yesthisismyday.com plz come and take a look!

This is my first real post on this forum, but this thread caught my attention. The following is just my opinion, though I hope it may be of some value:

Focusing on the two photo manipulations above:
1. The street view. I do like this photo, but It took a long time to notice your logo on the building. And for what it's worth, the logo really doesn't add anything to the piece (almost like I was looking for something, and when that something was just your logo I was kind of disappointed). The focal point seems to be the end of the street that the child is looking/pointing at, or in that general area, and it would be much more impactful to have put your logo somewhere noticeable in that area. I would personally think something like a giant balloon rising above the street would catch a lot of attention. As it is there's really not much to bring attention to where it would seem you are trying to take it, and absolutely nothing to keep it there.

2. Girl with the yellow orb-thing. Here I think you got the focal point correct, but there are two problems with the piece in my opinion. first, from a technical standpoint, the orb-thing (sorry, don't know if it has a proper name) doesn't quite blend well with the picture. I'm thinking it might be a lighting issue, where there is a very specular light hitting the upper-right of the orb-thing, and a noticeable shadow on the upper left of it, while everything else is covered in a broad/flat fully encompassing light from the sky. There would probably be some shadow around where the girl's fingers hold the orb, too. The other issue I have is the reaction from the girl. She looks like she's bored, or doesn't really care that there's a weird yellow thing in her hand. I would think there would be a lot more enthusiasm in her face & body. Whether it be a positive or negative reaction, I don't know, but there is like no reaction here, which to me makes the whole picture kind of boring/lifeless.

I'm not too interested in most of your other work, but I doubt I'm really your "target audience", either. I admire your enthusiasm, and think your work would become much more interesting if you spent more time on life drawing & composition studies. Well, that's just my 2 cents, anyway.

Regards,
Matt

This person belongs to many forums and boards, and seems only to make this one sort of post and then continually bump it up. They never contribute to any other posts or threads. Last time I'll contribute to this thread. Thisis.... can continue on their merry way.

I am a Nigerian and am keen in studying Animation in either Singapore, Indian, U.S.A and Canada.

But i will like to know which of the country is the best place to go and study it.

kindly reply me a laptop specification thats best for animation.

Reply me via my email oris.joel@gmail.com

This person belongs to many forums and boards, and seems only to make this one sort of post and then continually bump it up. They never contribute to any other posts or threads. Last time I'll contribute to this thread. Thisis.... can continue on their merry way.

Yes she does. She is posting her work on lots of different sites so more people can see her work. She also keeps bumping her thread up by posting new art. How is that a bad thing?

So, you don't like her work, and have said so. She still keeps doing it regardless. I think that's great on her part. She's not posting porn or ads selling cheap cel phones so I don't see anything wrong with her posting.

Aloha,
the Ape

I agree with Animated Ape. This is, afterall, the Show and Tell forum, and yesthisismymusic is doing exactly that, showing and telling. The bumping up...that's a generic term. This thread is being updated with new work all of the time. If she can't show her work, what is she meant to do? I bump up my thread of the coffee binge animation with new tests...I rarely get involved in other threads, so maybe I should be criticised too? I mean, isn't it really the same?

And by contribute to other threads... yesthisismymusic is contributing in her own way to the AWN forums. By exhibiting her work. She looks to be very busy with her work. Some people stick to certain forums. She happens to stick to this one. She may, in fact, not have very much to say on the topics in the other forums...

*gets animated bullet proof jacket on and bullet proof head visor*
*hopes it will protect him from being rubbed out*

Whether it's hello kitty or not it it's really simplified and not even a really solid style, super cheezy, trendy, at best you would gain the respect of maybe one small misled little girl. I would suggest learning to draw with a pencil and paper before moving to photoshop or flash or whatever this was done on.

..............................Have you guys seen this?..............................

Do you ever contribute to the forums you belong to, or do you simply join to promote your own "work". This thread is tiresome and self serving. I've never seen you post here or at Flashkit on anything but your own threads.

Lame as usual :)

I agree with Phacker. I usually just stare around this post whenever it gets bumped up (almost always by the author, of course), like spam or a banner ad. If you have something new to post, I'd suggest you start a new thread and preface it with some description of what it is so someone can judge whether it's worth a look.

Additionally, I'd recommend you try to use this forum for the discussion of animation: post works-in-progress; ask animation questions, if you have them; offer comments on other people's work if you have something to say. Otherwise it just looks like you're trying to turn this into a mirror site for your website.

This is the "Show and Tell" Forum. This is where this belongs. There are several people who, for the most part stay only in one forum, and that's perfectly fine.

Aloha,
the Ape

This thread is really annoying. There's never even any animation on it! "Look at us we've got shirts and everything! Who cares if we suck at drawing and we've never done any animation. As long as we think of a gay name for ourselves and post our crappy pictures all over the web, that's all that really matters." *slightly sarcastic undertone*. Come back when you've actually created something legitimate.

It's ok to post illustrations here SpaceFighter2000, it's the Show and Tell Forum. If you don't like their style, thats fine. You are entitled to your opinion, which you have expressed, and he is entitled to their style, which he is expressing. If his thread bothers you that much, then don't click on it. It's pretty simple.

These forums are to share our artwork AND to help others. If you have valid critique then fine, but simply saying someone can't draw, or your style sucks, is not acceptable.

Aloha,
the Ape

You're right Ape, taking a second look at my comment I realize that it is pretty unacceptable. Please forgive me for taking out my anger on this forum.