TheDarkDemon

SharpBeast wrote:Even with all them flaws there it was Hella exciting to watch, and damn I am looking forward to episode 2. There will be episode 2, right? RIGHT? Right? It is seriously a damn fine work.
Now to the part I have to give to ya, the flaws: Water on the beach was too fast, should have eased alot more. Then music, but idk if it was you who added it, but anyways it was kinda silent. Then a little bit of sound issues, like when the Entity grabbed LP ya should have added some sound(weird to see it silent lol). There were also some stiffness problems, but I think you know about them already.
But all of those are pretty small things, that I'm simply reminding you about.

And is it really origins? I mean how did LP get his powers in the first place? Why was LP like all black with them red eyes when everyone else was skin tone? And why did nobody gave a damn that LP is so demonic looking? So many questions, but that proves that I liked it enough to ask you them.

Once again that was some fine ass work. You deserve a Cookie Bag.
Season 2 pls :3

Jojishi wrote:From 4:25 - 5:05 is where most of the action and movements took place I think, so I'll rank mostly based on that.

The first 20 seconds here looks good to me, just barely reaching Intermediate quality. The fighting with the shadows is done well and although the effects are simple they work. The quick movements and poses in 4:28 - 4:30 had power in them, nice strong poses and had interesting choreography although short.

4:48 - 4:58 is by far the best part in the animation. Without a doubt this is Intermediate quality movements. The poses, power, dodging and general fight choreography is great here. The way he animates with limbs "rebounding" gives a sense of momentum even if things stop suddenly in places, which is perfect for power in fight sequences. This scene is a close quarters fight lasting for what must be over 200 frames and it's consistent in quality throughout. This scene looks enough for a move up.

5:00 - 5:01 isn't good. This is where his Intermediate potential looks sketchy. When Lord Pivot hits the ground and rolls back, he stands up sort of bent over at a 45 degree angle "/" and stops rather suddenly in this pose. There needs to be either way more easing, or the character's motion path should arc it's way back forward and maybe he falls over or something.

5:02 - 5:06 has a good fight scene. Things stop a bit too suddenly here in places but it works because it's a fight scene, but only just. Certain movements in here would have looked better with more variation in the spacing though. This is bordering on Intermediate.

There was also a pose where he gets held up.


Either 1 or 2 would have looked acceptable. 1 is okay if Lord Pivot's being grabbed by a hand e.g. the gravity is counteracted by the way the hand is grabbing the ankle. 2 shows the full effects of gravity being exerted. The back definitely shouldn't be arched like that.

Next scene looks pretty good with the flow and physics, but he makes the same mistake with the back when Lord Pivot is grabbed by the throat. The back does look better here though.

So that's the bulk of the animation covered, since most of it was close up scenes with relatively simple movement, however...

6:00 - 6:10 stuck out to me as Intermediate quality and it was very good.

6:35 - 6:45 was also really, really good. The movements, reactions and physics all looked marvelous.

Main thing holding him back is lack of consistently Intermediate full-body movements. However, I know he's capable of this because he demonstrated it a lot more in his Pivot Star Wars - Part 2 video. He's also demonstrated it in his Cookies Combo which I'm just going to put in a spoiler here since his PhotoBucket link is a pain in the ass to view.

Spoiler:

So taking into account his animations as a whole, I'd say he's Low Intermediate in the movement department or bordering on it. The flaws in his most recent animation can be overlooked because of one other thing.

The sheer length. It's a 10 minute animation. In the 10 minute animation he has 57 seconds worth of Intermediate quality and while this isn't much in comparison to the rest of the animation, it's still a lot. The rest of the animation is mostly dialogue and scenes show-casing very basic, linear motion paths without any sort of full-body movement, so he can get a free pass on if only 5-10 seconds worth of full-body movement looks Beginner. tldr; the full-body movement he has at Intermediate quality is 57 seconds, with roughly 10 seconds (I think) full-body movement being of a Beginner standard.

Main things which sets this above other animations on the site is the story, cinematography and length. The story itself is fairly interesting, but also nothing that's never been seen before with the good vs evil trope. It's the way it's told through his comprehensive knowledge of visual language which sells the story and captivates the viewer. He must have story-boarded out the entire animation because it was just done very, very well. It's long for a Pivot animation as well which is an achievement in it's own right, but he also kept it entertaining through-out for the most part.

It did drag out slightly in places and it would have been nicer to see more action and complex movement, but it was pretty good still.

He also put in a lot of effort into this which I think should be factored in. He has shown that he can see a project through to the end, which almost no one can do. He should be commended for that effort with a move up I think.

Overall his movements are on the low end of Intermediate, sometimes bordering. His previous animations show Intermediate skill in movements. His cinematography, stories and general effort into the animation put him a level above near enough everyone on the site so factoring in these things he sits quite comfortably at a slightly higher than Lower Intermediate level. Maybe not quite Medium Intermediate, but somewhere between the low-mid scale in the Intermediate section.

Yes from me but just barely I think. Still only about 75% sure on my yes vote but I think he deserves it.

Edit: Oh what do you know. That's a 6th yes vote for him so I guess my vote's just a bonus for him. I'll move him up now.