Score: 8

"Oh Snap"

submission: Trad Animation Collection

date: 13 hours ago

So you've graduated, right? That was some pretty skilled traditional animation! The drawings looks professional, all the movements followed through nicely, and the overall animation was of high quality. The baseball and morphing clips were the two most impressive parts. I only give you a review this low because it was wasn't really a full flash, more like a portfolio. However, I give you a 5 for the relatively, atrociously low score.

I do hope this amount of talent lands you a great job.

Score: 9

"I'd like to see more!"

submission: Apples and Oranges

date: July 18, 2008

I really enjoyed the creepiness of this flash! I still get spooked when his face changes. The ambient music, the surrealist atmosphere/characters, and Bob's voice made is all very creepy. I look for this kind of stuff in a "horror" movie.

However, I felt the creepiness lower when he stabbed the orange, but the twist at the end was great until the final drawing, for a creepier drawing of Bob would have been more climatic, because looking at the detail of the television set, I was hoping for a scarier face.

I haven't seen your work before, but I really enjoyed this one! And bonus points for creating your own music! 5/5

Score: 9

"Very well done!"

submission: Sonic Shorts Volume 1

date: February 27, 2008

I enjoyed this collab. All were talented artists and I enjoyed the different drawings and interpretations of Sonic. The voice acting, mainly by Gamebuddy, was excellent. If I ever made a Sonic movie, I'd probably ask him to act.

I found many of the jokes witty, but only laughed out loud at Shadow pointing at the Chao, but I enjoyed the presentation. But the main point why yall didn't get a 10 from me is that some of the jokes were very esoteric to big Sonic fans. Having tidbits of fan service to the long-time Sonic fans is always fun, I love it, but when a joke is founded on knowledge that only that particular demographic would understand/find funny, it loses impact, but is not terribly bad (ala Family Guy and Simpsons).

But great collab nonetheless. I think this one is much better than that older Sonic collab. Shoot, I may have to consider collaborating in the next one if time allows me to :D.

Score: 9

"Great Work"

submission: Cosmos Chaos

date: October 21, 2007

I really enjoyed this movie. A constant pace with constance movement=a hell lot of animating, so I congratulate you for actually making this. The drawings seemed to get better as the movie progressed (which was intended by you) and it was a nice use of 3D. Did you use Swift3D or import a video? The chase scene was the best part, the way you animated the water and speed.

Any criticism I have is maybe try a movie with voices, sound effects, and more story telling features. When you do it to a music video, it's a little harder to get people into the characters, and yet you still managed to make a decent connection. Though I know that was not the goal here, but besides that, it's hard to find anything wrong with this without being nitpicky. 5/5.

Score: 9

"I laugh out loud every time I watch this"

submission: iPhone

date: August 23, 2007

It's obviously rather simple, but it's still hilarious. The facial expressions help and voice acting was what turned a flash that may have got blamed, into a Front Page one.

I don't have an iPhone, so I don't get the green screen joke, just that he had a green screen in the movie.

It looks like you didn't use flash to make this. What did you use?

Score: 9

"So THIS is Dark Chaos :O"

submission: Sonic: Dark Chaos PT1

date: August 21, 2007

Great job Wax, I love the style you draw Sonic. Reminiscent of a Sonic X style, but your strong black shadows define your own.

Ironically, I'm glad there wasn't a lot of DBZ stuff in it. Probably because Sonic was in his normal form, which I wished I showed more in my Nazo movies =/. Interesting story too, seeing the new Silver Sonic from the tube in Sonic Adventure. Will "Mecha Sonic" appear :X? I would suggest adding some sound effects, unless your movie is music-driven.

But overall, great job. 3.93 is a tad low for this in my opinion, so I gotta 5 this to bump it up :D

Score: 9

"Wow"

submission: The Myth Of Sisyphus

date: August 16, 2007

I admire your use and knowledge of fbf. I personally mix them up, since tweening can help so much at times. Reminded me of Brackenwood styled setting, but your style is definitely there. The backgrounds, water effects, drawings, and animation were well done.

