GnomeZome's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[ABSOLUTE UNIT - Plush Maria]

Lovely in a complete non sense kinda way.
The way you chose to animate this is an interesting mashup of animal crossing and peanuts, and I enjoyed it.
Thank you for making this.

Suprdee2 responds:

Thank you for your comment! Those are wonderful comparisons tbh. I'm a newspaper cartoonist myself, so I like to think about how my works can translate into animation without losing the comic strip aesthetic. I feel this animation style is a happy medium! :)

[Anna Ladd - Jawline [Music Video]]

You have really captured that bitter sweet moment of self reflection of being scared of love.
Of being judged.
Of being accepted.
I'll check out more of the band, and Thank you for making this.

MeghanLuna responds:

Thank YOU! :D I'm glad you're really enjoying it! It was wonderful working with Anna and the rest of her music is great!

[Tanya Caught Daydreaming]

So it's a very nice and simple character moment, and you caught the emotional tone perfectly.
The sound design is alot of fun, but but maybe a simple 1960's batman style "Hey!" speech bubble, or other visual cue showing something hor her to take notice of would help convey the visual progression more.
I think for that lack of obvious stimulus it's actually really well done, and maybe not having that makes it a little more human, as I know I have seen this kind of panic come up.
Thanks for making this

richteeworks responds:

Thank you very much, You break it down nicely. I love that idea of a speech bubble.
your right, that i should of added something to visually cue the text, if thats what you mean, maybe her bouncing a little or something of that sort.
Glad you enjoyed it :)

[Pokemon Rival Battle - GO!]

You did really well!
You cued up the battle music, and the Jolteon's scream so perfectly, and you very effectively emulated the very early in games art of Pokemon.
I remember being disappointed by the differences in the concept art in my game guide,
(I was like 8 and it was my first real RPG when red and blue came out, so I don't see any shame in having bought a guide, especially considering online guides where still kinda a wild west.)
But everything form the weird landscape proportions and the over all tone is very classic Blue/Red/Yellow versions.
I really loved Gary's and Jolteon's expressions of horror, but I see you using the expected surprise Pichachu meme face, and it got me chuckling.
It's very good, I would just want more.
Thanks for making this.

kyaoni responds:

!! oh wow, thank you!! <3 ;D
aw that sucks; i've never really had the opportunity to see the game guides from back then myself, but yeah that's a bummer--the artstyle's really changed a lot
I was kinda confused when i was looking up references for gary and red(? im pretty sure the protag's name is red not ashe in the red/blue/yellow games), and gary had 3 different shades of hair color; i just went with the first original artwork.

hehe the pikachu suggestion was from a friend of mine; originally it was pikachu who was gonna be yeeted, but I figured that would be painful, and as my friend pointed out, pikachu doesn't like being in the ball in the first place ;;

I'll probably make more and longer animations sometime in the future, when I'm not stuck in college anymore; for now, I'm gonna devote more time to writing the story for my game c;

[Why are you cartwheeling away? (MM #14)]

This is fantastically weird and accurately menacing.
The photo realistic heads are wonderfully creepy little nut crackers.
Also, the sound design just leaves an odd sense of tension.
Thank you for making this.

Furious-Monkey responds:

"Creepy little nut crackers" -hahah, I love that. I hadn't thought about their mouths that way but it's a perfect description. I may borrow that phrase next time I'm trying to describe these animations. Thank you for the comment!

[Send me a peach Moomin!]

It's been really cute watching the moonmin fandom develop.
It's a very odd comic by most american standards, and even the cartoon does not translate that well to the US audience, but it is a real gem.
This was kinda nice over the garden wall rendition of moonmin lore, and you did well with it.
I thinking more time you would certainly been able to tighten up the animation, but you really stuck with illustrating the narrative, and clearly pushed yourself.
You didn't use any repeating animation, and the visuals, while simple, where of consistent quality, and where engaging.
I really liked the campfire moonmin.
You have made something really fun an cute, and I am really hope to see more from you.
Thank you for making this.

Sweatermaster responds:

This means the absolute world to me, this is actually the most sincere comment I have ever gotten--- Thank you so much for your kind words and even for your advice!!! I hope to get better!!

[A Drop]

It's nice to see your sticking with it!
You are developing a cute companionship here, and I am excited to see where you build it.
May try eperimenting with some sounds, even just public domain stuff.
Also developing the characters can be good content to.
Maybe self introduction videos with a list and a simple dance loop?
Like taking the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 3 Questions" scene as inspiration and having them answer question to win a quest or a tavern bet, or just something to flesh them out.
Thank you for making this

Atastic responds:

Thank you! Really helps with the feedback. The thing is that the series has already been animated and has all been uploaded on my Twitter page. Im mostly posting them here so i could get more viewship and feedback. ^^

But comments like this really helps out for the future, and im grateful for the feedback!

[Shaggy vs Goku [Scooby Doo Meets Dragon Ball Z]]

So, this clearly in the Mei-Mei territory so, I am just having fun with it.
I really enjoyed the Scooby is a god meme from a bit back, and I think linking the fact they where both huge on Cartoon Network at that time makes some sense comedicaly.
I definetly think that era scooby do's limit break was food, and so I could see him throw fist for it, but he did often just run away too.
It was fun to watch.
Thank you for making this.

theFierceKid responds:

Thank you. The idea was not mine, I must say. It was this very funny meme of an edit of Shaggy vs. Goku, for which I made audio, then I animated this shortly afterwards.

[Pumpkin Blowout]

I really liked this.
The way you used the hat's magically adjacent floating to be a n extra form of expression was really clever.
The sound design was on point, and well cued.
She's a well designed and balanced character, and is just a cute.
The pacing and clever use of repeated frames really shows a skill for keeping the audience engaged without wasting effort.
It's like puffy ami yumi meets the grim adventures of billy and mandy, with a dash of felix the cat.
I am looking forward to seeing more from you.
Thank you for making this.

MimiScappini responds:

Thanks so much!
I was really scared none would notice the hat but now I'm so happy that you liked it!
By far she is my best and favorite character I've ever design so I really appreciate that a lot of people like her!
I was a sucker for cartoon network back in the early 2000's knowing it has a vibe of my favorite shows brings me joy!
Thanks again for watching it and taking the time of commenting! I'm glad you like it!!!

[Bunny Buffet]

Something about loops that really capture how weird and special our own daily loops can be really make me happy.
It's a wonderful piece of random abstraction, and trying to comment on why I liked it is hard, because it's like explaining Monty Python, in the sense it's so much better to just enjoy it.
It's like Warioware but without cause or purpose, no method to the.

The actual commentary on eating out, and the service industry, and how we interact with it is just wonderfully abstracted here.

Thank you for making this.

Andyl4nd responds:

Thank you for your kind words! Comments like these is what makes me happy to share it with the internet :D