ZILLIS's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ask Taco-Man: Flash]

A familiar theme

...done very well. The animation is adequate and the jokes are pretty funny.
It's very professional - or contemporary might be the better word - I don't know, I like it.

[Abeyance: Audition]

I like it.

The animation is decent, the art quirky and kind of fun. But mostly I actually found the story rather interesting. Good voice work and sync.

[a bunch of tests]

good stuff

I like this. You're very good. Keep it up.

[Phoenix Ash Opening]

Not bad for a start

Interesting, but many problems.
Art - very nice
Animation - very limited and stiff
Story - way to personal, meaning that I have no idea what is going on other than some hot chick fixed a cool guy's bike. - but if he was really cool wouldn't he know how to fix his own bike? I think he insulted her by killing the taste of his dinner with hot sauce. That's funny.

Anyway, keep it up. You're on the right track. Just read all you can about animation and story telling.

[Mr. Ordinary Ep.1]

Great Start

I think you've got some interesting ideas here. A lot of funny drawings (Kricfalus influence noted).
You guys need to work on your animation skills.
Most of the sound effects worked for me, but some of them seemed a little over done.
Good luck with your next one.

[Tarboy]

Hot Damn!

Excellent work.
You get a ten for great style and inspiring artwork.
Music is wonderful and a appropriate.
Decent story. Nothing to write home about but adequate for sure.
Thanks for blowing me away - and inspiring me to work harder!

[FAUX - Chapter 3]

uneven

Most of the artwork is really appealing and fun to look at. Some of it is uneven.
The speech bubble thing is slowing everything down. Generally speaking I think you should develop a more rapid-fire approach to the speech bubbles - there is very little (in this episode anyway) that could not have been said without any words at all.
Most glaring example being when she conks out and has the "conversation" with whoever that is. We (the audience) don't get any information out of that scene - so why the blah blah. A clock and the sun shining in the window can tell us she's been "zonked out" for a while (10 hours or only 3 - what difference does it really make? It's morning)
I think if you're going to create an animated comic without audible dialog - you should try to tell your story with visuals and only use speech bubbles when absolutely necessary. When you've exauhsted all other possibilities. Your artwork is so nice, it's a shame not to use it to it's greatest potential.

[Attack!]

Great concept

There's a lot to work with here. The girl and her megamouth - Thats Funny.
Keep it up, I say.

Araelyn responds:

Well thank you very much :D
I like how I basically advertised myself for you to watch this haha

[Telefrancais collab]

Wow!

The only reason I'm not giving it a ten is because I don't like tweens.
Other than that, I thought this was a lot of fun.

[The Amazing Stuff]

strange

The drawings are strange and interesting. The animation is pretty good. I didn't find particularly funny though. But I like the style.