Gettin old already.
The first one was ok. This one was passable, and I'm glad you shortened the walk time. Still, this is getting old quick.
If you have thoughts of submitting another with something other than the hat or the tree, and nothing else new, you may not want to.
Please make 'em longer and add a story. Otherwise, the next one might not pass.
Hi. Welcome to Newgrounds.
Just FYI: Newgrounds is for animation. Youtube is for videos.
We're not real fans of youtube here, so please don't submit videos, talk about your youtube channel, or ask us to subscribe.
Please enjoy the animations here on Newgrounds, and submit if you want. Animations are always welcome when they're good like this:
The Internet Pals by JAZZA
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /581550
Don't submit unfinished things or 'tests'.
It's not bad, but it's too short and it's unfinished.
The problem is that this animation is a fragment. It's a piece of what could eventually be turned into a movie, but for now, it's nothing more than a part or a bit.
The problem is not if it's bad, but rather if it's good. When it's bad, it gets a low score and gets blammed and is forgotten and gone. Done.
If it's a 'good' piece, then people get confused and may pass it. The problem is that then we've got a fragment of a piece of a bit of a flash floating around newgrounds forever, and what's the point of that? That's not what Newgrounds is about.
What's here isn't bad. But since it passed, it'll be forever unfinished, because if you complete this into a vid, you'll submit the finished item as a separate item and we'll have both finished and unfinished items floating around here, and that's not what Newgrounds is about.
It's not bad. Just, please send thru completed items. :)
Don't submit unfinished things or 'tests'.
It's not bad, but it's too short and it's unfinished.
The problem is that this animation is a fragment. It's a piece of what could eventually be turned into a movie, but for now, it's nothing more than a part or a bit.
The problem is not if it's bad, but rather if it's good. When it's bad, it gets a low score and gets blammed and is forgotten and gone. Done.
If it's a 'good' piece, then people get confused and may pass it. The problem is that then we've got a fragment of a piece of a bit of a flash floating around newgrounds forever, and what's the point of that? That's not what Newgrounds is about.
What's here isn't bad. But if it passes, it'll be forever unfinished, because if you complete this into a vid, you'll submit the finished item as a separate item and we'll have both finished and unfinished items floating around here, and that's not what Newgrounds is about.
It's not bad. Just, please send thru completed items. :)
As for helpful advice: Continue to practice and work on your projects, but DON'T submit things in the meantime. Just because you can submit, doesn't mean that you should. There are too many people who get all excited and impatient and decide to submit half finished or even almost finished items. Don't be like them. No one goes 'oh great! He finished it!' Rather, they go '...haven't I seen this before?' which lowers their appreciation of your work.
When you get an idea, PUT MAJOR TIME INTO IT! If you can get it done in a day, you're not done. If it takes you a week, you're probably still not done. I've seen many good ideas that passed but have horribly low scores because they got an idea, belted out a quick animation, submitted it, and now they're stuck with a low score on a crappy flash that was originally a great idea and could've been awesome, but they ruined it by rushing. Taking extra time to take it from good to great will ALWAYS pay off. Not one person who has ever had something in the top 50 got it there by submitting something that wasn't 100% finished and was EXACTLY how they wanted it to be before they submitted it. If you see things that can be made better, make them better! Work on them until they're the best they can be.
Thanks for your advice. It's much needed. You were right about the half finished part. I guess I was just over excited, and also with the music, that must've been some sort of error that happened when I uploaded it because it wasn't supposed to start right there. I think I'll look at the audio tools Newgrounds has and adjust it. I've only been doing flash and animating for a few months, so I'm getting used to the feeling, and which sprites to use, and what to add to make it look more professional, so the next movie I submit will be way better than this. That's also the reason I put "test" on the top because it was part of what could be a major event that I just have to develop. But like you said, people won't like poor quality work, so I'll remember that the next time I release something.
It looks nice.
But Newgrounds is for animations, not for menus from some other site, no matter how nice they may be.
It'll pass...
But not because it's good, but because you drew her in skimpy underwear. If she wasn't naked, it might not pass, but you went the easy route and made her mostly naked just to sneak your way to a passing submission.
Truth is that this isn't anything spectacular. It's a nice drawing, but it's like 5 drawings on a loop and nothing more.
If you want cheap and easy, then put naked girls in your submissions. You can draw a stick figure with boobs and Newgrounds will pass it. That doesn't mean it's good.
If you want to be respected as a good flash artist, make your animation and story good enough that you don't need boobies and titties and thong underwear and bimbo chicks to get your movie to pass.
Ha! :D
That is a completely accurate depiction of the average Youtube and Myspace user! :D
My advice is...
Just keep practicing flash and watching more stuff here on Newgrounds. And DON'T try to submit things in the meantime. If you try to rush it, you'll submit crap. If you try to submit things without ideas, you'll either fill your account with blams or with crap. Then when you get an idea that may be decent, people will see your account has lots of low scoring bits and pieces, and they'll think you don't care. Stay away from Sonic/Mario/Dragon Ball Z/Madness/hentai slideshow -type ideas for flashes. They're over used, over done, quick-fix ideas that will bring in low, but passing scores. They're easy points, but cheap points, and they'll bring the quality of your portfolio down.
So for now, watch and play stuff on Newgrounds. Don't stick to the Top 50 or the stuff that was just submitted. Search out things with scores above 3.50, and things on the pages that are further back than the main page. Take a run thru my favorites. There's good stuff there. Fill your mind with memories.
Eventually, one memory will build on another memory and you'll come up with an original story or idea. Also, listen to music. Not just rock or hip hop or metal or whatever you normally listen to, but mix it up a bit. Eventually, you might hear a song and an idea will pop into your head as you listen. Many songs tell stories that can be animated. Even songs with no words. Ever see the movie Fantasia? All music, no words, great stories.
When you get an idea, PUT MAJOR TIME INTO IT! If you can get it done in a day, you're not done. If it takes you a week, you're probably still not done. I've seen many good ideas that passed but have horribly low scores because they got an idea, belted out a quick animation, submitted it, and now they're stuck with a low score on a crappy flash that was originally a great idea and could've been awesome, but they ruined it by rushing. Taking extra time to take it from good to great will ALWAYS pay off. Not one person who has ever had something in the top 50 got it there by submitting something that wasn't 100% finished and was EXACTLY how they wanted it to be before they submitted it. If you see things that can be made better, make them better! Work on them until they're the best they can be.
Thanks for the review, i understand where your coming from. I put alot of effort into this beleive it or not but the end result was preeeetty shitty so im hoping to improve on my second animation which is about halfway done. Thanks for the review even if you hated it.
Age 52, Male
Umbrella Corp
Colorado Springs CO
Joined on 1/15/05
Walkinz tree 
Leaked!!! Alien In Park!! 
Unfinished Anim 
Shadow vs. Yoda test 
Acadêmico - Acordes - I.M 
Epic sax girl 
the Internet Pals 
Im too old for this 
