Markface's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Story That Never Ends]

Well animated. Not fond of the voice acting, didn't seem as energetic or lifelike as it could have been. You got some weird, messed up shit going on there and the voices didn't match up, it seemed odd.

Great lip synching, smooth, fluent animation. Good watch.

RubenNK responds:

thanks, and i didn't put as much time in to this as i should.

[Spooky Halloween Song]

I physically cannot stand how catchy this is

Effortlessly enjoyable. A cute, quirky Halloween animation. Top work.

Bill responds:

Thank you!

[My little practice FLA]

Good start

If this is one your first attempts at animating then you're going to do some seriously good things later down the line. I'm willing to bet on it.

The reason I say this is that you've really honed in on some vital effects that really make up a quality animation. Rushing effects, difficult angles, shaking effects, and other pieces here and there that are essential to creating any animation that requires movement. This sort of grasp on movement and animating usually takes a little while for a new animator to pick up. I personally suck at it.

It would have been nice to see a little more frame by frame work from yourself. The characters and sketches felt rooted into place and made the animation feel more like an interactive comic book than a fight scene.

The only advice I can offer is to keep going. Make mistakes and learn from them. You've avoided the normal path of making shitty stick figure fights like most flash artists do at their beginnings and have created something that shows that you have some real talent lurking within.

I won't be surprised if I see you owning the weekly awards one day. Keep it up.

Shock4th responds:

Hey, thanks bro. knowing people have confidence in me, makes me confident. ^^
And you really flatter me when you say i might own at the Weekly Awards. But let's not try to get ahead of the present, well see what happens in time.

[Robby's crib]

Lol what

I'm willing to bet one day you'll be a pretty damn popular animator. A funny one too. But right now the quality of your animation and ideas are just lacking.

On the plus side; You're working well with the characters you've created. You're not trying anything too flashy and it's paying off. A lot of beginner animators mess themselves up by trying to create incredibly complex characters to make their animations look good (and in turn, end up fucking it over). You've taken a simple design and really homed in on how to animate it to your advantage. So good work there.

Your animations feel like their being created for the sake of being created. I did the same when I first started animating on Newgrounds. I just created new shit just so I could submit something, and great ideas and funny scripts came second to just rolling something new out. I really think you could create something hilarious and high in quality if you sit down and think up a few jokes before starting.

This just feels like you're making it up as you go along.

I'm sure I'm going to see a lot more from you, though.

Cheetoh responds:

Finally someone who thinks like me. My friend and I try so hard to make good scripts. I have an idea set, but I have to right the script.

[The End Of the World?]

Cute.

Pretty decent punchline, and the best part is you didn't ruin it by dragging it out. There obviously were some issues.

The flash file looks very compressed. Did you export it as a .swf file? I noticed at the end it says "Subscribe", so was this originally made for YouTube? For the sake of quality it might have been easier recreating the whole thing.

You did well with the facial expressions and body language of the character. It met with your voice acting quite well and the whole casual approach your character had to the end of the world.

The character looked very simple, but hey, it was a short skit, who cares? Could have done a little more on the background imaging at the start. Also, the thickness of the lines on the rock/table were a little much. They almost ate up the screen a bit.

At the end of your animation if you include the following script it will stop sounds and the looping issue you have:

stop();
stopallsounds();

Anyway, good joke let down a little by the animation.

Cheetoh responds:

I exported this to swf. Before it was an avi, and it's on youtube. Is there anyway I can put a pre loader in the new swf file?

[Man Head Pop]

Righteo.

This sort of thing is designed for the 'Animation' forum, where you showcase your shorts. But there's nothing wrong with submitting it here, I guess.

I can't really comment on the subject of the animation as there is none. In regards to your animation is was somewhat simple. The frame by frame work involved is ok, could use a bit of work maintaining consistency in your characters when they move/turn, etc.

Other than that, pretty bland.

TheRealNat23 responds:

I agree. But to get better, what do you mean by "could use a bit of work maintaining consistency in your characters when they move/turn, etc."? I know bland means terrible. Also, where is the animation album on this site?

[Hair Affair]

Odd.

A decent silent short. Great work on condensing the story to a quick, 30 second tale. You kept it to the bare minimums of what needed to be told as far as story progression and it stopped the animation becoming boring.

The animation was alright. A little bit off, but then again you chose some interesting and difficult angles to animate, so good work on that half. Some of the character outlines seemed a bit thick and harsh in comparison to the backgrounds they were in, but that wasn't a huge problem.

All in all it was fun to watch, a short bite of entertainment that wasn't over the top. Good job.

WalkingShrub responds:

Thanks for the great review! I'm glad you're the first person to call it silent, as most people I know just call it "without dialogue."

[Balls to You!!]

I love Taylor Swift

Can't really comment on the humor or storyline of this animation as there really is none.

The animation was basic, a lot of tweens and choppy movement between the arms show not a whole lot of effort was put into this, mind you it's only 10 seconds long. That being said though you did a decent job with lip synching, fluent and well timed.

Your characters looked decent, a simple enough design, so it didn't come on too strong. The outlining of the characters came on a bit thick though.

Not much I can say about this, guess it's just one of those animations you spend an hour or so mucking about with.

ToasterBrutals responds:

I actually am a huge a fan of Taylor myself. And I made this on a whim, I agree the idea itself doesn't use much effort and there wasn't much animation. But its a short so its supposed to be random and funny. Thanks for the feedback :)

[attack of the blob]

End...

What? What kind of ending is that? Guy shoots the blobs shins... THE END.

The main problem with this is your lack of effort in your animation. It was incredibly blocky and rough. By this I mean you don't spend enough time on your frame by frame work and instead, depend largely on tweens and simple "drag" movements. An example of this is tumbleweed effect, character movements, etc.

The only real frame by frame work you did was so minor and so short that it played no real part to the animation.

Your background music was alright, I grew accustomed to it. But it was so bland that it didn't build any levels of suspense, action or anything else that music usually does in these animations. Also, the whistle loop was not transitioned and repeated very well.

You need to spend a little more time on this before submitting. I suggest using a smaller brush type for your outlines, and possibly not sticking to an entire black outline for everything, at least with this style.

Good luck in the future.

flunkedy responds:

thanks.....I think
yeah this had very minimal effort and well was just an few hours messing on flash
it's also kinda old and was more of a learning process i guess than an actual finished piece thanks on the background music critique I actually had never really thought about this much and my decisions are usually pretty meh and don't provide suspense either

I am and have been working on a large 2 part mostly frame by frame piece for a while now aswell as a few other smaller pieces that are much more developed than this

thanks for taking the time to respond to my flash
and cheers!
fiachra

[Monopoly Reality]

'twas alright.

Surely this makes it's way solely on the quality of your voice acting and monopoly jokes but surely, surely you could of added some animation. Hell, the lip synching wasn't even there, just the repetition of ups and down mouth movements.

I know you have a huge list saying why not to take this seriously but it's still an animation... or lack of. I think the animation would of been a hell of a lot better if you added some basic scenes. It wouldn't of taken much time, no doubt.

The jokes themselves were nice but these types of jokes NEED something visual to back them up. Not 2 guys rocking back and forth with cards flashing up occasionally.

DAGamesOfficial responds:

true true I get what you mean. I was gonna keep the animation getting better in each one, so IF IIIF I do a next one, then there's gonna b the rocking animation, but they will be in different scenes :) but thanks for the critisism, it's what I like about these sort of reviews, not the ones that just say it's total bull crap xD