RGPAnims's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kawaii Sugar Nekos Animation Progress]

Just to let you know, this review is mainly focused on the WIP preview itself, just so you can fix things that aren't right.

The animation is definately an improvement from your Stick Skits days, but it still feels amatuer to me. First off, when you're doing frame-by-frame animation, I'd recommend turning on onion-skinning to make doing it easier. Also, the lines look really bad, mainly because you're using default brushed. While this works for some (specifically Animation Wheel), it doesn't work here. I'd reccommend going to a bigger brush (and also zooming in to get thinner, but better looking lines. And if you want to also, you can turn on pressure sensitivity to make the lines look even better. One more thing is that I'd recomment working on an animatic for the video first before starting work the complete animation, just so you can get an idea of what the animation would be like. But hey, it's probably your first time animating something legit with Flash, so take your time and practise with the tools before going head first into creating a big series like this. That, and you can also look up Flash tutorials to learn more about how Flash works, and what you can do with it. I know you've created shit before, but I still have hope that you'll become a good animator.

Keep improving, and having fun with what you do! ;)

StaticSkull responds:

Thanks dude

[Speedpainting Neko Melons]

TBH, the art was ok (definately better than your previous ones), however, I wouldn't really recommend uploading speedart videos to Newgrounds. They're more for other platforms, such as Tumblr, YouTube or Twitter. Plus, most of these speedart videos are only two stars, so again, they're not really recommended on Newgrounds. Just saying.

[Overwatch Controversy - RIP Tracer's Butt]

please stop putting sponsors in your films unless if necessary.

[Moonshine & Brooner]

tobuscus. nuff said

[Akko's trip: Little Witch Academia Parody]

Stay in drugs and don't do school!

[Scourge the hedghog sings on stage and fucks groupie]

How the hell did this get onto the Newgrounds Twitter account?

[Hawk Moth's Spare Time: Miraculous Ladybug Parody]

I didn't really enjoy this cartoon. First off, the story. The whole "oh boy, the villian is a pervert" joke was not funny in the slightest and wasn't even unique to the source material. The whole animation was about some guy looking at porn. There's not much stuff that could be done to make it funny. However, at least this animation was trying to tell a joke (even if it fell flat), rather than shouting out painfully obvious references onto people's faces, so I'll give it that. But other than that, there's nothing interesting/funny about that unless you put in the time and effort to do so. Next time you make a parody animation, actually do some research, find something interesting, put a comedic spin on it, and overall, make it somewhat funny.

Next, the actual animation. I'll give it this, the art, colours and even the backgrounds were really well done, and I can definitely see you as a pretty good artist because of this. However, there was a lot of tweening & bouncing and not enough frame-by-frame animation & inbetweens, which sucks, since this animation was based on an action show. Also, the shading was a bit consistent. Sometimes, characters were shaded normally, but other times, the shading was completely black, or there was no shading at all. Unless if this is supposed to be a style, it just comes off as weird, unnatural, and amateur at best.

Finally, everything else. I liked the voice acting, but the music at the beginning was a bit too quiet, and I had to listen to it closely to find out that there was music in that scene. Also, I don't like the fact that the credits take up almost half the video (kinda like that one animation that you made).

So to sum up, the animation was sub-par at best, the "jokes" made were bad (but not as terrible as the previous video), the credits take up half the video, and overall, this video was crap. I can see you being a really good animator in the future, but with cartoons like these, I don't think you'll get very far in your career.
Just, try again.

alicemargiela responds:

Hello, pal! I read your comment and it is true some of the animation was lacking but I am still learning tools and other things for animation. If you don't like these videos, I guess it's fine. But I will not stop making parodies and videos I enjoy making. But I am working an original short with my best friend at the moment. But with parodies, they're not for everyone. Hoping you understand, champ.

[Amy's Date With Sonic]

The hell did I come across. First off, the actual "stop-motion" is quite choppy and doesn't feel really fluent (unless if this was a style), the plot is just ridiculous and doesn't make sense (up to the point that it's almost fanfiction-like), and although some of the voice actors did a decent job, the acting is just sub-par. Other than that, it doesn't really offend me, nor does it make me cringe, but it's still a meh stop-motion video. Also, what the fudge up with the thumbnail?

[The Trend Collab]

Yet another crap collab. The only pluses I could give to it was at least some of the entries (although still bad) were I guess improvements from before. Also, it's not as insulting as the Stick Skits Series (or even that one Shape Shifting collab by TheAnimationWheel), so I'll give it that. But other than that, most of the jokes fall flat, the majority of the entries had meh to bad animation (with a few exceptions), and overall, it's a collab by VenomationsTV. Please try to improve your animation/collab quality next time. (Thankfully, you have Flash now, so it should improve a bit.) Thanks.

StaticSkull responds:

I'm not using flash until i get a drawing tablet

[Robot Drug Dealers]

Overall, this cartoon was good, but could've used some work. In terms of animation for example, (as a little nitpick) there was one time where the colouring/shading of the left robot changed on 0:47. Next time you're making an animation, watch it first, and see if there's any errors. Other than that, I liked nearly all of the animation (including the small part by Freezepark), so good job on that.

However, the plot was lacking. I expected the robots to actually do the drug dealing (either in real-time, or a flashback), but all I got was two robots talking about their job. Sometimes, it's better to show, not tell. Also, there wasn't really any real conclusion to it, just some bomb blowing everyone up. I get that you were on a strict deadline, but that ending was simply lazy.
But, the voices were good (even if it didn't sound robotic), and the improv between the two characters was ok (even if the story was lacking)

In conclusion, keep up the good work, but remember to check the small things, and think twice about the story. ;) (Sorry if this was a long review, but I wanted to get my point out clear.)