RE: FLASH: Larry's site

[David L. Salvaggio]

Speaking of crowded libraries..is there any way to have folders within a

library or to have a couple different ones FOR THE SAME MOVIE.  I don't

think this is possible but I thought I would give it a shot.  If it is not

possible it would be one of the best added features for flash 4 -library

file system.


David L. Salvaggio


-----Original Message-----

From:

ownershocker [dot] com

 [

eisensteinhome [dot] com (mailto:eisensteinhome [dot] com)

] On Behalf Of Larry

Eisenstein (E-mail)

Sent:	Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:45 PM

To:

'flashershocker [dot] com

'

Subject:	RE: FLASH: Larry's site


Hi Al,


Yah baby, Hit me with your rhythm stick one more time. Who could I possibly

pay to give me this kind of critique. No one I can unequivocally trust

except you guys. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It's tough to hold oneself

to a high standard alone. I want to be the best I can be but when others

hold you to it, there's a better chance of making it.


Yes I admit it. My whole site reads like a communication's faculty's student

show of class assignments displayed in the college auditorium. God, I've

loved every miserable minute playing with and being humbled by Flash the

last 5 months. I agree with you AL, I haven't addressed the fundamental

design issues you raise. I've just been learning techniques, tricks and

things, getting some skills with the native creation tools and emulating

what mesmerizes me on all those magnificent sites out there. (Many belonging

to you Listers)  Best of all making my little goofy drawings come alive in

this my first attempts at animation. Would I have even tried this without

Flash?


My site is a Frankenstein of a design mess. I can't believe the thing even

functions. When I look at my Library I feel I've been transported to main

street on Mars in the middle of rush hour. Some times I am clueless as to

how to debug a problem because I have no idea how I got the thing to work in

the first place.


Reviews like yours have convinced me I need to let go the feelings of

preciousness I have for my new little creations and learn to hack and whack

my way to a leaner and meaner cohesiveness. Especially if I want to play for

pay in this industry. After so many years of working alone as a free-lance

illustrator, discovering online communities like this one has absolutely

rejuvenated me and made being a workaholic a freakin' party. No Art director

or publisher could stop me from uploading and posting my site on Monday and

inviting the world.  I'm so proud I can't stop grinning all day. Now I guess

the next step is conscientiously applying the fundamentals of narrative and

design continuity. Oh yah, and getting a job.


Hey Man, to-nite you are my Jimmy Chen!


Bye,

Larry



-----

Al Rosetti wrote


My review of Larry's site:


Big Smoke looks good.

The K's are.... hard to say.... I give them a thumbs up I suppose.  I

haven't seen that before.

I liked the quiet, rythmic music you used, it's professional and it fits.

When I see this I'm expecting some top notch work to follow.  The simple

look exudes a feeling of confidence and quality.

The B with the flares is well done.  (even so I would have ditched the

flares although though the effect was really well done)

The spinning B is well done, and the music is pretty good.  On the other

hand the drastic change in color, style and music doesn't fit with the solid

work that started the movie.  HOWEVER... the effect was strong enough to

make me focus more on it then the huge change in style.


Then the whole thing changes again with the beehive.  It flat out... just

doesn't fit with what came before it.  As far as style is concerned... cute

and or cool looking buttons are no good most of the time.  Simple and SMALL

letters, numbers and words tend to look the most professional and be the

most useful.  Differing noises over each button creates a confused feel.


As for the rest of the site...  I don't think it necessarily belongs

together.  It seemed to be many differing ideas put together.  Many of these

ideas are well done by themselves... but together, they just don't fit.


Was that abrassive enough Larry?  hehehe  OK... now here is the thing.  I'm

not rating you as if this was your first FLASH site.  I'm comparing you to

the best stuff I've seen on TV, in print and on the web.  For a first flash

site I'd say that you are WAY ahead of the curve.  If I was you I would

forget about putting more effort into learning and creating special effects.

You are already good at it!  Take the same energy and use it to find ways to

keep things looking and feeling similar while mercilessly WHACKING things

that don't belong.  That's a really hard skill to learn, and I'm afraid

something that I need to work on myself.


Sincerely,


Al Rosetti

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