ChrisMckiernan's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bitin]

Looks like an intro to some new anime coming out.
Animations ok.
Cant really tell whats going on or what its suppose to be about.
Just two dudes staring out at the sunset really.

PatrickDomingo responds:

Thank you ChrisMckiernan :)
ill try to improve that

[FALLING STARS Music Video - How it was Made]

What programs did you use to make the music video.
I love watching breakdowns, the steps, rough drawings, etc.

This was great to watch:)

HowardWimshurst responds:

Thank you Chris! I used TVPaint, Photoshop and After Effects in combination

[Happy Birthday! (Chutney Glaze)]

I like how your putting in characters from your older animations and having them interact with each other.
They all have different personalities and its fun to watch them go.

As always I like the animation style and color scheme...very bright, almost tropical.
Great humor in this, and your style of humor is starting to become unique among your series.

I always look forward to your new work when you post it.
Keep it up:)

ChutneyGlaze responds:

That's good to hear thanks so much! I too love when characters interact like in Futurama it is one of my favorite things!

[Greeting]

Shes cute,
Great drawings,
a nice pencil test.

Scorci responds:

Thank you very much
this sounds like a haiku you know
so I made one too!

[Turned to a ghoul]

A neat video.
I felt the animation was synced up to the audio pretty well.

The animation was nice, but the character models looked weird.
Next time, you should put where you got the song in either the description or credits.

neonfrog responds:

Yeah, I think I could've given the objects such as the hair more dynamics. IDK, I'll tinker around and see what I can do to make it more natural feeling for the next video.

Also I made the song myself.

Thanks for the feedback

[fallen youth (animation meme)]

I actually really liked this.
The background music was very cool and had an interesting vibe.

I liked the particle effects behind the title.

The animation wasn't very complex but i still liked it.
Her dance or change in expression really peaked my curiosity and was enjoyable to watch.

T-Penguin responds:

Aww.. Thx

[Under The Bed]

Needs more frames.
Couldn't follow it, and it went by way too fast.

CandiToons responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I'll make sure to do something a bit smoother and less fast next time. ^u^

[NEUROSI5]

Beautiful designs. backgrounds, and animation.

Like in previous comments,
this reminds me of Ghost in the Shell, and maybe "The Animatrix"
I'd give this 10 stars if it were possible.
Excellent Work my Friend:)

Coutto responds:

Thanks! yes, GITS, Akira, Animatrix, Perfect Dolls was my inspirations for this animation.

[Drawing Notes - All Chapters - Director's Edition]

The story kind of started out like every other high school romance anime ever made.
It was kind of cliche and cheesy, but after watching the entire animation...it grew on me.

The animation was ok because it wasn't very complex.
The lipsync needs work.
It was matched to the audio perfectly, but the mouths were just shrinking and growing larger very quickly in sync with the dialogue.

Character designs and backgrounds need major improvement.

The backgrounds:
It was colorful, but everything looked so flat.
Their was no detail.

The characters:
work on your human anatomy, especially in faces.
They need a lot of work.

The dialogue was "corny", but the voice acting was good.

Overall,
This was bright, colorful, had a sweet story, but you need to make better character designs and backgrounds.
Strive for some more realism and detail.
Watch some more animes you like and do what they do.

YowLifeProductions responds:

First, thank you for the feedback.

"The animation was ok because it wasn't very complex."
-This project had a long development process, the animation does steadily improve with each chapter though.

"The lipsync needs work.
It was matched to the audio perfectly, but the mouths were just shrinking and growing larger very quickly in sync with the dialogue."
-Mm not quite, with the lip-syncing I was aiming for an "anime-aesthetic", so that it would be much easier to dub(especially into other languages). I can assure you the mouths weren't just "shrinking and growing", but I think you mean they gave you that feeling.
So alright, I'll try to do more varied mouth movements with future animations.

"The backgrounds:
It was colorful, but everything looked so flat.
Their was no detail."
-I wonder how or why you would think that.
Those backgrounds took hours to make, and there is no way all 6 locations(With one appearing 3 times, and improving each time.) had no detailed work.

I don't mean to be rude, but I don't think this was a real criticism.

"The characters:
work on your human anatomy, especially in faces.
They need a lot of work."

-...Did you even watch my animation? HOW is the human anatomy off for you? And did you notice how it slightly changed/improved through all 4 chapters?

"The dialogue was "corny", but the voice acting was good."
-Sadly I agree, but I learned from my mistakes and will never write anything corny in the future(I hope).

"This was bright, colorful, had a sweet story, but you need to make better character designs and backgrounds."

-I'm glad you liked it, but I must severely disagree and disregard those two claims.

Maybe you are on to something when you talk about character designs and background designs, but I cannot see it. I think the designs and backgrounds to a nice job and are well made for this project.

Perhaps if you could elaborate more on these two subjects, I could see what you are referring to more specifically.