

Its largely blank canvas, only decorated with simple pencil strokes of gray, black, and red that realize the ugliness of battle, strangely helps one get sucked into the world before being spit back out when the credits roll. The result produces two lofty morals: exhaust the pain away by fighting the tears by doing what you love and, for the umpteenth time, animation doesn't always correlate to being "for children." As a whole, while there isn't much going on with Prologue, it's a strangely immersive short film. His meticulous, uncompromising craft keeps him going in many ways, and his zealous artistic ability is what keeps his gears turning like the gears in his many dioramas. The entire film's moral revolves around a bear continuing to work through heartbreak, sadness, and personal hardships by way of his passion.

Scores: 7.While it has its fair share of mawkish sentiments, thanks to no dialog and a soft musical score, there's a commentary in Bear Story that didn't quite hit me until I began writing this review. So while I would recommend the original shorts, I'd say that the ones from 2018 and onward aren't worth your time. Bottom line, the newer episodes of Pencilmation aren't exactly bad per say, they just hail in comparison to the older episodes. However other than that, The charm that made the old episodes great is completely gone. If there's one thing I'll give the newer episodes tho, it's that the animation went from somewhat decent to flat out great. Because of that, The humor and writing in the episodes was dumb downed to become more kid friendly. Around late 2017 or early 2018, the series became more popular with kids. It is about Pencilmate, a good natured yet goofy doodle, and the things he goes through on a regular basis. For Those unaware, Pencilmation is a series of animated web shorts. And While I may not be a long time fan, I know that there is a huge difference between I older episodes and the newer ones in terms of quality. I first heard of pencilmation in mid 2015, but I didn't watch for the first time until early 2018.
