ChrisMckiernan's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lost The Plot | S1 EP 10 | Skit 10]

You got some very professional and well made looking intro's, credits, logos, trademarks, etc.

But the bread and butter of your videos should be the animation itself and what your presenting in your video.

The character designs were good and the animation was not very complex.

The dialogue was funny and original.
Though it only lasted for about a minute.

You also had a copyrighted background image from "The Lion King".

I know it fit well with the humor and theme of your video, but if you want to be taken seriously as a professional animator. You can't do that (unless its creative commons or in the public domain)

Work on your animation skills and lay off all the intros and marketing for your channel.

Keep animating:)

NF7STUDIOS responds:

Thank you for the feedback! Back when I made this I wasn't really focusing on my animations as major in my life.. More of just a hobby.. But now I wouldn't do these things If I work on new videos! :) Check out my YouTube channel I have some newer stuff over there and You will see that I've updated my skill level :)

[Gotcha]

The live-action build up was good.

At first glance, the monster looked like a plastic or silicone puppet.
but then in description you said it was CG.

If I could confuse your cg model with a animitronic puppet, then you got some major CG modeling skills.

Very Nice.

MiddleFingerRings responds:

Thanks a lot! Nice to hear.

[Murder Dream]

Really surreal.
I like the rough spontaneous animation style.
It gives it a lot of charm and personality.

[Dungeon W.I.P (no sound)]

Lipsync and 2D animation looks good.
Character designs need a lot of improvement.

AnimationDwagon responds:

Thanks, thats actually my "Screenplay" not my actual version.

[Stylin Animation]

lol,
Looks a little like Hinata from Naruto.

AnimationDwagon responds:

Lol Thanks (wasn't trying to go for that...)

[My First Storytime]

Good and interesting anime..ish character design.

The story ideas you were presenting all have potential. They just need to be fleshed out and refined.

That background is copyrighted material along with those screenshots showing up on the corner of the screen.

If you want to be a professional animator, film maker, Youtuber, etc.
You have to respect copyright.

Present your own work and not copyrighted material.

It doesn't matter if the drawings are bad (not saying that yours are).
Its your creation, and if you keep working on it and don't give up you'll achieve amazing things.

AnimationDwagon responds:

Yes I understand, that background is a placeholder (thanks for the concern.) Yes, thanks for the comment!

[bad dreams short clip oum]

The 2D animation is very good.
Particularly the train and the girl's dress and hair blowing in the breeze.

The character design of the girl needs improvement.
She looks very short and her body proportions look unrealistic.

Everything looks a bit flat and has no sense of dimension.

Overall,
Its a well made short animation:)

[Koopa Troopa Confuses Ice Cream Truck with Invincibility Music]

Its sort of funny.

Video quality needs major improvement.

[Continue the Story Collab]

Yeah,
I'm sorry for saying this but...

A lot of the character and background designs were really rough, undetailed, blocky, and unfinished.

Depending on the animator, there was some good animation and some bad animation.
And then there were still images in a sequence that resembled more of an animatic.

Everything just looked so rough and inconsistent.