lumpydog 2007-09-19 00:35:59

Bellisimo. Easily the most beautiful flash animation I've ever seen. As I stated in my review, it literally brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing it with me.

Pandora-Productions 2007-09-19 00:45:28

i sense a front page, simply stunning! you animate in a similar fashion to me, (and i can apreciate how long this must have took you!) plus its nice to see you animate something other than paladin, once again excellent work! and i look forward to your next release

Lochie 2007-09-19 01:10:25

Really amazing.

Everything was spot on.

It almost made me cry, and I havn't cried in about 2 years.

Thank you, for making my day.
I am basicly in love with this animation.

Congratulations.

P.S Is there anywhere I can download it :]]

RubberNinja 2007-09-19 01:29:41

That was a rather beautiful concept. Was very well put together.

Totally surprised to see you're also a fellow Australian, I had no idea.

Great work, truly inspiring.

ReignOfHell 2007-09-19 01:48:37

Completely inspiring and smooth to the heart. What more can I say?

Vincoid 2007-09-19 02:23:53

Amazing, very nice. I really like how it's sort of a story without an end because you don't know how the composer ends up being but you know what's going to happen to the boy.
Way better than your Paladin series if you ask me ;)

Spite 2007-09-19 03:36:45

Fantastic, truly inspiring.
Your art is so smooth and clean, it looked really professional.
I liked how the story went along all in sync with one song.

FrozenFire 2007-09-19 08:14:23

you did a really great job, The only part i dont like is How you made the piano strokes with the fingers so well, but the onther instruments kinda choppy.
I still 5d and Love it :D

MaestroRage 2007-09-19 13:52:44

I shed a tear while watching this flash. It is everything I wish to be, and will be. Simply the most moving flash I have EVER watched.

I don't even really know what to say, you are incredibly talented, thanks, I am grateful that I was around to see it.

KupaMan 2007-09-19 16:50:52

I don't want to be the poop in the pool water, but I guess I'll have to.

It seems as though you always pander to the most basic of emotions. Your Paladin series was all about violence, and no thinking. And this cartoon creates a very simple view of sadness or emotion in general. The fact that he was literally crying makes it all the less convincing, especially when you consider kids that grew up in broken families like that, who don't cry, and never cried about it. Those are the people who deserve sympathy, not the ones who drain it all the time. It's easy to show a crying person and get people to sympathize, but so often is that only due to people's assumption that they are obligated to feel for crying people. On top of all that, this cartoon constantly depicts crying. It's like giving out candy all the time. It's not special or significant anymore.

Also, why do you always have soul patches in your cartoons? AGH! Ty Pennington, you monster!

3141592 2007-09-19 18:11:05

I already gave you a 10 so I'll drop my criticisms (hopefully constructive) here. The animation is pretty jerky and all your faces are the same. Really thats all.

I must agree while disagreeing with the poster who talked about basic emotions. It is impossible in a flash to be that subtle and still get any message across. It is an exploration in sadness and life, things are larger then life.

3141592 2007-09-19 18:11:51

I already gave you a 10 so I'll drop my criticisms (hopefully constructive) here. The animation is pretty jerky and all your faces are the same. Really thats all.

I must agree while disagreeing with the poster who talked about basic emotions. It is impossible in a flash to be that subtle and still get any message across. It is an exploration in sadness and life, things are supposed larger then life.

3141592 2007-09-19 18:17:56

First off, the movie is brilliant.
If it was less jerky and all the faces were more different it would be even more so.

To the guy that said this flash was too blatant with emotions:
It wasn't. Real true complex emotions can't be summarized in a five minute movie, however good. However studies on particular aspects of emotions can. This video dealt with sadness, lose and life. I'd say it portrayed them pretty well.

Jay-1886 2007-09-19 18:18:11

This really touched me at a moment in life things really could go better. It made me smile, at the small gestures and little details of hope. I guess I registered to say that. I think I'll give a go at animating or drawing again myself. It used to distract me alot. Thank you.

squeakytoad 2007-09-19 22:13:21

Well, I enjoyed. A ton. Incredible work, man. It was a fantastic movie.

AndieCiambotti 2007-09-20 00:07:44

You are a NG artist I respect a lot.
Good luck on your future projects.
Cheers from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Toridas 2007-09-20 01:20:39

I wish I could vote 6...

Just wonderful.

Rudy 2007-09-20 06:55:23

Thank was rather amazing. It seems like you tween alot for walking cycles, and movements, but you do it so smoothly. How exactly do you make it look good? Usually tweened walking cycles don't turn out looking too well.

MattyQ 2007-09-20 10:44:13

Hey, I just wanted to reiterate my thanks here for sharing The Composer with us. It's a really beautiful story, and it's such, such, such a refreshing piece for Newgrounds. I found it really hard not to burst into tears by the end, to be honest (as corny as that is). So, thanks again. I really appreciated it.

Neonyx 2007-09-20 18:57:47

Touching story combined with great animation equals a great flash. Congratulations, on frontpage you deserve it!