the way!
If you'd like to help us get it out fater, please have a look at our patreon campaign, every little bit helps.
Great character designs and interesting animation; nice backgrounds and sounds too. I'm interested to see where this is going!
PiratePudding responds:
Thank you very much! :)