This raises the bar
...so high as to make it untouchable, except, of course, by Nim's Wintertale. Beautiful and highly stylized rendering of an extremely realistic natural world offset by more traditionally animation-style animals makes this a unique work of art. I love those sweet-faced cartoon fish and the adorable sheep. This flash addresses a largely unexamined aspect of nature through the lens of mythology and succeeds in every way. Much respect!
nice
Wow, top 2 huh. Good job. Not really sure about the origins of this story, but interesting. Nice graphics and everything, but i guess your warning of it being slow going and for 13 mins sorta caught me off guard a little because i thought it'd be similar to nim. But good music again! keep it up!
Just...Amazing
I cannot even decribe what I saw.. how wonderful it was yet very interesting.
Absolutely breathtaking
You've only submitted your first two submissions yesterday, and you're already my second favorite artist on this site, and both your submissions are in my top five favorites. I highly doubted that any animator would come to Newgrounds that would ever have the ability to surpass Adam Phillips in sheer graphical talent, but once again I am proven wrong, and I can in no way say that I am disappointed.
Never on this site have I ever seen anything that even remotely compares to the sheer skill of animation shown in this flash. I actually sat there with my mouth open for the majority of the 13 minutes just marvelling at your pure mastery of Flash. All the backgrounds and scenery Have amazing attention to detail, and seems as though it was crafted with specific care so that it fit the mood exactly, and succeeded every single time. From the sunny background behind the tree to the foggy, desolate landscape that the movie transitions to, it is all drawn perfectly, and the movie wouldn't be nearly as good if it weren't for your absolute graphical finesse.
As for the animation itsself, it too manages to be greater than any animation I've ever witnessed on this site. Every motion flows with great fluidity, the animal motions are captured realisticly, and every section of the flash transitions faultlessly. I'm really at a loss of words to just describe the sheer supremacy of every aspect of the animation. There is perfect frame rate, perfect movement, perfect scenery, and you're the only flash artist I've ever witnessed that has managed to make three-dimensional movement look not only decent, but even that aspect is done perfectly.
I also particularly like the selection of music you chose. Most of the time is's an ambient, calm composure, which exactly fits the mood of the Flash. When the fish begin their struggle to survive, it changes to a fitting chase music. And the best selection of all of the music tracks in my opionion is the ending theme before all life is lost. A selection similar to the beginning theme but with the slightest hint of sadness. That is what truly completes this flash.
This is the only flash that has ever made me question whether or not to change my number one favorite submission of all time. For over a year, Kol's Pustota has claimed that spot, but now I think it may have been surpassed. This is quite possibly the greatest flash I've ever seen, and I pray that Tom puts it on the front page along with your other submission of almost equal quality.
I honestly hope you plan to submit more to Newgrounds. You truly are a god among insects.
A damn fine story
zmcg, after reading your review I can conclude that you are either a flash genius who can create a great work that everyone watched with enjoyment or that you are an uneducated idiot who reviews other peoples art as though it was crap. This was a great story that was beautifully done, you must have missed that part.