Oponok's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stupid Day Job]

Great visual style.

Holds my attention throughout with a great visual style and clever visuals. Your work and the pace of what's onscreen really match the tempo of the song, which can otherwise be the biggest death knell to a music video on Newgrounds. Awesome stuff.

vakavadesigns responds:

It's comments like this that keep me going. Thanks. I was kind of concerned because it seemed to have a slower start than I'd hoped. Next time I'll have a shorter piece for real.

[The String]

Clever and well executed.

The art style will get the commendation that it deserves, but I highly applaud your use of color, here. Too many submissions have great art but with little to haphazard attention to the color scheme.

Not only a clever idea, but executed in an original fashion and completely followed through creatively, and I love to see submissions devoid of what's normally seen here (not that there's anything INHERENTLY wrong with what is often seen on the site). Great choice of music, too. Can't think of any critiques off the bat, but I'm curious what you'll do with a project of greater length. Bravo.

Bleak-Creep responds:

Thank you very much. I plan on getting back into animating more often. I'd really like to do more experimental types of stories.

[Evolution of walk cycles]

Interesting.

A great compilation - each stride has a lot of personality.

I was curious about your song choice for the subject matter. I mean, I love Bob Dylan, but it seemed oddly placed. Not that it matters, really. A great song doesn't really hurt.

It's an intriguing show piece, and it'll easily bring you good fortune with your interviews.

Mogly responds:

Cheers mate.

Well the song is a bit of an odd choice, I fell in love with it when i saw 'Easy way out'. The relevance to my animation is only in the lyric 'things have changed', this animation covers a span of time.. therefore things have changed :).

[The Wind]

Nice work.

I like the idea for the film. It was definitely something worth making a film over, and you have the right approach in the simplicity of it all. I think the visuals could've used a little more work, but it's clear from your effort that you can definitely draw. Nice job.

Homeless responds:

Thankyou. I had to make this really fast though so I wont forget the details from my dream. I did the best that I could for two hours of work.