GloineFiodh's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Harvesting]

smooth

but some of what you put on ones looked really jumpy on your close ups. when working in traditional animation, it's good to stick to 24 fps unless your gonna do something that disney would do, otherwise you get that jumpy effect i referred to. other than that, it was cool. your characters were original and simple, and you also had a story. one gripe though is you had very little actual animation. when your character walked, he had tiny legs. these are good shortcuts, but if you do something like that, give him something else to keep the audience focused on so theres not a lack of action on screen.

[-TRASH-]

great

considering the major traditional animation companies animate on paper, its good practice. You did it pretty well too, your walk cycles were spot on and it was decent storytelling. I couldn't tell in this one, but I hope you animated on 2's for this. 1's is just madness and superfluous work for you as long as your framerate isn't lower than 24. Good work.

[ChristMASS Inc.]

Good

I liked your drawing style a lot. It was really consistent and the establishing shot of the workshop was awesome. I like when you went back to that for the reindeer magic. This short was also well written and had great punchlines. Santas expression when he's in the head elfs face was spot on. The only thing I'd say you need to work on is lip syncing and your animation in general. It seems very choppy, but it worked in this short. Keep up the good work.

[the Last of the Dashkin]

The most definitive.

Easily the best in your Brackenwood series. You've developed your storytelling skills immensely, and took Brackenwood to a different level in this short. The establishing celestial shot was honestly epic. You revisit *practically* every other short and put some more meaning behind it which helps redefine the series as a whole. Great cliff hanger ending also and as always, (do we even need to tell you anymore?) flawless fucking animation my friend. Just beautiful. Do you animate on 1's or 2's for the most part? It looks like the running scenes were on 1's, but some of the close ups and whatnot are on 2's... Lovely work.

chluaid responds:

yeah mostly on 2s wherever possible but 1s when necessary. if you go frame-by-frame in those 3D floating camera shots, you'll notice that the animated background is on 1s but the character animation is mostly on 2s. That's the cos the character is more time consuming X)

Thanks for the awesome review, I'm glad you got something out of it!

[Dirty Obsession]

Great short

Really well drawn and well animated. I can't believe this doesn't have a better score. I don't find it so disturbing as I do funny. Most of these reviews are being a little too harsh I feel. Keep up the great work amigo.

[Ecopoiesis]

Solid idea.

But I'm not sure the animation was up to par with such a heavy idea. Extremely well executed and written wonderfully. Your drawings were also pretty solid, but as far as the actual animation goes, it's slim to none. Other then that, great short.

"Although this film is a modern animated classic, akin to the old works of Walt Disney and the like, I staunchly disagree with its profane imagery and vulgar message. It was truly a mistake on my part when I allowed my two small children to be present during its screening. I don't believe the taint will every be washed from their impressionable young minds."
How does this bear any resemblance to Walt Disney or sexual intercourse?

th1rt3en responds:

There really wasn't much non-tweening animation. If I could draw well enough, I could have frame-by-framed the plant growth and the animals, and the few bits with the astronaut. But in lieu of that ability I focused mainly on 'camera' placement and movement. Thanks.

And don't mind him, he's just a troll.

[Head In The Hole]

Why does this have such a high rating?

It's barely animation, the fact that it's hand drawn shouldn't be the deciding factor. You had a consistent art style, and the speech bubbles were nice. The idea wasn't very original, but you had likable characters and a funny story. Improve the animation and drawings though if you want to have an epic flash.

[RPS Master]

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Low reviews shouldn't be given for obviously tributing something to egoraptor. I'm sure the author is well aware that he's replicating an egoraptor short but it's an original idea and it was funny despite the awkwardly long transition scenes. (I don't know if those were supposed to be funny or not but they weren't) Overall, nice animation, and the punchline was funny.

["Bugged"]

Cool...

Very good, and not what I expected. Most of the animations were excellent, but you seemed a little inconsistent, but I can't blame you for not keeping up with that caliber of animation. The idea was great and extremely well executed. I love the animations when the bug is inside of the man, it really added nice effects. Good shit man. Keep up the good work.

[LittleWing]

Awesome.

This is my style man. Everything was awesome. I loved all of that great fbf you had in there, and some of the metaphors. I liked that bit with the baggie turning into the jay and into the F. Plus, you can't go wrong with Hendrix. Good stuff. Check out my stuff. Collab?

Snubby responds:

thanks man