Mightydein's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Naruto: The Final Episode]

Your movie has a very funny premise about the final episode of naruto.

The final episode of naruto deviates away from it's original source material.

An actual final episode could never actually get away with that.

You've drawn the characters to remain recognizable but have significantly downgraded their attractiveness.

You've really placed your own twist onto the naruto art style.

I personally didn't find the movie to be very funny.

It just wasn't my kind of humor to be honest.

I still found entertainment value based on the visual elements of your submission.

This submission is very visually interesting.

The simulated VHS tape effect could have looked a bit more convincing.

A simulated cel animation look would be perfect with your simulated VHS effect.

It is also possiable to create a geniune VHS tape containing original cel animation.

The combined cost of material needed to create an Anime VHS tape would be astronomical.

Creating a simulated cel animation look using an image manipulation program would cost nothing.

A simulated cel animation look along with fake VHS tracking would be perfect.

You missed a few opportunities to completely satirize naruto to it's full extent.

The characters in your movie displayed a lot less personality than the original Naruto characters.

You missed an opportunity to spoof the actual characters themselves.

Your movie didn't really allow enough time for each personality to shine.

You could have utilized knowdege of the characters to add more comedy.

A good parody requires both a critical eye and an encyclopedia level of knowledge.

This movie mostly had a very critical eye but didn't display complete knowledge about Naruto.

This movie has picked a good target for parody.

- Mightydein

Speedo responds:

Thanks for the review.

It went into a lot of detail.

I appreciate this.

Thanks.

- Speedo

[Kirby is a Badass]

I love how the kirby characters were drawn.

The simple backgrounds works effectively for this kirby based submission.

You could create more distinct fan animations by experimenting with your drawings more often.

I like how the character designs were accurate to the world of kirby.

You used different color outlines besides just black outlines.

work on placing your own twist onto the kirby art style and you will create a much more visually interesting cartoon.

You drawn kirby very accurately and ready to add your own twist onto the kirby art style.

Make another kirby movie.

- Mightydein

gamebrojimmy responds:

Thanks for the tips, Im still trying to find a style that I like and suits me. I'll keep at it and keep trying to improve myself

[Megabuster?]

I love the expressive face given to mega-man.

His disappointment with the mega buster being smaller bursts of energy was obvious.

The animation is surprisingly smooth for a first time submission.

You could actually add onto this movie by making it longer.

An increased run time will give you a chance to add other stuff to the movie.

You could even package the flash movie like an interactive DVD.

The cartoon could also be a video uploaded to youtube, newgrounds or where ever else.

You can expand upon this small little animation and place into a more ambitious project.

Keep making those new animations and use that megaman animation again.

Best of luck.

- Mightydein

Daqaroni responds:

Thanks man! I'm glad you like it!

I was actually considering making this longer but between school and stuff
I had to settle with this.

I was also considering putting this up on Youtube or other stuff but i think i'm
going to stick with Newgrounds for now.

I'm pretty sure that I will either redo or edit this little animation in the near future,
especially since it was my first one.

Thanks so much for you feedback dude, I really appreciate it, and thanks for being so honest!

[Condensate]

This movie had a very silly premise and was executed in a humorous manner.

The voice acting sounded a lot like professional acting.

You either utilized some extremely talented voice actors or borrowed the audio from somewhere.

I would describe the art style as chubby stick figures.

The voice acting used for this submission really adds a kick to this movie.

The actual characters themselves could be a bit more emotional.

Draw exaggerated facial expressions to go along with the voice acting more often.

You want to create a cartoon that can potentially entertaining without sound.

sound does adds a lot to a cartoon.

Visual elements also add a lot of cartoon as well.

Try to avoid drawing the same facial expression twice as a possible ideal.

I love the body language of your characters.

A lot of your characters communicate with their bodies and often use their hands while talking.

Most people use their hands while talking to hold your attention.

This was a very enjoyable cartoon.

Try to take your drawings to the next level in possible future submissions.

experiment with using different aspects of your own drawing style.

You can even teach yourself how to adapt learned skills from your past movies onto new cartoons.

Just be sure to have fun while experimenting with new ways of creating cartoons.

Keep making those new submissions.

