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From sshelby@shelbyvision.com:

This is, to me, probably the most original in the group. I like the penguins, I
like the concept and the story line. 


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From emperorofrome@yahoo.com:

extremely good, but the peguin's arms go throught the piano. Very good water by
the way.  
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From rich@brickbots.com:
What a Finale!  This was by far my favorite entry.  The theme was incorporated
in an very entertaining way.  This was techincally well done, the animation is
pretty nice, and it made me laugh.  

Generic Note:
I really enjoyed watching these animations, but I personally think that pointing
out the low points of an animation help more than pointing out the high points.
 As such, I usually only mention the problems.  Please don't take it the wrong
way :-)

Techincal:
 The rendering was clean and well done, and the animation was rather nice.  The
shadows had just the right amount of light in them to show depth and detail.  I
found the water to be a bit much, I would have personally gone with a bit
larger wave size (not amplitude, but wavelength if that makes sense).  I also
would have made the (admittedly clever) caustic fake a bit less noticable as
there is not a lot of light reflecting off of the water (it's nighttime right
:-).  

You managed to get good expression out of the limited penguin faces.  The eyes
are small so you could not really use those, no mouths, no eyebrows, so it was
really all neck and head movement.  Well done.  There was one part that I think
could be improved quite a bit, the initial 'take' of the spectator penguins as
the ice cracks.  If you have 'The Animators Survival Kit' there is a really
nice section on 'takes' and such.  Basically, I think it needs a LOT more
anticipation.  Scrunch those penguins wayyyyy down in maybe four frames and
then, POP, they stretch back to full stature in one maybe two.  It will make
the 'surprise' a lot more forceful.  It will look strange as you are animating
it, but people won't really notice the anticipation (it's only 6 frames, maybe
1/4 second) but they will feel it.

Artistic:
  Your environment was well done, the penguins are very nice looking and you use
of light did invoke the nighttime feel.  From a motion standpoint, the penguin
playing the piano was very artistically animated and had a nice rythym to it.

Theme:
 I was really afraid it would be all crashes and destruction this round, and I
was very happy to see another type of 'end' explored.  In fact you kind of had
two, the false end of the musical pause, and then the unexpected end.  I think
the best endings are both end, and beginning, so having the penguin re-emerge
to applause was a nice touch.

Have questions about my comments? Rich at brickbots dot com





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From Markus.Altendorff@asamnet.de:
Funny idea, just a bit rough around the edges. Some suggestions:
- animation of the three listening penguins is a bit too synchronous at times,
esp. when they're looking at the player after looking at each other.
- the sinking ice with the piano on it moves more like an elevator. Some
irregularity there would have been nice.

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