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NATA - Round 1 in retrospect

Posted by Emrox - June 11th, 2012


First of all, if you didn't see Animals of the Metropolis, Check it out now.

I'm fairly pleased with how it came out. Personally, I wouldn't change a thing even if I had more time. Somehow, I tied for first in the animation category with a perfect score of 20/20. This is big for me, 'cause no entrant who's as heavily oriented to tweening as I am has gotten 100% in that department since 2008. I was docked quite a bit in the structure department due to the rather abrupt ending among other elements that lacked satisfaction, and I'll admit that the way I chose to organize the events was less than conventional. In my defense, though, my idea was to create it in a movie trailer-esque fashion, which naturally means I'd be leaving out some details (and the ending, of course!) Unfortunately, it isn't easy to convey that a movie is only a trailed without slapping on a fake green n' white "approved for xxx audiences" screen. It's harder than you'd think to make it look like a preview without making it look like a parody.

As for the movie itself, lots of inspiration came from other movies on NG, such as Almighty Hans' 'The T intro', and this gem one or two of you may remember by someone you probably remember less. My use of the whole "no outlines" style isn't completely foreign to me, though. It's a style that's really fun to work with that I've used every now and then since 2008-09.

Nevertheless, I succeeded this round, due to the fact that my opponent unfortunately couldn't quite make the deadline. Next up I'm going against TeamTamago, which should be a fun battle. Best of luck to all the other entrants!

NATA - Round 1 in retrospect


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Keep it up!

Thank you :3

Great work dude, good luck with the rest of the tournament!

Yeah man, you totally gotta re-enter next year. It was a shame to see you go out so early.

I always saw something good in your animations. You have a lot of talent, keep up the good work, and good luck in the next round.

I'll do my best.

Congratulations brother.

I gotta find a part for you one a these days.

Ohh the animation is very cool

Thanks man. It always means a lot coming from you.

aww yeah 20/20 bros

TIGHT.

Just saw it, pretty neat style. I should actually review it rather than post it here buut I think that you should be careful using such a distinctive font. Its easy to overuse it and thus ruin its personality. Started to feel a little forced particularly in the credits at the end. Dont be shy in finding fonts that play well together. I could see that font working well with something as simple as an italicized arial, letting the art deco font be used for the titles and letting the Arial take on the minor role.

gooood stuuf

Duely noted.

Yeah I'm for sure gonna re enter next year, it's a blast. I'm not too hung up about losing though. I had fun and DuDuL's a great animator so I didn't expect to make it too far. And I'll most likely stick around on the forums for the remainder of the tournament.

I'm going to hold you to that.

Unique style man, I likeit. Keep on at it.

Yes'm.

You're doing amazing man :D The moment i saw WIP of your tweeny work - i knew it was going to be awesome - and i was right.
Keep up the good work
Sadly i have to focus next ~10 days on university all time (final tests) ;D but i hope i will pull out something neat in ~14 days - the theme is really inspiring :D

Best of luck!

Definitely worth a high score! I was impressed with the video