- Mightydein

Cheetoh responds:

wow thank you so much for the feedback. I always had an issue with voice acting and i'm glad I actually improved. Thanks for the advice and i'm gonna listen to it

[Cereal Surprise]

The little girl was attempting to get the last bit of cereal into her bowl.

I like how you gave her a very expressive face and the poses were awesome.

I noticed a bit of squash and stretch technique in the animation as well.

The background look to be created in photoshop.

It seems to blend together nicely with your character.

I'd be interested in watching another cartoon in this style but with a bit more experimentation.

You can messing around with multiple shades of the same color.

Use different colored outlines besides the usual black outline.

Try creating backgrounds in different styles and use different kind of tools.

Keep making those cartoons and trying new things.

- Mightydein

Jectoons responds:

Hey, thanks a lot for the review and suggestions! I really appreciate it. Will look into them when making new cartoons. Glad you liked my little short. Cheers!
-Ject

[Transformers: The Stop Motion Series Official Teaser Trailer #1]

I love how you combined backgrounds created in a digital manipulation program with action figures based on the transformers movies.

Would it be possible to also create hand crafted sets too?

Honestly any kind of background for stop motion movies would work effectively.

I'm very pleased you took extra time to add backgrounds.

I seen too many stop motion submissions with no backgrounds.

A lot of stop motion submissions will usually film from a table and not even create sets.

This series might be interesting.

A very effective trailer.

- Mightydein

LSanimation responds:

Thanks :) I want this to be as cinematic as possible at the same time keeping it under tabs in terms of time and budget. In the future I shall build some actual sets for the stop-motion videos (such as using train model scales and etc) but right now this is the best option :)

[Chaos War Episode 9 Trailer]

This looks pretty cool so far.

I like some of the drawn animation used for the movie and how to manipulated already existing video game sprites to do a bunch of poses.

The trailer was very fast moving and didn't allow enough time to soak everything in.

I like the effect of moving background clouds in one shot.

I seen a lot of cartoons not even bother to use the motion tween feature to move clouds.

It's a very simple effect to do and it looks cool.

Other shots had a semi 3D look and was used to enhance panning shots.

You have created a decent looking trailer.

I'm personally not a fan of these sonic fan movies.

If you can also create original characters and use the same kinda effects too.

Creating original sprites would be awesome as well.

Best of luck to your new movie.

- Mightydein

JohnTheHedgechidna responds:

Once I get everything finished up with this I do intend to move on to more original works! I have plenty of ideas but right now I don't have the time nor the resources. And I certainly don't want to leave this incomplete because that's one thing that irritates me! People starting something then never finishing it.

[The Adventures Of Super Dude!]

I just didn't see a whole lot of motion with the animation itself.

The characters mostly stood in stationary poses.

I would like to see your characters display more motion in their animations.

Take the time to draw the same picture again and again.

Each drawing has slight changes and the collected pictures will result in the illusion of movement.

Animation is very difficult to create and sometimes shortcuts are needed.

I noticed you used some very extreme animation short cuts.

You would draw the character once and only animate a few key moving parts.

Only the mouths of the characters moved.

Your characters are very clearly standing outside.

Key items such as the clothes on your characters would move in the wind.

Hair would also move in the wind too.

Those small details can easily be over looked; However, including these kinda details will create a more polished cartoon.

You can make these items move in the wind using motion tweens, shape tweens or frame by frame.

Just think of creative ways to use the tools available in flash.

The character animations can be a lot more lively to farther display character emotions.

Play around with your character faces more often.

The faces can sometimes even be manipulated in synchronization with the recorded dialogue.

Eyes can change shape very easily in a cartoon.

The eyes are generally a window to the character's souls.

Expressive faces and lively poses will turn these simple drawings into living beings.

You can always cut the work load a little bit by only animating moving parts.

I found your drawings to be very humorous but didn't really like those poses.

Take the time into working out the poses.

Creating good dynamic poses will liven up the animation a lot.

Don't worry about creating smooth animation.

You should be more focused on creating dynamic poses for your drawings.

I'm currently teaching myself how to get better with animation poses.

I'm terrible with animation poses but working towards change.

You appear to be a novice animator.

Start working on creating dynamic poses now.

Good animation can more easily be created with well executed poses.

Create another movie while keeping my advice in mind.

The resulting movie may received better reviews.

Better luck time.

