Tyler's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[AGG: Yoshi's Fruitgasm]

Content is fine. While I didn't like it, I didn't hate it; im pretty neutral.

I found the sound work was pretty weak. For example, you had some very passive, non-exciting music play when Yoshi tripped. It just seemed so out of place; i'd like something a bit more psychedelic playing. I can't tell, but it seemed like songs from the games' soundtrack. It might seem fitting because its relative to the game, but for a tripping segment like that, it feels odd.

As for the animation and posing, I think the poses were alright and good for the most part, but you had a lot of twinning. By twinning I mean everything in the acting was very symmetrical; both hands were in the exact same pose many times (like if the left hand was raised, the right one was too, in the exact same position). Try for some more asymmetrical posing next time; I think you will find it more appealing and dynamic. Also, green Yoshi's eye twitch at the end was so slow moving and it looked weird independently animated - more muscles in the face should be moving when that happens (but this is heavily stylized so thats somewhat more acceptable).

While you avoided it for the most part, the times things were actually shaded, the saturation was way off and inconsistent. The apple at the beginning with red base color was very saturated, but the purple you chose to shade with was the opposite- hardly any saturation at all. When yoshi first started tripping, the colors and saturation on the few fruits you decided to shade were dramatically different than one another. Easy way to check this in flash is to grab the color with the color picker and select your color, then go to the saturation (S) bar and raise and lower the scales until you have something more consistent. Or beyond that, you could convert the object into a movie clip, mess with the saturation levels, eyedropper tool those colors and reuse them as you need them.

Also, the line-work was pretty inconsistent throughout.

Anyway I hope this helps somewhat. I'm not trying to be mean; I just see a few issues that I think need to be pointed out to help you. I have a lot of problems with my own work (some of these same ones) too. Good luck with future animations!

[little boat]

One year later and it's still phenomenal. Awesome job man, its inspiring. I love how much depth there is with no outlines whatsoever. I don't know what else to say that already hasn't been said.

Hope you upload the rest of your work here too.

[New Eden - Pilot]

Not to my taste, but the voices, humor and story seemed alright. The art was very well done, and I think that is what shines the most here.

However, the animation was pretty horrid. Yes, on a technical side of things, the animation was smooth and consistant, but it was also dull, lifeless and moved unrealistically. First off, take it easy with the motion blur. Every single action had an obnoxious blur; either use it more discreetly or not at all. The lip syncing was whack, it was very clearly just layered over the face independently, making it feel unnatural. Everything was also tweened or puppet-tooled, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does look cheap.

The actions the characters went through are not natural motions, it looked as though they moved just for the sake of moving instead of carrying and relating to the acting of each character. I feel that in trying to be technically perfect, you lost a feeling of realism in the characters. Everything moves far too fast and unnaturally. The body pieces you used need some variety too. Work on those things and your series here will look so much better.

The special effects looked nice though, might I add.

I'm not trying to come off as mean with my criticism, just trying to help.

NewEdenseries responds:

Hey Tyler, thanks for taking the time to respond mate, appreciate you putting so much thought into it. All help is welcome.

[Maybellopf Clearvibrance]

I don't think I have laughed so hard from a video on newgrounds (or the internet for that matter) in quite sometime. The premise was simple, but hilarious.

Thanks for this gem

[Sour Competition]

Great to see all the philadelphia student work on here lately.

Anyway, nice job!

[Lard Ass]

You're very talented and I love your work (and you).

Excellent test for acting. I cant wait to see these characters in action again

[I Want Waffles]

From this moment on I will say "sangwich" instead of sandwich until THE DAY I DIE.

I thought it was cute, also.

MindChamber responds:

Ha,thanks

[Not so Happy Ending]

The massaging of the fat rolls really turned me o- I mean was pretty funny.

Jae responds:

Hahhahaa niiice

[Banned!]

Not sure why you ripped Zeurel's animation and my thumbnail for Suicide Ejaculate on this, but okay.

Use your own stuff next time bud

[No Another Pokemon Parody]

Pretty nice job, lol. Pokemon parodies are a rite of passage, it would seem.

Sometimes the drawings were a bit inconsistent but it was totally forgivable. Also, the humor was pretty decent, but I lost it after the black pokemon was blown out of its own ass haha. Nice job with the smoke effects too.

The characters shook a lot in the beginning, it looked unnatural and like they had Parkinson's or something. Other than that, nice job man.