GoodL's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Slippery Boom]

Looks really good, I'd recommend layering the grass a bit more. Have one solid green back layer so you don't have the white speckles where ground should be, then a layer behind the character, then a layer in front of the character. (You might have done the last two, it's hard to tell because I'm not sure if the legs and body are in separate layers). Looking really good though, good job :)

Ssuru responds:

Hey Thanks I hawe made a Stickman fight animation but when i upload it said im banned for 14 dayz for uploading more than 2 animations ? I dont get it why ? Not good enugh Animtions>

[Horror TV]

Alright, now that's what I'm talking about! I really like this one a lot. Once again, the sound effects are put to very good use, and your choice of materials in this clip are great. I also like the visual effects (namely the TV static). The end is good too. I don't have a whole lot of notes on improvement, but i guess I'll just echo what everyone else is saying, you just need more frames, the animation does stutter quite a lot. Really good work though, I look forward to seeing more from you!

[Orange Eats Bananas With Style]

That was pretty good, I like it. Your character is interesting and the voice is fitting, plus the effects on the voice there at the last line were a nice touch. Good use of sound effects too. I couldn't help but think that whole time that you've got that green screen going for ya, why are you not using it? You could so easily chroma key your character into a more interesting setting. Maybe that was a stylistic choice? Personally I would have gone with some more background work. Good work overall. :)

ClayDay responds:

Thank You GoodL! I tried to mask to green screen for the first time, however after I exported the pictures the bananas turned greenish and I was having a very difficult time masking it. I will defiantly use a green screen properly in the future though.

[World Destroyer Teaser Trailer]

This looks really fantastic, good luck on the project! Excited to see more!

[Nightmare Crusade - Episode 2: Home]

Cool cool, I like it a lot. It's well written, it's funny, the animation is good.
There are some problems with it though that I would like to see fixed up in future episodes (that I will certainly be watching!)
First off, the voice acting is good enough, but they aren't equalized in terms of volume. Some people are just downright notably quieter or louder than the others, and some times even the same characters' voices will get louder or quieter (the king does this). It shouldn't be all too difficult to fix that by just editing the audio files, and mastering all of them together so they are the same volume. Another pretty big issue i have with this is the sound effects and music are so choppy. You start and stop sound effects and songs without any fading whatsoever. Some simple fading in and out on the sounds would improve this animation by quite a lot. Out of curiosity, do you make the music or use public domain stuff?

I really do like it a lot, it's a good cartoon and got me to laugh several times, plus I dig the story. Looking forward to seeing more, well done!

MasterCyconide responds:

Thank you for watching and leaving a review!
To answer your question, the music is made by Myuuji and Caladan Brood, who allow people to use their music as long as credit is given. (I still asked Myuuji anyway, and he said I could use his music but I couldn't get in contact with Caladan Brood.) As for the title theme, it was crappily made by me.

[Pyooka Laylee]

Damn, that was awesome! Super well done, the animation style is excellent, and I really love that old video game-y touch. Really good stuff, and funny too! Take my stars, just take 'em.

[One Fateful Day: Full Moon]

Ha, nice! Pretty funny, and well animated. Didn't go a full 5 stars because, personally, I'm a sucker for a well made back ground, of which you have none. Even just some texturing or a bit of movement would improve the white background, if you wanted to keep it white as a stylistic choice. Your voice acting is good, and I love your character. :) Good work.

NorthStream responds:

Thanks! I appreciate the feed back. My main episodes do have backgrounds. These are my Super Shorts they are meant to be animations I can do in about 1.5 hours, and are filler between episodes. And yes it is a bit of a style choice.

[Stick Baits cartoon - men and playgrounds]

Ah nicely done! Around the 40 second mark I was thinking, "Ugh this is so predictable. I can already see what's coming." Then the 'punchline' so to speak (what's the equivalent of a punchline in slapstick comedy?) really got me, like I genuinely laughed. Good stuff. I've got some more specific comments, take these as constructive criticism:

First off, the biggest problem I see here is that the animation is really choppy. You've got to improve that fluidity to get professional looking animations. There are many ways to go about doing so, depending on what software you're using. Moving on, one thing that I think stands out here is your background looks REALLY nice, definitely sets it apart from most stick animations I see. So keep it up in that regard. Next, the sound effects are put to really good use in this clip, you did really well in that. Good work there.
And, I saved the best for last: the voice acting! You did REALLY well with that! The sound is very clear, it was either recorded with a good microphone or was filtered/compressed very well. I love it, excellent job on that.

A final point of criticism: DAILY uploads? Unless you've got a big backlog of animations ready to go, and we're talking BIG, then I find that goal really problematic. Do you really think you can maintain that rate? For how long? I feel like it's pretty unrealistic of a goal to think you can put out that much content that quickly. And even if you can, I fear that you'll be sacrificing quality for quantity, which is never a good idea, especially in art. I recommend you give yourself more time for each animation than just a single day. Giving yourself more time will allow you to create better content AND maintain consistency because it allows you to have "off days," you know what I mean? I've been uploading one animation every week for a month now, and that is A LOT of work, I don't think I can maintain even that consistency forever, so I won't be making any promises about consistent uploads any time soon. I get that you want to put a lot of content out because it will help you reach more viewers, but you have got to pace yourself for the sake of your quality and your sanity.

Overall, I vote 3.5 (which i rounded to 4 on Judgement) because I think you've got a good thing going here, you made me laugh, and aspects of your animation are well done. Improve the smoothness of your animations, and I won't be afraid to vote higher. I followed, and i'm excited to see more content from you in the future. I hope I've been helpful, if you have any questions or anything, feel free to message me :)

acentertoons4 responds:

I am truly great full for you honest review you have no idea how much i appreciate you helpful tips which i will put to use right away.

Thanks in abundance.

[Mash- Lunch time]

Really nice! The animation is very smooth and clean, and you did really well with turning, like when the second character turns to face the screen. What I think this needs more than anything else is some sound effects. The silence here is really deafening. I can so clearly in my mind hear what sounds should be playing, all you'd have to do is fill that in. Anyway, I think you did a really nice job. Good work :)