Mightydein's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[School Animations]

It's very cool that you managed to create a newgrounds submission animated using cels.

It's even more impressive that this was posted in 2007.

I'd like to see future attempts at Cel animation on Newgrounds.

Newgrounds has a Video Player now.

Cel animation could play back a lot better at a video.

I'm very impressed that this submission worked within the old technical limitations of Newgrounds.

The Technical limitations have changed.

You can post cel animation as a video here now.

You had a very cool idea.

OscarBaldwinStudio responds:

Thanks. I'd like to post some Bill Plympton style hand drawn cartoons on paper in future too.

[Yonder Ho! - Episode 13]

I really love how the characters clash against the backgrounds.

It makes the characters POP more.

If you combine that quality with changes in color according to lighting situations than you will have created perfect color.

The Characters POP against the background is a step in the right direction.

You have a great idea by starting off tame and increasing the intensity as you move closer towards the climax.

the extreme contrast in tame visuals with the shocking adds an extra punch to it.

if everything is shocking than nothing is shocking at all.

Horror is all about the build up and you knew this.

The soundtrack reminds me of a lot of those late night crime dramas in some places.

I really loved the some of gags such as the dog barking once after finishing a complex grammatical sentience.

I don't have much criticism with the gags but you could incorporate the same kinda build up techniques used in your horror movie.

You seem to have a real knack for creating an entertaining Halloween special.

It was really fun to see a Yonder Ho Halloween special.

Happy Halloween.

Bertn1991 responds:

I don't know if you saw the credits, but the 'special thanks' was to you. Thanks for sticking around all this time. I appreciate it.

Glad you appreciated the build up and the colors. You're totally right about shock value, too. It's best in moderation.

I'll work on tightening up the funnier moments in future episodes. Thank you for the review, as always. And I know it's already November, but happy Halloween!

[RIP IT OUT]

an animated horror movie is a really cool idea.

This movie could have been a bit longer to allow extra space for a build up for more scares.

The intro really grabs your attention from the get go.

This adds more challenge to your horror movie because you have to raise the stakes even farther than ever.

an increased run-time allows for increased space to create a sense of security in your audience before taking them by surprise.

I like how the line art is mixture of messy and clean.

That is great for helping to establish mood.

You knew that lines help sell a sense of emotion.

I'd like to see more usage of messy lines to enhance a sense of dread.

The sound design in this movie was really cool.

I can't wait to see what other horror movies that you can think of.

I really enjoy watching these animated horror movies.

[Bitters.]

a Ninja movie is a really cool idea and could be an entertaining show.

What causes certain characters antagonize to one another?

a fight scene is not only part of a story.

It can also be the story.

Dive into the politics of your fight scene.

who are your characters?

spend a bit more time on the character's emotion and body language.

story and character is very important too.

get inside the mind of your characters.

thinking up fight scenes with a story to tell will become a bit more easy.

I look forward to seeing your better movies.

Keep going.

This was really cool.

Tantemal responds:

Thanks for the feedback, will definitely add from your advice in my next anime, as this one was more of an animation reel.

[Kirby Scene 178 Reanimated]

I like your version of the same scene better.

It has the same kinda cute character designs but shows a lot more signs of life because of the motion.

I really love the improved contrast between background and character.

The characters POP more in the reanimated version.

I would love see more originality in your future work.

While reanimated movies are cool.

I'm excited to see your own original characters, stories and movies.

You can create some very cool original stuff.

I look forward to seeing more of your artwork.

[Frieza's Revenge]

You seem to have a lot of potential but you appear to need much stronger reference material.

I recommend getting art influences outside of animation, comics, anime, ect

Study the influences of your favorite artists as well.

You are already studying the classics such as Dragonballz and other older cartoons.

Add real life as an extra influence to add more accurate anatomy to your drawings.

Study how real people look and human anatomy will become much easier to stylize.

study the muscles in arms, legs, torso and how they fit together.

Study the human face to understand how the facial features connect together.

Study everything until you don't need the reference anymore.

You already built a lot of muscle memory from drawing dragonballz characters.

You will already naturally get better at drawing dragonallz characters but you can always excel farther.

You can also study lights and shadows.

Think about where the light is coming from before adding shadows.

The shadow on frieza's neck and under the face does make a lot of sense.

I seen shadows on the necks of real people before.

observe real life and compare it to anime.

You will notice that a lot of anime uses real life observation in it's drawings sometimes.

You got some really great early work.

You'll create brilliant work with a bit more slickness and refinement.

Keep going.

-Mightydein

ProudGamerBoss9000 responds:

Thank you for this advice. I will do better (Or at least a little) on my next animation. This is a dumb excuse but I started animating for about a week but I am getting the hang of it and I am glad I found Newgrounds. People like you telling me how to make my animations better is what I need. And again I thank you for this advice.

[Kenny Vs Spenny: Brian Teaches You About Love]

The animation added a lot of extra humor to an already funny scene in Kenny vs Spenny.

Kenny verses Spenny is excellent trash television from my homeland of Canada.

I'm really impressed with your control over detail.

The characters have a very high level of detail in their facial features and anatomy.

You really paid a lot of attention to human faces and bodies.

I really appreciate the exaggeration of facial expressions and body language.

It's cartoony and influenced by reality at the same time.

I'd be interested in seeing how you handle various other art styles.

I look forward to seeing more of your stuff.

-Mightydein

[Jotaro Kujo Vs Youtube]

Are you still making brand new animation?

Your grasp on anatomy has improved significantly since posting Jotaro Kujo VS Youtube.

Your new art portal stuff looks better.

I'd love to see how those new drawings look in motion.

You did some neat motion blurs and animation smears to really sale the punches as extremely fast.

The movie was pretty funny because of insanity.

Don't be shy about creating more animation in the near future,

everything you do will make you a better artist.

I look forward to seeing more animation from you.

[Surfing the Net]

I love the idea of trying out different styles.

You can easily become bored sticking to the same style.

Trying something NEW can bring a lot of excitement back into art.

The Paper Puppet idea is a really cool idea.

It's creates a unique visual and can be created created.

Nothing wrong with creating artwork in a faster way.

You've still accomplished creating an interesting visual despite the short amount of time.

Not all good media is always hard to do.

Sometimes, their is beauty in the simple art forms.

I've enjoyed this movie.

[The Muffin Man]

This was an excellent horror comedy.

The whole piece had a very twisted sense of humor.