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JAZZA

Age/Gender: 20, Male
Location: victoria, australia
Job: animator & musician

I'm am Josiah (JAZZA) Brooks. and I'm a dude who draws dudes and stuff... *smile*

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10/31/03

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Exp. Points: 570 / 710
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Voting Pow.: 4.99 votes

BBS Posts: 341 (0.15 per day)
Flash Reviews: 54
Music Reviews: 18
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Score: 8
Metal Gear Awesome 2

"I must chastise myself"

date: February 25, 2008

i need to apologise bro. i watched this and was pretty entertained to say the least. i little too much language just coz i'm not a fan of that but anyhow, you have a very unique sense of humor and i think your audio message made me think a little more about the previous comment i made on the aweseome episode comment you responded to. sure the art is rough but i guess its the style your going for and if salad fingers can be populare, why not this lol. anyhow, i just kinda realised we're both coming from the same angle and i need to apologise. i felt especially bad after you mentioned you have my DVD lol!

anyhow, best of luck, ignore my comments previous to now and keep up the fight. respect from me, and wishing you all the luck for the future-
-JAZZA.

oh, and i know you're great at this AWESOME stuff, but i'd personally love to see something different eventually. keep what you're doing now up, but i think you have a ton of potential art wise and you have a great whit, so lemme know when something refined comes up. have a good one dude.

February 25, 2008

Author's Response:

Hey man, that means a lot to hear from you.

Yes there are a few different things coming in the future. One project in particular I'm completely toiling over and I really really want to see the light of day. It's not in the "Awesome" style... it very cleaned up and stylized and I hope you can appreciate it!

Still a huge fan of your work, man, and I'll be watching for years to come! Good luck on the missionary work, man. That's totally righteous. When you come back I'll still be a fan!

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Score: 9
Adregalus Heritage

"love the imagery"

submission: Adregalus Heritage
date: February 6, 2008

not too much movement or 'animation' per se, but i looooved the imagery, and i can tell a LOT of offort has been put into that. PERFECT for this story, and for the 'feel' you were going for. congratulations, i liked it a lot

-JAZZA

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Score: 9
End of the Row

"wonderful job"

submission: End of the Row
date: January 31, 2008

i really liked how everything was set up, i like the minimal talking to convey the story, i'm a huge fan of that method of story telling because i think it allows is to chose to delve into the plot and make judgements for ourselves of the characters. You also seem to have a very good sense of how to tell a story. i noticed a lot of things that you didn't NEED to do to get the point across, such as the view of him at the trafic lights from te baby in the cars perspective, but they really show a couple of things really well. first that there is a world beyond just this character, and secondly, it just shows a great crativity and effort, polish to your final work. The fbf was a little gough and inconsistent at times, for instance now and then he would have really chubby cheek or really different hair, for that matter i still don't 100% know what look was HIS, but still you executed it enough to tell the story without any problems. i also like the concept of bringing things back to the begining for a fresh start (dont know if you've seen the composer, that's what i was going for) and i think you did a great job!!

congratulations on a good work, i was entartained as i am sure were many, and i'd be dissapointed for you if you didnt ace your school project with this.

thank you, and congrats

-JAZZA

February 21, 2008

Author's Response:

Thank you for your review, yes i have watched the composer(I really enjoyed it) the whole story was able to be refreshed in your mind at the end. My technical skill is still not very strong but im trying to work on it and I can see im getting better, especially with characters and anatomy. Good luck with your future projects and ill see you around.

Oh and I did ace my project =)

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Score: 10
The Nut Job (part 1)

"incredible"

date: January 25, 2008

the animation just got better and better
ther fake 3D was put together nicely too, better then i have seen before. i am very impressed! this i KNOW would have taken a lot of work. congratulations.

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Score: 8
The Ghoul and the Girl

"good job"

date: January 24, 2008

really great art, imagery was nice

the few things that stood out in terms of needing work are the following:

1-too low frame rate, 'looks' laggy when it isnt, i recommend bringing it up to at LEAST 22-30

2-audio was a bit muffly, i liked to scottish accent but with thick sounding audio the theck accent is even harder to understand.

3-lip synching is a little off in places and sometimes either over or under exaddurated.

apart from these things the art was much better then many newgrounds submissions. if there would be anything to improve in the art though, i think you shoudl add some depth of shadow or shading to the characters rather then just one color fills

congratulations, i was entertained all the way through as i am sure were many others

4/5 8/10

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Score: 10
Mastermind 2

"LOL... you silly billy"

submission: Mastermind 2
date: January 20, 2008

oh SWAIN you Mo-Fo

i love how your experimenting in some really nice unique styles bro, continuing your sexy legacy. This episode was really funny, and the lighting was awesome as well!

keep up the awesome work, and know that if you ever need a shoulder to cry one, i'll be there.

your buddy-
-JAZZA

January 20, 2008

Author's Response:

The BeeGees once got so big that they were hated for their proliferation, even though they were generally loved for their talent. Mastermind is such an easy series to create that I don't want to risk flooding the portal with them, so it may have to remain our little guilty pleasure for a while <3

And I don't want to fall into the habit of recycling backgrounds, so the next one will have to be as experimental as the first ones were!

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Score: 7
Race Across The Rainbow

"pretty good"

date: January 18, 2008

HOW people can see this as racist i DONT know. people find an excuse to have EVERYthing racist. if there were only blacks it'd be racist. if there were only WHITES it would be racist. the black wins its racist, white wins its racist

GET OVER IT PEOPLE! EVERYONE'S EQUAL!!! lol

anyhow, the movie was kewl, could have chosen a better song. the 3D was.. ok. i suppose you were trying to keep file size down. could have done some more impressive stuff :P like angles and stuff

personally i reakon this would make an awesome game!

well, a well made movie, congrats, 4/5, 7/10

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Score: 10
::battle of grim island::

"YAY!! GREAT WORK"

date: December 30, 2007

FIRST REVIEW YAY!!

great work!! art was very consistent and fluid.
was a real pleasure to do the music for you friend, thanx for allowing me to be a part of your wonderful storytelling!!

5/5
10/10

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Score: 2
Awesome Compilation Vol 6

"sorry, not impressed"

date: December 24, 2007

i know this series is popular and all, but the humor is stupid in my opinion, and the art is just part of the random look. too effortless in how its able to be made to be deserving of the score it has i'm sorry.

put a LITTLE more effort in plz.

January 23, 2008

Author's Response:

Just the other day I watched your Paladin DVD and was impressed at your improvement and devotion in the field of animation.

Hopefully you will enjoy my upcoming series. I respect you a lot and it upsets me to know you're unenthusiastic about my work.

Though, I suppose it's to be expected from what I have shown.

I CAN CHYYAAAANGE.

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Score: 9
Gangsta Bean

"good fun"

submission: Gangsta Bean
date: December 21, 2007

i usually find after playing a game and dying the first round i give up and dont play. i dies and kep playing coz, it was fun :P. go figure

anyhow, art was magnificent, great work. i dont like the stiffness of aiming, like how you automatically shoot straight and have to wait for the N+N's to jump before you get them and crap. i would recommend making it a mouse aiming platformer. regardless, great playablility, took a while to figure everything out but i got it in the end

grats, 5/5, 9/10

December 21, 2007

Author's Response:

Thanks Jazza! Love your work!

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