The sound was appropriate, but the grunting could have been tweaked, mainly when he fell off the mountain.

You can tell a good story too, because when Sisyphus finally made it, I actually felt happy for him. You also know where to put humor in, even though this was sort of a punishment in the original myth. You took a damned person and turned it into a lighthearted comedy, which I commend you for

So overall, great animation and drawings, original story , decent sound, and all at 14! Fantastic job.

Score: 10

"Fantastic and Attention Grabbing"

submission: Detective Grimoire

date: July 6, 2007

Usually I do not play games on Newgrounds, just watch the movies, so I don't have to fiddle with controls, mechanics, etc to see the end of something.

But I saw this first on Tom Fulp's BBS post and thought "Huh? A detective game by the Super Flash Bros.? Maybe I should check this out". After playing "Indigo Prophecy"/"Farienheight" for the PS2 (seriously, a great game that could inspire you guys with future games like these. It's for the PC as well) , these mystery games revolving around a murder intrigue me.

Each character had a personality, each (except the janitor imo) had a reason to kill the guy and felt suspicious. The art was *incredible*, I had a hard time believing you made it in flash and not Photoshop. The little addition to mini games was fun too.

Things to improve on? The little girl at the beginning felt like she would have more to do, and was a little creepy. Ashame she kind of disappeared. It would be great to see some more emotion from the criminal at the end. Make him say why he did it instead of a questinair, making the viewer think "I can't believe this scum. He deserves this.". And personally, I would love it if you added more creepiness to it. The creepiest part was when I found the murder weapon. To have the viewer feel cautious to go somewhere/talk to someone because of the unknown would work great in this kind of game.

Overall, great and unique flash game. Extremely detailed backgrounds, interesting characters and plot, and a non tedious and fun way to play the game. Great job and will be looking forward to a slightly scarier sequel.

Score: 10

"Keeps getting better and better"

submission: Super Mario bros Z ep 6

date: May 27, 2007

I took a look in the flash portal, saw "Super Mario bros Z ep. 6" and got excited. It is extremely rare for me to do that, and after watching it, it made sense for me to get excited.

You really have put a new light on sprite fights. The amount of time it takes to get such placement done and to tween at an appropriate pace takes a great amount of skill. I still prefer making movies with drawings, but anyone who thinks sprites flashes such as this take to skill just really need to get off the internet.

Fight scenes were fantastic and mesmerizing. I loved Sonic's little fight scene. That's what I wished I would have done differently with Nazo Unleashed, to give regular Sonic more screen time to show off his speed. Shadow was pretty badass throughout too.

I'm glad you did not cut it off with Mecha Sonic charging the ball. That'd been a little cheap haha. And the story does not drag on either. I thought Mecha Sonic would have died this time around, but it looks like you could easily add another 2-3 episodes on with new content.

Overall, great fight scenes, nice cinematography, and a strong and very entertaining story. Perhaps I'll see Episode 7 around the time I submit my final part =P.

Oh, and loved the "over 9000" touch. I always wanted to use that lol. Now if you put in "I hope my body can take it" somewhere nicely, that'd be something. If you don't know what I am talking about, check youtube.

Score: 7

"You don't see a lot of drawn Naruto flashes"

submission: Naruto: Kisame vs Zabuza

date: March 11, 2007

Well done. The drawings could have been better, but judging by your profile picture, you may have had to purposely tone it down for a flash animation. The animation itself was executed very well, and I love how you used the real jutsu signs :D. Water effects were nice, camera angles worked, and the voices were well placed.

Things to work on? Easier to see subtitles. Either make them black; make them white over a black bar, or make each sentence a movie clip so you can add a drop shadow, if you use Flash 8. A little introduction would be nice, instead of them outright fighting. I wish it was longer too, and next time, try making the attacks for extravegant, like, larged scaled to show how powerful they are.

But yes, I wish I would see more hand-drawn action Naruto flashes. I look forward to seeing future Naruto flashes from you, hopefully with Naruto or Rock Lee :D