Finished loop

So I've finally finished my loop, its not what I first envisioned it to be at all but I like it none the less.

Reflective statement:
Elements that I think are working well about this piece are its tranquility and it's simplicity. While I would have loved to animate more tangled jungles of mushrooms Flash has its limits and while I attempted it(for several hours) I couldn't get an animation more complex than this one to work with reflection. I did tinker with having a more complex loop without the reflection but I couldn't resist the harmony it seemed to add to the scene. I think in the end that the striped back result works in its favor as less is more.

One obvious flaw(to those in the know) is the way the mushrooms die; mushrooms actually fall over sideways when they rot! There are things that I would have liked to animate that I could not and things that I did animate that I did not do well. The end result may seem a little bit too much like a screen saver but the original concept idea was a very low art idea anyway. Sound was interesting, nothing fit, I just like xylophones really. All in all though I am happy I like the fact the entire thing is just two loops.



Edit:

I have been having some trouble uploading to youtube so I finally fixed the issue and uploaded my finished loop project there too. Now you can full screen!

More tests, closer now

I really like this reflection effect however its only really letting me do it to this one mushroom.



Or no reflection at all:



What to do about sound? I'm not sure bolero suits these at all.

getting somewhere?

Another test but I am starting to like it.