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Joshsouza

Age/Gender: 13, Male
Location: San Jose, CA
Job: None

I like drawing doodles.

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Score: 10
The Mummy's Tomb

"Weird, but a Pretty Unfair Score!"

submission: The Mummy's Tomb
date: 4 hours ago

This was a weird but I am happy to say that this is my 300th review! So I am going to force myself to reach the character limit. Well anyways, I liked how the screen looked like it was ACTUALLY an old T.V. I thought that was pretty creative but what DID give you the idea to make this? I am glad that you used ACTUAL art instead of sticks so you get a point for that but I liked how the venom on the snake was animated but I was pretty weirded out at the end. I also smirked and I thought was gonna be a game when I pressed Play and it said "Play Game" after but I found that out quickly in the Description. I thought the sound at the end was pretty annoying but oh well.

So I will start on the art. It was very good and I don't think I found a flaw in the art and the animation was pretty smooth too so you get another point for that. I liked how he stabbed the rat thing in the balls because in movies they don't usually do that. I also thought that the this had an unfair score, I think it deserved at least a 4 or something because I a sure you took a while making it but why so short? Also, I would like to voice act for your next one but I don't know if you already have a guy to help with that. I will PM you later. I thin you should get better sound because the laser sound was pretty bad. Try adobe soundbooth for 30 days and see where that gets you.

I thought it was funny when the Sphinx thing knocked the mummy down. (Correct me if I got the name wrong) but why didn;t the mummy like kill the stupid guy. I was waiting for that to happen but Oh well I guess. But why did the bats just keep following the mummy around and I don't know how a bat can eat a snake but oh well for that too I guess. You should also work on making it a little bit longer even though it took you a while to make this, you should set some goals for your next one and plan it out and stuff. What is going to go here and what is going to there and gather up some helpful tools or voice acting to make it more beefier.

I thought the whole thing was odd and random but I have to say that it was original and you probably put in a lot of effort into it too. When i saw the GIF image I thought it was gonna be mostly about rats but it WAS weird how you put a rat's head on a body, that was wrong. You may as well put a human's head on a rat body! (lol just joking) Try to do your best and practice at animation more even though it was good animation. Practice makes perfect even though you may get crazy doing it. The whole thing didn't get much attention out of me because it was actually pretty boring really. You should check it before you publish it and think: "Are my viewers going to enjoy this?"

Comparing this to other movies on NG, this is pretty good and happy that this is the best score that you have gotten on any off your flash and I think you should keep trying until you actually get a good score or even better! A Daily award! Usually this is the type of movies that get there but I am clueless on how this got a bad score. It might have been a Zero-Bomber or something but that kinda sucks to see this flash go to waste. I have got about 950 characters to go so here is the next thing I will be talking about: Audio

The music you picked was pretty good and I don't think this needed voice acting so good call for that. The sound at the end was PRETTY annoying and I think the End screen was too long and annoying. I I was just watching the whole thing to see if there was something at the end or something.

Well now I will give you the overall score:

Art 10/10
Originality 10/10
Concept 10/10
Audio 8/10
Effort 10/10
Animation 10/10
Added Effects 10/10

I wouldn't really recommend that much because it was pretty boring but I think you should work on length, the sounds, and you could try improving your art a little bit even though it is fine but other than that, you got a pretty good submission and I will help out with the score a bit to help you so good day to you and I hope that you enjoyed my Character Limit review. Good night.

{Review Request Club) (Took me a while to write)

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Score: 10
Mastermind

"Thought it Was Serious!"

submission: Mastermind
date: December 22, 2009

Whoa! At first I thought this was gonna be serious, action movie but that was uncalled for! The art was very good and the animation was clear and it barely lagged even on my crap computer on High Quality Setting! It reminded me of the Tankmen series where all they care about is dicks and tits. I laughed out loud really! (Lol) It was creative too to make something this stupid be funny. (Not meaning the animation itself was stupid) This is a different style of art than your Blockhead series. I thought the Guy who argued with the Mastermind was gonna get tortured or something but oh well.

The art was fantastic and you did the shading really well on the Mastermind but it was so dark in the room that I couldn't see the soldier's arms so I just saw some guy with a triangle body. But that's OK! I liked how they just kept swearing back at each other but where DID the tits on legs come from! I thought that was funny but dirty but this should have been rated A or something.

