There's not enough here to really say whether I should or should not like your animations. This would be more fitting as a loop for the art portal, rather than movies. Test animations are really just meant for the dumping grounds and then you post a link of it in a Latest News post on your profile page or to send to friends for their thoughts. This is to help minimize clutter on the portal. Chances are, this will not survive, but not because no one wants to see your animations, but because it is a test. By all means, keep going, please. Add more to it to tell a short, simple story. I'll gladly watch that.

Edit: It succeeded! ...barely, but still! A win's a win! I guess that means you absolutely must make more animations.

Congratulations, Toggle.

DS wasn't a particularly balanced Wars game when playing against others, but it was a lot of fun using those busted dual strikes against the CPU.

This is your first time doing frame-by-frame animation? Man, you have every right to feel accomplished. Beautiful stuff.

I reached two horses, realized neither was Nick, and then I promptly quit playing. Four stars because the horse wasn't THAT very far away.

I'm probably going to be the only person who was listening to this and had a "DiCaprio pointing at the TV" meme moment when I heard Outlaw Frontier weaved into it.

I wonder... if I start this before heading off to work and it continues to play until I return, will it fill my home with the complex aroma of freshly-baked piano?

Been so long since I played Secret of Mana that I wouldn't remember if this was similar or not. Aside from the adorable dragon and rough gameplay, there wasn't a lot to SoM that I found to be all that memorable.

My mind isn't really able to link the music to the thumbnail (or the general concept of it). It certain sounds like bertn work, but it also seems too, uh... man, this is gonna sound like BS... it's too focused. Minimized in its scope, I guess? It's difficult to explain. See, I can picture one, but you got me trying to imagine a multitude of spirits from this bonfire and this song doesn't really delivery on that. If there was more going on in the background (maybe a strong echoing effect of some kind), it would still have that overall effect of pertaining to a particular ghost (presumably the one we would choose to fixate upon if we ever came across such an event), but also reminding the listener that they're surrounded by several others flying about. Right now, this is more like what I'd expect to hear in a film about a person seeing their loved one's soul pass on to the other side and nothing else around them really matters at that moment.

I did comment on one of them but found it somewhat odd to see this split up into three videos. If it's all part of the process for a single image, you could simply allow the change in music be the indicator for each section of it. That and/or the built-in feature to segment your video would allow you turn it into chapters for a viewer's preference.

"These two were my first exposure to the whole sun/moon motif and it’s now one of my favorite motifs."

Definitely noticed that about you through your favorite'd art. The motif is interesting, for sure, especially whenever I saw depictions of it in small shops that sold various baubles, jewelry, and artwork. It's not one that grips me as strongly as it does you since I tend to focus more on stylistic interpretations of just the sun primarily due to having lived in Florida for years. The only exception to this is the Pokemon Lunatone. I just think it's cooler than Solrock and was part of my primary team back when a friend convinced me to play Alpha Sapphire.

As for this piece specifically, it's another amazing reminder that no matter how many times you point out minor flaws in your works, they're always going to be overshadowed by your dazzling emphasis on colors.

Margarita and a bong is not the sort of way I would celebrate the holiday. Then again, I got stuck doing the work of two people while an audit was going on, so that's not the sort of way I wanted to celebrate the holiday, either.

Any clue what caused the fire? My initial guess is an electrical outlet since that's what caused a friend's home to burn down years ago. Hopefully, you were able to recover your painting. If it was done with watercolors, then the heat might have evaporated it.

I like how you clarified that Max is not the name of the horse with the title of this version, but that begs the question, "What IS the name of the horse Max is riding?" Inquiring minds (or just me) need to know!

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"I’ll let ya name the horsey!"

Fine, his name is now Bowie. Max is riding Bowie and this has become your Valentine's Day piece for the year. How romantic!

Thank you, TiS.