Peterpeterpet 2011-04-02 20:59:54

Good! Very good

Rockyusa 2011-04-02 21:31:46

I'm starting to get conflicting feelings about these newer animators.
Decent art, but it is shared and thrown around a bit. Everyone seems to be ripping from each other, and even the OLDER animators. \
It also appears that you guys, even though new, aren't the best animators, yet you 5 and 10 each other with little to no constructive criticism.
Nothing against you Nuke, but it's all going to hell. Between the grammar, thrown around sprites, horrible animation with little chance of improving because you all suck up to each other without giving each other your honest opinions considering.
All I want is for the newer wave of animators to improve and get a sense of taste, and the difference between absolute shit and actual animation.

Now Nuke, can I speak to you directly? You submitted "Breach and Clear" a while back. It was ok, not the best, but better than most of the newer animators. You have a VERY long way to go, along with everyone else, but seriously. Do you think it deserved a rating of 4? Look at the comments. Is that really constructive? You also need to be sure to critique yourself. If you see one issue, that you may be able to "overcome" by ignoring it, fuck the project! Compare your animation to people like DIMB, Krinkels, Delawares, Delamortes. This also goes for everyone else! Peter, hank and a large percentage of animators. Just because they are your "friend", who you don't even know, doesn't mean you have to give them a 10 and a 5. You need to really be hard, give ACTUAL criticism, and go above and beyond to improve. You don't realize it, but this is actually being lazy. Taking sprites, going for quantity of your animations over quality and giving a big "fuck you!" to actual animation. You need to get down on yourselves and improve EVERY INCH of your animations. You need to make them look sharp, while using YOUR OWN SPRITES! Don't take details from other animators, don't take ANYTHING that you might have seen in their work. You need to be original.

I was in this position before. I was complacent, but I know fuck myself over anything I see wrong with my animation. This is why people take MONTHS to animate. You can't be like DIMB, Krinkels, Delawares, Delamortes, Alpha-Nuva or anyone else in less than a year or two. You need to practice.

Stop submitting your half-assed animations for now. Work together to improve, and be harsh.

Rockyusa 2011-04-02 22:11:17

so i was lazy and took sprites from someone else. ok no problem, bored for a week decided to do something new. i have no problem with that, but with these major projects, like madness quarantine, i either have one of my co workers make
something, or i make it myself. i dont see a problem with that

I am sorry if I may have offended you, but like I said, it's not just you.
But you also redefined my points.
You admitted you were lazy, which is a large issue among most new animators. I'm not saying you won't improve, but you need to be aware that laziness will not breed improvement. The second issue I saw is that you were "bored for a week". If you worked for only a week, not saying that you did, although from what you said you might have. Also, co-workers? Who would that be?

People just need to improve on grammar, maturity and overall criticism. I feel there is just something wrong with the newer animators. I can't put my finger on it, but I can tell that most of these NEWER animators, including you, don't put much effort into it. You may CARE about it, but you won't put months into perfecting your animation, and then MONTHS into animating it. You need to perfect your animations and start with your own sprites in order to actually begin working on a major animation. That would most likely lead to a good amount of decent feedback.

Rockyusa 2011-04-03 00:43:08

I am not at all comparing myself to those animators.
I make my sprites. I do not rip them, as I have done in the past.
Also, three years.

FallowerOfHank 2011-04-04 20:48:13

So how is it coming along?

MADNESSDAY2030 2011-04-05 18:30:00

where dose he get his ideas >.<

MADNESSDAY2030 2011-04-06 12:10:40

yea, i....... must..... animate...... with.......that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 11111