ChrisMckiernan's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Train Question]

The lip sync was good.
I liked your interpretation of that math question.

The designs and backgrounds need to be more detailed and realistic looking.
the line quality needs to look less rough and more refined.
The animation of the character and trains was ok.

Jmainia responds:

Thanks for the feedback!
i'm hoping to fix those drawing problems by getting a drawing pad(i've been animating/drawing with a mouse).

[The Stupid Adventures of Tacocat the Minecraft Player]

The animation and video quality was good.
It needs more background audio and a story that's easier to follow.

8bitAssassins responds:

Thanks, but the video is actually not supposed to make sense, and is intentionally stupid. I made this in a month, which is actually an EXTREMELY short time for if I were to make a video.

[Pillow Talk]

The characters and backgrounds really need to be cleaned up and refined.
The animation is good and the story is really funny.

No9000 responds:

Aright, I'll try to put more effort into that for my next piece, I did admittedly just crap out most of the backgrounds in a few nights, thank's a bunch for the feedback man!

[Problems With A Zombie Apocolypse Feat:Theodd1sout]

The reasons why zombies can't be smart or do math (lol) is because whats left of their brain is a rotting mess inside their skull. So the most they can do is grunt and push their bodies to the limit with their limited brain activity so they can give in to their sole purpose for existence... to feed.

There ya go! You learn something new everyday:)

The lip sync needs a lot of work.
You need some actual animation not sliding characters up against a background.

Overall, its a good start and keep animating:)

KaboomAnimationz responds:

thanks :) interesting :)

[The Elder Scrotum (An Elder Scrolls Parody)]

Since I am a hardcore elder scrolls fanatic ( ever since 2001), This movie greatly offends me because you did not capture the majesty and gloriousness of the game that is Skyrim.

I thought the "gay beards" backwards head turn and the arrow scene was funny.
The skyrim background music audio quality needs to be better.
Try mp3juices.cc for better quality music.
The animation was good.

Portimations responds:

Thank you very much for your feedback, I'm am aware of these faults, and will improve in the near future. Thank you again for the response.

[12 Days of Overwatch Christmas! - Parody Music Video]

Video quality and animation was good. The five reapings audio did fit with the character but not with the melody of the song.

Crunchlins responds:

Thanks for the feedback :)
Yeah I agree, it doesn't fit the melody of the song - that was intentional however, and I thought it'd be funny for Reaper to kind of kill everyone's merry buzz ^_^ But as mentioned in the description, I can fully understand why people might not like it. Thanks for the critique, much appreciated :)

[The Naughty Noddians - A&S episode 2]

Everything about his was so weird. The dialogue, animation, and story were so "out there" it was well made and the special effects were good.

Sumerias1 responds:

Thanks! It was a blast to make and a few steps up from episode one. Weird is good :)

[Noet Finished MLG Klown Pilot!! :(]

The animation is good.
I liked the dialogue and it was funny.

Though, It felt incomplete because the last half of the movie isn't colored.

MLGKlown responds:

YEA IF IT FELTED LIEK IT WASENT DOEN IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOET FINISH AND IT WILL SADLIE NEVUR WILL BE FINISH!!! :(. IT WAS FOR A SOUNDS CONTEST BUT IT NEVUR GOT DOEND BY MY FRIEND SEB DAIGLE :(

[critterfitz 'SAY CHEESE' Title Animation]

The designs, effects, background, animation, and audio is top notch. Extremely short though.

critterfitz responds:

Thanks! Yeah, I thought it'd be good to keep it kinda short, it's going to be like a title card to my animations that i post from now on.

[bird flying animation (process)]

The animation is smooth, but a little fast.
The color and video quality seemed bland and muted.

My opinion on the eagle, is it would look more realistic if the flapping wings were slowed down by half a second or a little more. Maybe add a few more in-between frames for the wings.

The backgrounds bothered me a little bit because they did not seem as detailed or as realistic looking as the eagle and looked like clip art.

Another tip is to make the mountain and clouds in the background move twice as fast but at the same pace.

Overall, Its nice and keep animating.

awesomea900 responds:

Wow, that is very helpful!

my main take away is:
a few more in-betweens for the flap part of the wing.

my main problem with the background is that i don't know how to draw a good sky. The mountains i did quickly from looking at alan becker's tutorial.

oh yeah, and i don't know how to improve video quality and color.
what i do is i export it directly from flash CC.
for some reason swiel makes the quality of my animations worst.
i have watched alan becker's video on how he exports his animations, but i don't think it works for CC.
If you could link me a video on how you achieve maximum video quality, that would be much appreciated