Stobak's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Animation demo reel 2011]

I really enjoyed seeing your work, and its obvious you've come a long way. The improvement shows throughout this. One suggestion I would make is adding some engaging music to this. Even the best demo reels can get boring without it. Nice job!

AndrePaz responds:

Thanks! It actually has music... but for some reason It won't upload... I'm gonna fix it.

[Short Story]

So you animated a bunch of generic shapes moving in 2D and 3D shapes.. Then added narration that left me confused. While some of the animated bits presented well, most of this was lost on me. What was your intention with this?

jibbodahibbo responds:

This Intention is that this is a conceptual art piece. I chose 3d as my medium to create a visual space that the viewer can be part of. I am only one person, since this piece is conceptual and not meant for entertainment I did not want to focus all of my time and effort on creating an amazingly beautiful 3d animation. There are studios of 3d animators who can pump out amazing, beautiful, heartwarming stories much better and faster than I can. I'd rather not compete with 3d animation studios, and get blown out of the water.

[Three Line Novel]

Not too bad, but maybe you should have at least finished it before uploading.. points for the animation and appropriate music, but way too short.

LCameron responds:

As said in the Author's comments, I had a fast aproaching deadline. It was a tad rushed towards the end, and I know I could have done a little better had I enough time. Thanks for watching though. :)

[The Jintheku]

Wow. I have to say that I'm very impressed. I can see that you have tremendous potential, and discipline when it comes to animation. Your story was engaging, The art and character design was unique, the voice of the narrator was perfect, and your cinematography was professional level.

The only big question I have is this. Was that choice of art style and lack of color what you were aiming for? This could have been a knock-out if you had more color in your environment or characters.. Whatever the case, I feel privileged to have seen this under judgement. You are very talented, and I'm eagerly awaiting your next piece. Please let me know if your ever interested in collaborating. Cheers! XD

AndrewM responds:

when the time comes ill definately let you know and thanks alot for your compliments...... they really do encourage me to go further with the story and cinematography concepts

[Happy Birthday Bre]

This was a charming gem among all the other crap I had to blam today. Sounds like shes a lucky girl : ) Great choice of music, and the style of animation fit nicely.. Though there were some parts that could have used some polish, your frame-by-frame skills are good. Nice Job!

TheSlightMutation responds:

Thanks! I definitely agree with you on the polish thing! But due to getting it done on time, I just had to make some quality sacrifices.

[The cartoon maker]

Well.. For starters I would suggest using a preloader..I also dont understand a few other things. You've made Dozens of flash movies, but your not improving at all. Your tweened animations are crude, and the sound quality is pretty bad. My advice is to try putting a sincere effort into your next animation. Some funny jokes wouldn't hurt as well.

flashmakeit responds:

I am glad you are paying attention to my work and I will read more about tween and bones. Maybe I will try some voice actors audio for my next flash. Thank you for the advice.

[Flash final poject]

So what exactly was the project? And what was the purpose of this animation? Its a simple one-two punch fight scene, with a few seconds of music.. The options and "password" buttons hardly seem necessary as well.

Res0nance responds:

It was just a demonstration of what I had learned over the course of the semester. I could have done more with a longer work period (around 2/3 weeks) and coding the password buttons took longer than I expected. Speaking of, did you try the buttons on the password menu?

[Motley Mix]

Nice for your first. Congrats by the way, and welcome to the Flash community : )
I look forward to seeing your progress. Start experimenting with some frame by frame animation. Its tough, but the results you get will outshine any motion tweened animation.. Just a suggestion.

SFMF responds:

Thanks!

For the neckbeard scene where he turns, I actually made a Plasticine figure and rotated it, taking pictures, and then drew over them once uploaded in Flash.

[Godzilla Rap: GG Animated]

The animation style was appropriate for the dialogue..Only this shouldnt have been rated E. He drops the F-Bomb several times, and the rating is a bit misleading.

Overall good job.

Cr1sisEntertainment responds:

Yeah, I check off the thing for some use of innappropriate language and it came up like this. I might have just missed something though. I'll check again.

Edit: Newgrounds originally gave me some error message when I first tried posting this, so when I refreshed it must have reset the rating thing. I must have missed it and forgot to make it teen. It's fixed now though.

[Mr.Blapples: Episode 1]

Congrats on your first animation : )
One big suggestion..Please slow it down next time. Though its not very long, you couldnt tell what was going on, because of the quick transitions.

Heavysbagel responds:

Thanks man and I will do. This was really rushed and personally I hate it :/