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[Abyssal]

Inverts ahoy!

Hey, really enjoyed this. The feeling of being 'adrift' was was done, the sound was excellent and creepy. The pacing was perfect, the shocks were well-timed. A singular idea well carried out, with no time-wasting. The animation was often minimal if I may offer a small criticism, but this mostly didn't matter as it was of course the fantastic creature designs that stole the show. It reminded me of another cartoon on Newgrounds called Larvae, you should check it out. I'm a zoologist, and I've always thought the microscopic world was a fertile resource for creating alien creatures, you capitalised very well on that potential. Well done! Enjoyed the site as well.

Scythemantis responds:

Thanks! I always wanted to be a zoologist myself but with no formal education I'm just a hobbyist really :)

[Melancholy Tim Burton]

Nice.

I like this, always been a fan of Burton, this gives his a credible kind of background, I could well image some of that stuff actually happening to him. Like the little nods to things to come, like the batman lunch box..and there really is no way that a story like this could have been scored by anything other than Elfman's themes for his movies. Love the monent when he has his vision at the end. Music fits wonderfully. Some of the walking animations are a bit ropey, and some of the voices at the start aren't very clear. But I really liked it.

Davidbrookesuk responds:

I agree with you about the voices and the animation! I have poor recording equipment and this was only my second flash animation - expect more fluid character movement in future installments! Thanks for the input.

[The Valkyrie Ep.1]

Classy.

Simple and stylish. Nice depiction of the river styx. The differences between the real world and the afterlife were subtle but noticable. Walking animation was a bit ropy though. Exellent and effective sound.

clevelandsteamer1 responds:

Thanks for the compliments and the criticisms, I will look out for the walking problems in later episodes.