Tyler's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[YOLO 2]

That was fucking amazing, please keep making more animations :D

[No More Sexy]

Didn't really find it funny. Art was pretty good looking though; nice job there.

Also, why has vuvuzela music become the go to noise for parodies? It's way overdone.

KaggyVA responds:

I just thought it'd be a nice little reference to Dragon Ball Pee.

[the red snow]

I love the visuals in this; you really killed it in that department! I remember seeing your posts about photoshop animation - looks like all that learning payed off.

The story was way simple, but it was totally fitting and gracefully shown imo. Nice job!

dylan responds:

Thanks man! Took a while to get it all down, but now that I'm more fluent in the program it's definitely got its advantages

[Bear And Bunny Boo ❤]

hahah holy fuck I did not see that coming. I think this is my favorite thing I've seen on this site in a few months.

BTW, your improvements over the last few years are definitely noticeable. Awesome work, yo.

Speedo responds:

<3 thanks dude
but hey now, lets not jump to conclusions, my animation will never be as good as it was in jewish vampire on ice, cmon maaan

[Playstation 4]

I think the thing that bothered me most about this was the character acting. You had some pretty intense and dynamic facial animations that were too over the top to be appropriate for the voice acting. For instance, the whole "Cup-holders, why didn't you say so?" bit feels really out of place. The head transformations are too fast/too exaggerated for the way the line is delivered for the animation to feel natural.

In terms of consistency, the characters go off model and are rarely ever consistent at any point in the short. While it might seem fitting for something that has exaggerated characters, I find it to be distracting for the most part. Though the crazy faces that the characters make are funny, I think the appeal of such a technique is lost when its done so often. The more the characters are on model, the more appeal such funny faces have in contrast; contrast helps sell the appeal.

Anyway, I didn't really think this was funny. More random than anything (ie, the dinosaur bit). That criticism aside: I still think you did a great job and your art is fun to look at. Nice work

[Late For School]

Not bad for practice, though, there are a few things here that bothered me: namely the backgrounds, consistency and music.

The choices for backgrounds in this are awfully inconsistent throughout; some look like they were done by you in flash, and others look like photos you found off the internet. I'd say the set of stairs the girl bikes down are by far the most out of place; those stairs are huge and the rendering of your character was tiny in comparison. I'd suggest more consistency on those BGs in the future.

In terms of the drawings and animation, I felt it was pretty good overall. Seems like the main character wasn't always on model the whole time though. especially around :17 compared to say :24.

As for the music, well, Kabalevsky's 12 Comedian's Gallop feels far too energetic and exciting of a song for the content here. Nothing in this short was that exciting to need such music. Also, along with the music, the ending here kind of seemed like a rip from the short animation: Fumiko's Confession (which also used the exact same music as this).

Anyway, im not writing this to be a jerk; just giving some constructive criticism, especially given that this is supposed to be practice.

Kel-chan responds:

yup i mentioned that short in the credits under the inspiration

[Mak's Parasite]

Pure magic. This will be the third time I watched this glorious animation.

ALSO a UArts man? Nice.

[Internet]

"HEY YOU STOLE THIS MOVIE FROM ME I MADE IT." Just kidding (of course).

Its a real shame this sort of thing happens. Glad you made this short, hopefully it brings more awareness to those who actually pass off content as their own without a second thought.

Anyway, style was simple and sweet. Props to you.