Jackitna responds:

Thans for the great advice and everything but... I'm using ms paint and adobe premiere... Not Flash

[Spiderman vs Black Cat]

I like that you attempted to animate complex character designs in multiple angles.

Spider-man and BlackCat are generally difficult to draw.

These characters are especially difficult to animate in dynamic poses.

I've been practicing with creating stronger poses for my own cartoons and it is a lot of work.

You sometimes need to animate certain things more than once to fix your poses.

Effective animation poses take more work than most people care to realize.

Planning out the animation poses can often be an extremely frustrating experience.

You create a heavier workload for yourself by attempting multiple camera angles.

It's really cool that you treated the animation like a three dimensional entity.

Try to include at least one three dimensional camera spin in future movies.

It's very visually impressive and can sometimes be accomplished with animation short-cuts.

Kospas once used a mixture of shape tweens and motion tweens to simulate a three dimensional person spinning 3D style.

That same effect can also be accomplished using frame by frame too.

The background itself could simple be hand painted speedlines tweened on a loop.

Try to use different animation shortcuts whenever appropriate to reduce your work load.

I love how you used a combo of multiple dynamic poses, frame by frame and different camera angles.

A lot of effort obviously went into the creation of this movie.

Keep working out the poses in your future cartoons because it's worth the effort.

You might have to draw poses and redraw them again.

You keep repeating the process of draw and redraw until the poses look perfect.

It's a pain in the ass but the finished product is worth the effort.

Just make sure that you are enjoying the process of working out the poses.

A lack of enjoying the process of creating animation will adversely effect the overall quality.

A little enthusiasm goes a long way with creating brand new animations.

If you no longer feel the energy needed to work on new art than it would be advisable to stop.

You can always return to the same project with a renewed sense of energy.

Try different things with your flash to keep yourself from becoming bored.

Having a fantasy about the potential popularity of your flash movie will activate a lot of excitement in yourself.

You have a lot of competition and making your best possible work requires enthusiasm, excitement and a lot of other emotions.

The desire to create comes naturally and a certain thick skin is needed.

You will always get those nasty critics.

If creating new movies out of pure spite towards critics will bring about more enthusiasm than do it.

This movie shows a lot of obvious effort into the animation poses, camera angles and backgrounds.

The next time you make another super polished flash movie.

You are dealing with an ungrateful audience and stressing about them is not worth it.

You don't want to get yourself all worked up while creating new flashes.

I hope the advice contained inside this review will help you with reducing stress levels.

Best of luck with your next movies and hopefully you can create them under more relaxed circumstances.

I hope my advice has helped.

-Mightydein

Psyder92 responds:

Thanks a lot for all these advices ! That's so true thanks again !

[What People do on Skype]

Skype is this novel program where people can speak to one another using their own voices.

Most people on skype will not actually talk to you and will instead type messages.

It's kinda pointless in my own personal opinion since other chat programs work for text.

I really respect that you pump out these movies at a lightening pace.

You seem to be slowly making a new for yourself.

I can easily recognize your drawing style instantly.

Your drawing style acts as your calling card.

I like how you are now playing around with the characters eyes to create facial expressions.

You have a recognizable drawing style but refinement is still needed.

Take the time to observe the objects you are drawing.

You might have to observe the same object more than once.

I'm teaching myself how to draw cars by observing.

I still struggle with drawing cars.

You get better and better with each new attempt.

Don't get discouraged by an ungrateful audience and continue creating new flash movies.

You will gradually be making better and better movies with each new attempt.

Take as much time that you can stand with each new drawing.

Something that would take you a week to create as an inexperienced animator will take less time with more experience.

It's significantly more difficult to create new animations as an inexperienced internet cartoonist.

Gain that experience and creating the same movie will be a whole lot easier.

Creating each new flash movie is a stepping stone for improvement.

If you haven't already developed a thick skin.

Start working on developing a thick skin against extremely harsh critics because they'll never go away.

Here is how you get revenge against your critics.

Produce new flash movies out of pure spite.

This will annoy your critics and allow you to practice.

Creating new movies will allow you to obtain new skills over time.

Becoming a more successful is the most effective revenge against your critics.

You have my support and look forward to seeing improved works.

Keep drawing.

-Mightydein

WockemSockem responds:

Thank u