Tyler's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[SIEGE]

Not bad!!

That was pretty entertaining, I must say!

There was a lot that stood out to me, particularly how well the design was. Everything regarding design was top notch, including characters and backgrounds, and their simplicity made it nice to look at. Also, camera composition and scene transitions were very smooth. Finally, the sounds and music were very well chosen and made the piece compelling. (Nice kerning too.)

The story was okay, it seemed very all over the place with the fantasy elements. But you seemed to have researched your material well and placed it in that fantasy realm nicely. Also, textures typically bother me, as I find it a bit of a cheap technique to create more noise on the picture. However, it fit the piece alright and didn't bother me too much.

That being said, I still have a few gripes. Were the design and everything else was working for you, the animation was very weak. You mainly seemed to tween or use different pieces. As for your actual frame by frame stuff, it was very awkwardly done - both in drawings and timings. This detracted from it for me a lot.

All in all, i'd say it was pretty above decent. But hey, you'll get better, and hopefully you can take something away from these critiques and improve your stuff! Good luck with whatever it is that you make next, I look forward to it.

[Edwin Ep03]

that was pretty good!

I enjoyed this short a great deal, and it has a lot going for it.

The voice acting is top notch, and the sound effects are well used too. I like the little things you did too, the camera composition and panning worked well. You did a good job with making your story interesting and kept my attention! Additionally, the designs of the characters and simplicity of everything was very well done.

My only gripe is that I really think the background textures are overdone. In my opinion, in some of the scenes it isn't necessary to have the textures on there so heavily; in a few scenes the strong textures hurt to look at. I think they sometimes distract the attention away from the animation/content.

But all in all, good job! I'm looking forward to more!

Kieran-s responds:

Thanks, I overdid the textures at the first scene because it was a dream sequence. That and the art was pretty bad so I played with knocking it up a notch to make it look better. But yeah, your right.

[NEO-C SVA Animation Demo]

Pretty good stuff!

In general, everything looks pretty good. The animation in each is great for the most part, and the rendering is pretty okay. I want to touch briefly on each piece though:

For Sneezing: I think that everything overall happens a bit too quick, but the delivery is still present.

Elements: This one is very nicely done, seeing all these unique and cool actions going on simultaneously is impressive. My focus is drawn away though from seeing everything in the time it happens though.

Match-Cutting: This one was also done very well, and the camera transition in the action is clear and well understood. Good continuity.

Weight: Out of all of them, this was my favorite. The weight of the objects was believable and the contrast between characters helped the believability.

Lip Synch: Not bad, but I feel it could be a lot better. I don't really find it believable.

Fishing: This one is the biggest gripe I have. The proportions from start to finish are very different, as the character is significantly larger toward the end. Working with straight ahead animation, as I'm sure you know, it's easy to lose proportion, so maybe if you re-did it, try pose to pose with set key frames. But aside from that, the motions your character went through were really excellent.

Filmmaking: For what it is, its pretty well done. I'll have to watch the whole short, so I won't make any judgements.

All in all, a good year for learning I'd say, and a good demo at that.
Great work! :)

[Comme un Poisson]

pure gold, chap

J'ai un pénis minuscule et il était plein de l'humeur

improv makes me laugh harder.

[BroodeningHarder Abridged]

solid

I was a fan of the previous broodening parodies

funny stuff
:)

[HappyStep]

it was alright

its okay for what it is. I do like the designs
of the sun, clouds, rabbits, candy canes, etc.
those were nicely done.

My main problem with the character animation is that
the run cycle is awkwardly done
and skips a frame when it loops.

the music ends way before the movie does, which
kinda makes it boring at the end.

but for your first, its decent. practice up
and I bet you'll be making good stuff
in time. :)

YouriX responds:

Thanks! I will surley learn from my mistakes on this flash! thanks!

[Lucy!]

It was alright

The concept of it was interesting - implying the
idea of 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'
in the manner you presented was a clever idea.

The graphics were alright in most parts, the buildings
looked nicely drawn.
The parts that I didn't like were in the animation:
the running gray man and the walking up the stairs
just looked sloppy and off.

But other than that, it was decent, so a 3/5 and 5/10 for you.

[The Brass Seal: Ep 1E]

Pretty good

I enjoyed this very much! The audio was off a bit, so I would say that needs some work. I also feel like the graphics are kind of bland. But it was pretty comical.

I'd like to see more