BrandyBuizel's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Meet Soldier: 76 (Overwatch Animation)]

The first part kind of sucked and felt very off character for Soldier and very generic, but I'm glad I stuck around because the Genji bit was legitimately funny.

SilentChimaru responds:

Thank's for the feedback! The thing is that's what I'm going for in this series, the opposite of the characters.

[For my new viewers]

Pure advertisement, no substance.
I simply cannot give this a rating because your YouTube channel ad does not belong in the portal.

TrinaTan responds:

should I just delete it?

[Character test]

I'm giving you a one star because I don't believe this really deserves to be kept on the movie portal for all eternity because it lacks the quality and substance.

But I've got some advice:
This isn't really a character test. A character test would mean you drawing common motions and seeing how these characters may perform them to match their personalities on the screen instead of just in your head.
e.g. One of them is clearly timid so he may take quick small steps or a shaky walk for a basic walk cycle.
Also, although there isn't any color, to due a proper test you should aim for the full motion the character will perform in the final piece. This isn't an animatic, it's a test, you can't really see how they will look in the final if they move every 6th frame(unless that is the look you will be going for).

A great resource to take as an example is Ben Bocquelet's "Gumball 1min animation test" on his personal youtube channel. It doesn't much resemble the final show, but you can see in 1 minute how each character differs in look and personality by how they move and in what time intervals they move(e.g. gumball is irrational, so his movements are snappy and dramatic, while darwin is sensible and moves very steadily).

Hope that helps and good luck!

TermosGapa responds:

Thanks for star and advica about "animation test"meaning, You have totally right but...
I work in movie/animation industry (as animator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUkS98yw5Y , as screenwriter - http://www.agibagi.com/ , as storyboarder - http://thewitcher.com/en/witcher3 ), and now looking for something specefic, way from modern-cartoons industry, so as cell animation. Back to the roots. I hop my next "test" will be better. Thanks for Your help and time :)

[Broken Melody]

There's a lot of smooth, nice animation, but then there's a bunch of snappy movement like the flashlight clipping onto his belt, the zipper bag opening, and the cobwebs that really took me out of it.
Otherwise good work!

BitterBrushAnimation responds:

yeah alot of technical errors.... but i really needed to complete a project rather then getting wrapped up in the details..... ill work my way up to having that luxury ... i appreciate your feedback .... its good to know that took u out of it... :) i hope you will continue to follow and criticize me in the future... it helps alot!

[Intro 4k]

Epileptic Seizure Warning

Ibanem responds:

Ok Gracias

[Me trying KFC for the first time:]

I got 0 enjoyment out of watching this.
Sometimes using repetition can be funny but not in this case.

StevenToons responds:

well uh OK but thanks for rating.

[The binding of Lincoln]

Not sure what's going on?...
But I did like your use of tweens with all the corrective shapes(e.g. when he's half in the chest). It's an interesting way to cheat a frame by frame look though in no means is it perfect. Keep it up!
(the movement was pretty slow, definitely practice timing and keep in mind not all body parts are going to move in the same time intervals)

PatoLarax responds:

I really appreciate your feedback!
Many thanks!

[Becoming a 3D Animator!!!]

Nice work, the music was a little bit loud and distracting, but fairly accurate I've gotta say.

On a side note, you can get any Autodesk application free for 2 years with a student ID using a school email and the Source Filmmaker[SFM] is another free 3D program with crowd-sourced models and rigs.

Dayonder responds:

Yeah I definitely need to work on sound mixing. Audio is one of my weaker subjects in the field.
And I'm perfectly fine with Blender. I think it's a great program for 3D animation. But thanks for the info!

[The Bearicade]

Pretty good stuff, I loved the introduction to the situation that we'd be seeing the rest of the animation.
On a down-side a lot of what's going on is some pretty predictable humor so watching it felt more like a matter of "when is she gonna try this" instead of "what is she gonna do next"
Nothing too surprising but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing overall, good watch :)

abanuelos34 responds:

Thank you for your input BrandyBuizel. Much appreciated. I see what you mean about the predictability. Cheers!

[The Button on the Desk!]

Cute little story. The animation itself is pretty alright, thought there's a lot of clipping when it comes to cloth models and a lot of wood textures are scaled/squashed kind of funky which took me out of it for a little bit.

Also in your final render it looks like there's a very limited color range(which is common when using scanline renderers) because there are large splotches of single colors on the character model's highlights and it clearly isn't stylistically cell shaded because everything else on screen has smooth shadows.

Nonetheless I enjoyed it! :)
(Just wanted to point out areas for improvement)

Intrapath responds:

Thanks for the detailed critique! Making the movie was a massive learning experience in itself, so I appreciate seeing those little details being pointed out. Definitely something we'll be keeping in mind moving forward. Thanks again!