Stanpai's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[HOMESTEAD (Student Film)]

I'm really proud of how far you've come creatively in the last few years. The use of mixed media in this really gives it a lot more punch than if it had been a purely animated work, and I think also elevates the style tremendously. The character illustrations for example, are not something that breaks any new ground on their own, but the stop motion elements around them give them a depth that makes it something more.

The use of the text as the background was also brilliant, I assume this was an adaptation of another story but told through a new perspective. My biggest regret is that I had seen the previously posted comment / reply before the video loaded, so I didn't get to try and interpret the meaning myself. I think the mindful choices of pages and even the content on the corks was very tasteful and interesting.

In relation to your journey I think about the conversation you and I had back when producing the Newgrounds Winter Fest animation, and how you were specifically brought on for your photo work to be used as potential background assets before you also dove into creating animated 2D assets as well, and I feel as though I can follow the trajectory of your style alongside this and your older photo work.

I believe as your art style continues to develop and sharpen, you will find a steady audience that enjoys the way you use stop-motion in tandem with illustrations to offer something visually different and stimulating. When those illustrations reach a new plateau, this 4.5 will become a 5/5. Continue developing your illustrations and don't lose your grip on the way you use physical media in tandem with it. You have the potential to take this style extremely far.

Stick with a good sound designer as well, that really added a lot to the experience for building depth. You could also experiment with more lighting techniques to really take it further.

[Goldeen Loves Guitar]

I really feel like a failure to not have any feedback for improvement because your style and execution was flawless. This is sincerely such a beautifully put together cartoon in all relevant aspects. If I force a comment, it's that the mic quality could be improved but that's so unimportant and did not detract from the video that I'm nitpicking just to offer some kind of commentary. Of course this video is also 12 years old so why am I even doing all that?

It doesn't matter. What a great little piece this was. Glad you're still making stuff in present day.

[Newgrounds PlayStation Collab]

Brotherly bond had a really good vibe and style to it. I liked the way the voices sounded too, whatever was going on with that.

StaggerNight responds:

The only effect on the twos voices was a sine wave vibrato that i would manually change the rate of as I spoke. Glad u enjoyed .

[A DK Barrel Cartoon]

Short but meaningful. Very well animated, felt like a Cartoon Network show in the 90s. Great job.

[The Cyborg]

Phenomenal use of tween mixed with fbf. Tells a great story as well, this loop is really something. You have really nailed the tools you craft with, the subtleties of movement to stretch the assets and all that just enough to remain tasteful. Basically, this is a 5/5 from me, dawg. The audio is great too.

[¡street fighter yaoi 2!]

Charming style and funny writing. Sometimes simple is best, and the style itself was consistent throughout, with key framing on every syllable of dialogue. It basically shows you cared. Voiceover was mid 2000s scuffed mic quality. Gets the job done and is amusing.

[Dragon Balloween]

A fun experience. Reminds me a lot of what we used to see back in the day with parody cartoons, which is pretty on-par with your other stuff. Really liked some of the shots quite a lot, the illustrations of the characters and all that. Nice work. Even though the comedy was there I did feel like you took quite a few liberties with Goku's personality that are funny in isolation but aren't as funny in Dragon Ball context. Krillin on the other hand was just fine. Good job!

I don't want to falsely say something but I will say that I /feel/ as though Phantom Arcade's artistic and comedic influence is pretty prevalent across the site these days. Probably a side effect of the Dragon Ball collab. That sort of energy isn't really my thing and I like to see something that's really yours. It was a similar experience back in the Egoraptor days, I suppose what I mean to say is that it feels like PA is the artist of the generation.

Yoinkies.

Bishop responds:

Oh no! A conservative!!! >_<

[Another Mario Does Drugs Cartoon]

LOL MARIO BROS HIGH ON MUSHROOMS