sleepFacingWest's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Donaji & the Magical Poncho]

really great work! It's always refreshing to see smoothly animated, well edited, non-parody work on NewGrounds. Don't listen to anything people say about knocking off style etc. All of that just leads to writers block. Emulation is a natural part of learning and creation, and when the more you do it, the more individualized each release becomes. I know you'll be working on a webcomic, but please consider working on another animation. I'd love to see more content like this floating around the web.

Shi-Gu responds:

Thanks a lot!
I think it's important to take in the criticism, but of course that doesn't mean I agree 100% with them, I'll take what I find valuable from their points only.
I'm very glad you liked the animation!
Indeed, I'm gonna work on a webcomic, but I'll also try to add animated parts into it, from fully animated videos with music, to animated gifs.
I don't know if I'll do another one with the same amount of work as this one, because getting to work with voice actors was really complicated and along other things I don't know if I'll manage to pull it off again, at least while I'm in college.
However, I might do something like it for other projects.
I appreciate your interest though, hope to be able to do some more animation soon! :D

[A Cat and his Man]

Love this. Great story, great execution! You're very talented and I hope to see more in the near future.

[Frumplequest the Conquistador: EMBARRASSMENT (part 1)]

Really great work! I loved the story, the pacing was perfect, the voicing was awesome, and super fluid animation. The balance on some of the sound effects could use a little work I think, but that's a minor thing. I'm looking forward to seeing the next one!

[Scorched Earth]

Really well done! I can't believe you did this after one course! The pacing was perfect, and though short, it told a mini story. The artwork is amazing. I'd like to see a little more movement in some of the elements (head of the cart driver bobbing with the bumps in the road, etc) but I understand there was probably a time crunch. All in all, really well done. I can't wait to see more!

[Dreamt]

please do more asap. This was absolutely gorgeous and I would like to see more!

[Big Things]

Really great! I've used Toon Boom for rotoscoping and frame by frame animation (as crappy as I am at it), but have never rigged any characters. This was great! I'd love to see a series based on the concept. Some (but not all) of the motion blur was a bit distracting at times. Other than that, good work!

[Sonic Watches Some TV]

This is really well done! I'd consider finding ways to make some of the scenes more active. I'm not an animator so unfortunately I can't suggest specifics, but there were several shots that seemed sort of stagnant. Anime tends to have lot's of poetic/minimal motion long shots, but there's usually something moving like a ceiling fan or goldfish or something to create motion. It acts as a nice counterpoint to the stagnant imagery almost drawing more attention to the intentional boredom and laissez faire attitude. That said, really high quality images and smooth movement. I dig it.

[KAFEEN]

awesome! This reminds me of some of the earlier Æon Flux episodes. Some of the movements were almost grotesque. I mean that in a good way.

TaraGraphika responds:

Thank you, grotesque is good. grotesque is good.

[Dumb Kids EP05]

I don't know how I missed this! Great work!

saucybird responds:

Thanks Bryan :) I'm glad I got to use your music for this