Cantdoright's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Alien]

Pretty awesome

Very funny and true.

Also thought the guy below me was telling that to you, and it did not give it away that much.

Keep animating, you got some funny ideas!

poprock responds:

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

[The Little Barbarian]

Game Over Yeah!

I laughed so hard at that part becuase it seemed the game was excited that he lost. Great animation, the style reminds me a lot of Calvin and Hobbes. Manly the shoes and the overall style of the heads. Seems like this could have been pulled right out of a newspaper and I like that kind of feel. The only thing that need a bit of work is the fire. A gradient is okay for a short cartoon, but more for a more complex animation it will need some more solid color. Fire is one hard thing to animate, but when you get it right it makes the whole animation better. Good job man and keep animating!

DieterTheuns responds:

Thank you for the feedback.

[The Things We Never Said]

Very nice

Good story and nicely animated to the song. The characters were well done and I liked the different styles you made of them, almost seemed to be a callab in a way. You displayed your story and what troubles the characters were going through perfectly. I can see this might have taken a while and work truly went into it.

There were flaws, but I will only talk about the biggest one, flow. The animated bits and pieces seemed choppy and did not go well together. One part I can tell you that could have had a bit more flow and smoothness if you added more anticipation. With the beer bottles clanking together you could have bent the arms back instead of going from glasses below the table to clank. If added to all the different scenes this could have made a nice flow for all the animation. Hope you understand what I am saying.

Anyways this was a nice piece of work and I am still waiting for that Corndog Express. Hope it turns out great. Also I would like to let you know that you have inspired me to go and start animating now. Keep animating and learning to be great!

tacobuttfish responds:

Thanks! And I know exactly what you are talking about, and I knew that, but it had slipped my mind *about the anticipation* it's small details like that is the reason Corndog Express isn't out yet... I need to perfect those kinds of things. I'm glad I inspired your animation though! And glad you enjoyed it overall! Thanks for the great score too!

-Taco Buttfish.

[Missing Heart Short Story]

Nice

This was a wonderful piece that has a nice feel to it. The message is strong and very meaningful. The song fit well and gave the movie a nice feel. As for your Flash troubles, I am sure you can find a tutorial here on Newgrounds to show you the ins and outs of making a tutorial.

There are a few things that could be improved, but I am sure they are there due to lack of time. First the girls walking animation could use some work and there were quite a few tweens used. I am sure you know how to improve tweens so I will focus upon the walk. First she seemed to change shape when arriving at the post. Also try studying walks it is really useful examining the real world to make your animations seem possible/realistic. A great resource for animators is "The Animator's Survival Kit". It can be found in most book stores and cost $20-$30, but I guarantee you will gain so much from it.

I hope this helps and that this wall of text did not scare you. You are doing great so keep animating!

P.S. Thanks for being so great as to respond to everyone, I find it great that you have time for that!

Syringes responds:

Im glad you enjoyed it, it makes me feel really accomplished that most people understood the story and morals of it ^^

Thanks for the advice : DDD That helps a lot, I had no idea about this book I will really check it out. :]

Yea you are right about the girl walking I noticed it when she arrived at the pole I was going to change it but I guess I was too lazy which i need to stop being cause I know I can make my animations better lol.

I will start studying anatomy some more, I am not so good at the whole walking thing which is why I made her a shadow.

-Ill see if I can find that book in borders : D

Aw, thanks for taking the time to give em advice, I will work on everything I can, I have been getting some amazing advice from people I'm s happy : DDD

[Digory]

Unforgetable

This is amazing and heartwarming. I loved everything about it and I hope to see more from you. The animation really is cute and well developed. You can defiantly use Flashes effects better then I hope to right now. For your next project try to loosen up your characters like you did the spider in the beginning. Mainly what I mean by that is when Digory runs his arms stay completely still. Also I was hoping for to do a little skip at some point but that is just me. Great job and keep animating!

WhiteLightning responds:

Yeah, the style makes it hard for the animation to be to loose, though the one I'm working on now is pretty opposite, the characters are kinda rubbery :)

[PumKinFolk!]

Amazing

I really loved it. Nice Idea and wonderfully made. Short and sweet. Something I would like to do in the future. Keep animating man, cuz I love your work.

Also look for my animation, it be a few under yours. Sigh I stand in your shadow. Might get FP man GL.

Squidems responds:

Hey, thanks a lot man. I actually watched yours already (and 5/5'd it), animating to music is hard work...

[Hawaiian Puppies]

Good

Well really great, but after reading a great book on animating (The Animator's Survival Kit), this could have been a lot better. Movements were basic and always fallowed a cycle. The best animation I saw was in the background when the bat was trying to sing to the little water dragon, which was behind the Hawaiian Puppy when he was complaining about the bat's horrible singing. Things I saw that could have been improved where as follows:

a. When the HPs (Hawaiian Puppies) are dancing behind the two headed bat, it was just a cycle of countless puppies doing the same dance. It would have been more interesting to have them 3-4 Dance across the screen in the same amount of time as the infinite puppies but give each their own dance across or at least a dance more elaborate then moving their arms up and down.

b. I feel the running of the little water dragon was stiff and needed to be more flexible. I would have also suggested a more skip-like run, to make her seem more young and adorable.

c. I would also comment on the jump she performs at the end of the run and spin, which felt as if she floated into the air and then fell.

d. I felt the drummers could have been a little more diverse such as maybe a smaller one pounding on the drum with a big drumstick, would have been funny to see him struggle with the weight and add diversity to the drummers.

Overall this was a good animation that, with a little more effort can become great. This is much better than anything I have done yet, but I hope that I can learn and work with you in the future. Also would like to congratulate you on the great backgrounds. Anyways keep animating cuz you got the talent for it. Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day.

HawaiianPuppies responds:

Ah yeah, I've actually read that book before. I remember when it was first published I was 12 and spent all my savings on it XD.

I would agree that the best part of the short, in terms of animation, was the scene where MattLin was dancing in the background as the puppy complained in the foreground. And pretty much all your suggestions to the animation would enhance it and give the piece even more charm.

We were originally trying to have this finished in time to enter it into a Nickelodeon Film Festival / Competition, so some parts may have been rushed from the storyboard process onward, but I appreciate your input.

[Killing Saturday Night]

So sad...

that you don't have more reviews, uz this is amazing. I enjoyed watching this instead of doing my own work. Very great vid becuase everything is very smooth and the vid fallows the music perfetly. It must have took a while and I congratulate you on a job well done in useing the line tool. Very masterful and inspiring.

RatiganZombie responds:

Hey thanks for the great feedback I really do appreciate it

[Doot Doot Death]

very nice

a good practice, but even those should be cleaned up. Just zoom in and edit all unwanted lines, I am sure someone as smart as you can figure it out. I like where you are heading to with your style and I hope to see some animations from you soon. Keep animating!

Goatskape responds:

Thanks. Once I am able to animate more fluidly, I am looking to begin two series. One comedy and one action/adventure.

[We Tigers]

Strange...

but enjoyable. The style for the explorer looks as it he would go good with jazz music. The other characters fit a little better. From what I saw in this video, is that the hunter wanted to kill and use the tiger, while the explorer thought of capturing it to exploit it. Nice concept if I am right. A way to inprove is to keep the same style throughout (although they could be the same) and working on backgrounds ( Which I am inproving on now too) such as adding trees and some moss and what not. Great little vid, and keep animating.

VinciAnimations responds:

Hey thanks for the nice review.
And yep ur right, that's what it's mostly about.