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[Yonder Ho! - Episode 6]

Pete has a distinct voice that can only belong to him.

A good voice often breathes life into any fictional character.

I've often seen cartoon characters from other shows with the same voice.

Another character could speak in pete's voice and my mind will only accept it as pete.

The voice actors in this series have different degrees of acting talent.

The voice acting in this episode was especially good.

This episode has recently established that pete has an older sister.

You've utilized that new information to reveal more of pete's personality.

How pete interacts with his long lost sister plays an important role in character development.

I like how the commercial breaks have eye catchers now.

I love how your utilization of mario paint for these eye catchers.

Perhaps, you could utilize mario paint as additional tool for creating new episodes.

Some of the pixilated drawing could spend a bit more time in clean up.

I've noticed white spots around the drawing outline in some places.

Those white spots can often be difficult to clean up.

You sometimes need to erase individual pixels in a delicate manner.

Would it be possible to apply a solid background color that matches your background color scheme?

Blue spots in a blue background would be much more difficult to discern.

Your drawings look best when those white spots were eliminated.

The length of these episodes often take away time from cleaning up drawings.

You managed to work around missing sections of audio in a humorous manner.

The entire episode was very silly and was often a bit weird.

Objects sometimes exploded without a logical reason.

I would prefer to see hand drawn explosions rather than using premade gifs.

Perhaps, you could have traced each frame of those live action explosions.

I love the variety of background styles used for this movie.

Ending on cliff-hanger and will likely keep your audience in suspense for the next episode.

I would recommend making use of serial elements in your series more often.

You could make references to pervious episodes to add more depth to the story.

Try to include more elements of serialization while maintaining stand alone story of each episode.

Do whatever you can to keep your audience in suspense and leave em wanting more.

I will be reviewing the next episode soon.

- Mightydein

Bertn1991 responds:

Thanks for another well written, honest review, Might D!

Yes, my sister does Pete's voice. It's obviously a girl's voice, but it just seems to work for him. I can't imagine him having any other voice. I'm lucky to have friends with actual acting experience, luckier still, they work for free ; )

Mario Paint is how I got into cartoons and music and pretty much every creative thing I do today, so I pay tribute to that. It's very special to me. I would kill to have some of my old cartoons back. Oh, I actually did make a full 4 minute cartoon using Mario Paint. It was an episode of the show that came before Yonder Ho. I might upload those as well, though, they very stupid and had ZERO writing. Gotta start somewhere I suppose. I still make that show, though, not as often. There's about 70 episodes.

I'm afraid those spots you speak of will be around for awhile longer, but I will work to eliminate them in the episode I'm working on. Spoiler alert, it's about giant cats!

I will work on drawing my own explosions. They're not that hard to make, they just look sorta weird they way I draw them.

Yes, there will be a lot of continuity between episodes for the foreseeable future. Maybe it's hard to tell, but there is an overall story arch. It's about Pete looking for his parents, and the final episode will conclude things and tie all the episode together, though, that will be a long time from now. There was an episode that suppose to come after the fourth, but I didn't finish it. It was about Pete's parents going missing. It wasn't funny so I stopped working on it. It was kinda sad.

I am very grateful to have you as a fan. I will pay homage to you in some form or another in the episode I'm working on, so look out for that! It'll be awhile I'm afraid. It takes months to make a single episode as I have school and stuff. The first episode was made in 5 days! But they general take quite awhile.

Thanks again, Mighty. Nothin' but respect : )

[Yonder Ho! - Episode 5]

I noticed that you have recycled a lot of previously created animation for this episode.

I've often seen that same walk cycle utilized for the little boy during the duration of this series.

I could over look the walk cycle's reuse on previous episodes but it is becoming increasingly noticeable now.

It is perfectly understandable to make use of your archive since it is effective time saver.

Some of this reused animation effects give you more time to focus on other aspects of production.

A lot of the reused animation should be improved upon by applying updates for future episodes.

