Aalasteir's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Is Miss Piggy Fat?]

I cried many times, strong story.

[Ruffle some Feathers]

It's about to get Flashy.

[Josh Grayson: Episode 5]

Fantastic work! Great animation, voice acting and storytelling!

10OutOf10Media responds:

Thanks!

[Aliens Stole my Cheese Doodles]

Fantastic work! Great animation, good humor, and very funny! The traditional animation is extremely impressive.

How did you get interested in animation?

What is your process?

TobyMoon responds:

Thanks so much! :)

Not really sure exactly how, I've always been making little cartoons for as far back as I can remember.

Absolutely everything you see is hand drawn on paper. I scan each frame into the computer where I then edit and assemble everything. I try to only use computers when I need to, even the audio production I'll sometimes use a 4 track cassette portastudio.

[Mr Smaz: The Surgery]

The story is interesting and told well, with good use of music and sound effects. There is an eerie atmosphere, and the surgery is successful!

[SHRINKAGE 🤏]

Nice lighting, and good mixed media.

[Can't Spell Sus Without Us]

Sus, funny movie, got me laugh.

[The Legend of Stinky123]

Funny moments, and thanks for including the music in the description. Unique style!

HenryExists responds:

Thanks! 👍

[Bored Pear]

The concept is well executed—good job! However, I think for Flash Forward it doesn’t qualify as an interactive movie because it doesn’t have interactive elements.

Overall, great job, though it was a bit difficult to understand what the characters were saying at times. Still, this is good work, and it was a nice touch that the shadows moved with the characters.

[He broke my TV...]

Super funny, good camera work! Fantastic sound design.

What is your approach to creating your animations?

Spitwads responds:

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the support.

For a quick rundown, I always start with audio and build from there (recorded in Audacity and edited in Final Cut Pro). I voice both characters, so it's been fun to see it all evolve as I've worked on it more and more. I do all of the animation in ToonBoom Harmony, as well as the camerawork, background art, and compositing. The whole thing then goes back into Final Cut Pro, where I resync it with the original audio and layer on some extra effects that are easier to do outside of ToonBoom (for this one the "cheapski" mouth effect and color correction). After that it's pretty much done!

I hope that answers what you wanted to know! I'd definitely be happy to go into greater detail if there's anything else you're curious about.

Hopefully getting started on the next one soon!