Quote from Vendetta

I would take out the blacked out frame, it doesn't do anything for the animation. And the particles in the second one looked great, I never thought of doing them that way

I like it, I think it gives them power.

The blacked out frame can be useful sometimes, but don't use it too much k?

The new explosion, tbh, was worse than the first, maybe you should try something more basic, like particles, then come back to explosions.

The sword was too fast, it needs more anticipation and a lot more easing and that screen shake was way off. When making a screen shake like that you have to lessen the amount that the screen moves with each shake. So say it goes 3 pixels, then 2, then 1. Easy ya?

I think its fair to say that when drawing a sword, it needs to be straight and pointy, not squiggly and blobby. Also, a little trail might not hurt.