You still created plenty of new animation along with backgrounds.

The musical soundtrack was a bit more memorable than the previous episode.

The story once again was straight forward but certain scenes dragged.

I would like to see the characters emote more within their drawings.

The little boy could be scarred, mad, sad, happy but in different contexts.

Try to avoid drawing the same character facial expression twice.

I didn't like this episode nearly as much when compared to the others.

I will continue to watch new episodes of Yonder Ho!

I hope my review serves as useful advice for you.

-Mightydein

Bertn1991 responds:

As always, thanks, Mighty. And yes, your advice is always very helpful! Yeah, this ain't the best episode in the bunch, is it? The plot is kinda stupid I guess. You're opinion is very valued to me, because you're honest, yet kind. Oh, and you're gonna love the next two episodes. I just know it! They're my favorites, though, the story is REALLY drawn out and does drag on quite a bit just so you know. I think the music is much better, which I'm sure you can appreciate. I hope you like it : )

[Dancing Pico]

I like the drawing style used for pico and the music was great.

The dancing animation was very silly.

I wanted to like this movie but was not entirely impressed.

The movie might work better in a collection of other pico movies with an option for returning to menu.

I like your drawing style and might be interested in seeing your other work.

I really feel bad about not loving this loop.

-Mightydein

keomani responds:

Don't feel bad. I <3 u.

[Homage...]

This is a better anime tribute than the same usual carbon copies.

I've often seen anime flash movies attempt to imitate the aesthetics of the original series.

Imitation often sacrifices originality and utilizing an entirely unique style creates a more stand out movie.

I wish more anime tributes experiment with different art mediums, art styles, ect.

I wish more movies would just experiment with different art mediums, art styles, ect.

This was a neat little short.

-Mightydein

[Yonder Ho! - Episode 4]

You seem to display a consistent level of enthusiasm for your art.

I'm impressed that you managed to stick with the creation of this series for so long.

I get bored of working on the same projects and have a collection of unfinished work as evidence.

Sticking with the same project can often be boring at times because the human brain is programmed to seek novelty.

You choose to not fight that natural tendency and opted to utilize different aspects of your drawing style.

I would recommend trying different mediums to make future episodes of this series.

Strictly adhering to the same look will often kill any motivation behind any new art project.

Changing to different aspects of your own art style can often be appropriate for setting different moods.

I love how you often switch between different aspects of your own drawing style during the duration of the entire series.

This episode much like the previous installment has a simple storyline.

A boy gets poisoned after eating a yellow flower and than seeks the aid of a doctor.

The boy goes on a journey for some kinda rare plant to cure his self induced illness.

I liked some the gags within the movie and your usage of fantasy audio sound effects.

A lot of those sounds don't exist in reality and is sometimes effective for creating a fantasy world.

Most people take the usage of sound effects for granted because it's a common and effective practice.

It's not easy to create proper sound effects because it takes more thought than most people care to realize.

Sound is extremely important and some of the audio had inconsistent levels.

The rabbit's audio had some of the issues commonly associated with inexpensive microphones.

I assume that voice actor for your rabbit character has to send his audio clips to you.

I would utilize the rabbit less often until he can purchase a better microphone.

Spending more time in post production for audio could potentially improve audio issues.

The music for this episode was nothing special when compared to past shows.

The music did not strike me as memorable to the same degree as other audio stimuli.

The scenes dragged a lot less than previous episodes and a lot of pacing problems were fixed.

This show is becoming more entertaining.

-Mightydein

Bertn1991 responds:

Thanks, Mighty! I'm hanging on every word. I'm really taking notes on your criticisms. You will see them addressed in future episodes. I still consider myself a novice. I still don't know what the heck I'm doing sometimes! I make it up as I go along. I hardly even use animation software! But thanks. You are cool : )

[My best friend is a rock]

I like the silly premise about a rock being the best friend of your main protagonist.

I like the voice acting in the movie.

