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[Yokomation NG Intro]

That's really cool and I'm glad people are still making their own NG intros. I like the sound effects too. However, I don't think it merits uploading in the Movie Portal on its own. A GIF version cold go in the Art Portal, but I think you're better off just waiting until you upload a video that uses it as the intro.
Happy holidays and here's to a new decade!

Yokomation responds:

OK Than ;D

How about the Cel shadeing?

[The First Ever Venus Flytrap]

Nice animation and the voice acting is absolutely fantastic. Super funny, honestly. All the jokes hit the mark, though you might have gone a bit overboard with the screaming in the end. The artstyle just fits really well, has a bit of that rawness to it, but it's also pretty fluid and sufficiently cartoony. Keep it up, I'd really like to see more from you!

Thesmashdoctor responds:

thank you so much, im trying to get better, gonna keep making more for your enjoyment :D

[Super Source Bros.]

I don't know, I feel like this doesn't really work on its own outside of the collab it was meant for, at least not in the Movie Portal with no sound. It's not really a complete work, doesn't feel like a complete experience. Otherwise, it's well animated, though the guy's turn looks a bit weird and the effects and cape falling off make it a bit hard to immediately make out that he got hit.
Keep it up nonetheless.

MegaloHorse responds:

Thanks, I tried making it as smooth as possible, but this was made almost 10 months ago.
I will upload more of my newer things here but I am capped for next 24 hours.

If you want to see more of my work I have everything uploaded on my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3uQdSwe9dETLrTocwCYxQ?view_as=subscriber

[Onions]

That was a pretty unexpected twist, I liked it. It came after another, smaller twist, cause I wasn't really expecting the mom cutting onions to be the reason he was crying at all. The dialogue was a bit weird (I don't get how he was being a baby if we look at it as mom cutting onions, as in the vegetable, isn't he supposed to be crying there? What can he do to cry less there? Doesn't really make sense). I think it also could have been a little faster and the art could have had more detail, definitely, because it was pretty slow and not that interesting to look at. I'm also not at all clear on who the characters are and where they are. It just feels like a joke but outside of any setting, which doesn't really work here, I don't know.
Keep it up, just try maybe speeding things up and working on the art a little.

comicalmemes responds:

Hi.
Thank you very much for the detailed review i really appreciate it.
I will try to improve next time :)

[Beautiful Orifice Boy]

Oh, that was fantastic! I lived the animation style and the sounds. The former just makes it feel so weird and spooky and vintage. The latter just kinda reminds me of Terry Gilliam's Monty Python animations with the goop making those weird slurred words. When you add them up, you get a pretty interesting experience, makes it feel old, like it was some sort of weird indie animated project from decades ago that was lost to time.
I appreciate the spin on the whole Johnny Johnny thing. Honestly, it's not that much weirder than the stuff on YouTube. I like how understated it all is. It's so matter-of-fact and that makes it really uncanny. The character (creature?) designs are super cool. That idea with the talking goop is really unique. The ending was pretty interesting, I like how throughout you showed all the weird logic of their facial features. The sugar being humans was a nice twist, spooky and weird, though I was a bit confused before it was shown cause I didn't know why Beautiful Orifice Boy had humans on his teeth. It all sped up nicely towards the end.
Keep it up, I would love to see more from you, this was very cool.

PointedTree responds:

Your words are very very much appreciated.

There will be more.

[Pistol Shooting]

Try not submitting these. For one, they're very short and they have no sound. They're tests is basically the problem. They're not complete works and they don't feel like it. Also, I'm not sure why you made it so zoomed out? The animation itself isn't too bad, though I would prefer to be able to see the bullets.

DARRUM responds:

I think you are right

["Over the Garden Wall" Reanimated Segments + Animation Process]

First off, that's some really nice animation. I love the variety of styles you can utilize. I gotta say, I'm more partial to the darker and more serious-looking stuff, I feel like it gwts the spirit of the show across better. I mean, I'm not sure how I feel about there being a reanimated version of the episode, I feel like the style was what attracted people to the show in the first place, no? The cutesy style you had in 3 of the shots just doesn't really fit in my opinion. The first one is still better than the one with the dog, because of its plainer colors. The woodsman close-ups were great, though, you really nailed the gritty and stylized atmosphere. The tracking shot of the lantern's light coming out was pretty dope as well. That still was just neat. I liked the process showing, as the kids call it, I feel like it demonstrated the process and the tools you used pretty well. I don't know much about that stuff. The music feels really aggressive and a bit out of place, especially considering its loudness relative to the volume of the actual shots.
Work on your music integration, I guess, keep it up with the variety and maybe match the atmosphere more in future reanimated projects? That one ain't really your fault, though, seems like it was a not great idea from the get-go. Like, I get the appeal of a reanimated collab for such a cool show, but I just think it should have been done a bit differently then.

isBingo responds:

Noted! Thank you.

[FOUND FOOTAGE: Clock Crew 2019 Halloween Collab]

Well, happy belated Halloween. This was a pretty fun one. Different approaches for sure, which is always appreciated. I liked all the sletches, honestly, except the one about Redbook shitting on a fucking cryptid. I just didn't really feel that one. I mean it was kinda funny cause it was so random and haha clocks shitting, but eh. The rape ghost one was funny, I did not expect the twist and the way it was executed, the dialogue was pretty funny. Pretty classic concept honestly. The summoning one went dark really quickly and I appreciate that contrast between the friendly convo and the demon summoning. The ending was a bit unclear as to what that was supposed to be. Also a bit loud. I mean, I get the point and that you guys like that stuff, but it can be a bit inconvenient when someone is near you. The Banana Locl murders some people one had a nice style and I appreciae the written dialogue since I often have trouble deciphering clock speech. Loved the random bash on Brazil Clock about how gay his music choice is. The one with Turd Clock just cracked me up. How quickly it spiralled into "depressing pile of expired wlldg(???)" just amuses me. The wolf one was pretty funny to me cause it had actual voice acting and the wholesomeness at the start, then the nonsensical riddles. Idk, just funny. Basically this collab thrives on twists and contrasts, I like it. The in-between parts were funny f rom what I can tell, but man did they need to have louder voice acting.I barely understood a thing.
Overall a Clock Crewy collab with some classic premises, funny jokes, ear-piercing nosies and spam, that had some audio problems. Strawberry Clock is King of the Portal.

k9 responds:

Thanks for the review! I'll touch up the audio on my parts (the paper ones), and YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT SBC IS THE KING OF THE PORTAL.

[A Not So Ordinary Man...]

That was a pretty accurate portrayal of these shows. All the over-dramatic family feuding, the doctor at the end, the host, of course. I really dig the style, sorta caricature-ish. I like how no joke is drawn attention to, it's just there, like Manny's bus driver dad's... possible mental breakdown or the crime in Buenos Aires. Nice twist at the end and I really liked the voice acting. All sufficiently over-the-top for the subject but all different, even though heavily accented. Especially Manny's mom, she's funny with the way she drags out her sentences. So dramatic. It's a bit weird you didn't put a name thing in the corner for, I assume, Manny's brother.
Keep it up, this was a clever parody, I can kinda tell what kind of place in your mind it comes from with the crime references and stuff. Good luck in your Spanish-speaking endeavours!

OblitusCS responds:

Sorry for the late response man, haven´t been checking out newgrounds in a while. I just needed to thank you for the comment, even if it is this late. I'm currently working on a new series which is taking a long time because I´m animating the entire season. hopefully I´ll be able to share it soon. thanks again man, stay safe!!!