The high pitched voice of the narrator added a certain element of humor to this silly movie.

The voices are distinct from each other and don't sound like the same person.

Did you do both voices?

Sometimes you can recognize when a voice actor is disguising their voice.

Make movies with those voice actors.

-Mightydein

Ombey responds:

Thank you so much for the kind words.
Yes, I did both voices, and all my upcoming movies will have the same voice actor: me! :D

[Menbusters]

The silly drawings added plenty of comedic value towards your movie.

You basically added boobs onto a depiction of the original ghost busters.

That right there makes fun of the concept of hollywood remakes.

An internet parody of the all female verison of ghost busters was bound to happen.

This sort of parody can go into all kinda of wild directions.

You can target a long list of things for satire with your chosen subject.

You missed your mark in that regard.

It was a fun silly little movie but could have used a bit more satire.

-Mightydein

ItsChickenPIES responds:

A very informative review, thanks for your time I will definatly focus on your points for my future projects

[The Notebook]

I like the cute character designs picked for this movie and the music was great for establishing mood.

I like how you simulated the look of animation created on a note book.

I've often used a black ink pen for sketching on my own note book.

The color choices fit the theme.

You used a mixture between tweens and fbf in the animation.

The movie appears to be more directed towards frame by frame as an entirety.

The overall movie was good but it also felt like a hokey way to inspire sentiment.

Make more movies.

-Mightydein

[RHG Tempus Vs. Poptart]

Stick figure battles are a very common genre of action flash movie.

You will need to have a certain level of distinction from your competition.

I like your usage of gradients for the rocks and sky because it created a more polished look.

Why, do the sticks have no facial features?

I've seen a lot of faceless sticks do battle and it always gives those movies a generic look.

I would have loved to see more of your own drawing style within those stick figures.

Those kinda extra subtle details will make a world of difference.

Try again.

-Mightydein

[Yonder Ho! - Episode 3]

I found this be the most entertaining episode out of your entire series so far.

A lot of the pacing problems with episode 2 were eliminated.

This had more of a straight forward and much more simple story than the previous episode.

Sometimes going with a more simple story is a bit more effective.

I didn't like the opening musical number that came after the show's theme song.

The song was funny in certain places.

The music video elements of that musical number were kinda cool too.

The opening musical number dragged and could have been shortened.

Those shots of the guy singing that song could have been eliminated in favor of more music video elements.

I like the drawings of the boy and his cat during the musical number.

Animation is great for music videos and has an ability for creating entire worlds of fantasy worlds.

A lot of sound effects used remind me of ancient video game technology.

I assume you used a lot of 8 bit sound effects.

I even noticed an anime sound effect used in that movie as well.

The musical soundtrack used for this episode was entirely different from the other episodes.

You did a lot of home work on sound and it shows.

The sound has significantly improved since episode 2.

Sometimes that rabbit's voice in the previous episode was a bit too low volume.

You are getting better at sound design.

I like sound of the animation effects used for mud, water and other things.

The backgrounds look better; However, gaps are sometimes still left unfilled in certain sections of drawing.

I sometimes spot a green gap on the main character's arm in certain shots.

The episode length doesn't leave a whole lot of time to refine certain drawings.

Creating an new episode since the previous one has shown some artistic growth.

This has been an improvement from past episodes.

- Mightydein

Bertn1991 responds:

Wow, what can I say, Mighty? I can't tell you how grateful I am that someone would take the time to watch such a long cartoon and write a review about it. You, sir, are a saint! And I agree with your review. I didn't really like the musical number that much. It couldn't been shorter...and better. This is actually my least favorite episode. I thought it was kinda sad. But yeah, thank you for everything. And you'll be seeing the green stuff for a little while longer I'm afraid. I eventually reworked all the drawings of Pete. And the sound of episode 4 gets kinda hard to hear at one point I'm afraid. But I look forward to your opinion nonetheless! You are cool! Let me know if you ever want me to add any jokes or references in future episodes!