The voice acting was good too but where did you get the voice from the Mastermind? Did you tweak it at all because NOBODY I know can make that sound! Well, even though it was short, it was REALLY funny and since I am only watching the first one right now, and about to watch the second for the first time, I think it is going to be about the henchman that left and where he is going to go or something but since, I am so excited to watch it, I gotta finish this review first!

Well anyways, I can's find anything else to talk about so here is the overall score:

Art 10/10
Animation 10/10
Comedy 10/10
Creativity 10/10
Entertainment 10/10
Concept 10/10
Effort 10/10

I think you should make it a little bit longer and make the room a little less dark and that's it! Overall I thought the animation and art was good and the voice acting was great! So I hope you enjoyed the review!

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Score: 6
A FBF Animation.

"Not Bad"

submission: A FBF Animation.
date: December 22, 2009

I can't say the idea was original but the song was OK and the overall thing was OK too but I think you need to put in more creativity into it because I can't really blame people for giving it a too because it was pretty short and needed more than a sun, a cloud, a landscape, and a flower. It just didn't really catch my attention really.

The art needed a lot of improvement because it was just basic colors with no anything and I think you need to out in shading, or start out with a sketch on paper because I saw your artwork and it isn't very original so you should start with paper and try shading, it isn't very hard so just look at tips from the art portal or take some art classes and look at my art. I didn't need classes at all.

I can't really say you put much effort and in the description, how long did it REALLY take because I can probably do that in flash in less than an hour because I found it really easy animating when I got the trial of flash but i think you should get some tips from the Flash forum and the forum has all kinds of resources you can use because the Flash Forums help you with easy tips and I think you got by the basics by now.

Overall it needs improvement in originality and art. Also, you should pick something more different to draw. Just be creative and Practice! It DOES make perfect.

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Score: 10
Alien Rampage

"Cool!"

submission: Alien Rampage
date: December 24, 2009

It was cool to put a storyline between the transitions! The middle part was the best and sounded the most like invading. Also a good choice of instruments to make it sound abstract and alienistic and I am only at half at the song right now and listening to it and reviewing at the same time but why did it just stop right after the second part? That wasn't very good. You should change it and fix it but it had a pretty short third transition that kind of repeated the first.

It reminded me of Beethoven's symphonys like how it had the first part, the second exciting part, and the most enjoyable last part and I think there is a better word for Transitions in this matter but I can't figure out what the word is. I think it was awesome of you to do that even though you probably don't know much of that.

The story was cool too but there should be a part where space marines try to destroy the alien's planet THEN you go on with the invading and crap then they go back to their planet and do something fun but I guess it IS your story but I thought the instruments were well picked out and used and it had a very great "Alien Effect" through the whole thing.

Well overall you picked out the instruments well and they were pretty cool to listen to and it was very alienistic and I think you did a great job on it.

December 24, 2009

Author's Response:

Hey, thanks for the in-depth review! The transition to the 3rd part was intended to be sudden, as to resemble the aliens leaving as quickly as they came. The 3rd part isn't too exciting I suppose, but I guess I could have spent more time on it. Thanks for the 10/10 and the great comments!

Space marines, huh?

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Score: 7
Le seul

"Sounded like Techno"

submission: Le seul
date: December 5, 2009

I liked it but I am afraid that it sounded more like Techno style music than House style but really, it sounded like both and I liked how it made you feel like you are in some kind of mall or some advanced city or something. But it makes me feel like I am wasting my saturday but whatever, I think it is pretty decent.

Why is it called "Le seul" though? It doesn't have much to do with the name but I liked the drums that came in the middle to stop the repetive sound and sure enough, the song is stuck in my head like it can't get out like the 6 flags theme song they have in the park and the commercials.

The tempo made it seem like it lasted forever in this because while I was first listening to this at the end of the first minute, I was thinking: Man! when is this going to end! Not to critisize it for being too long but actually, that is a reallygood thing because long songs are usually good.

After the middle I liked the beat and the rythm a lot! But too bad that didn't last long but at the end, I thought you were going to finish it but then I realized I had loop on so when I was going to turn it off, I noticed that it had a good loop!

So overall I liked the rythm but the song got pretty repetitive in the middle.

So here is the overall score:

Rythm 9/10
Beat 8/10
Drums 10/10
Tempo 10/10
So good job on this one and sorry this isn't as long as my super-long reviews but oh well, you have this one!

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Score: 7
In the Trees

"good"

submission: In the Trees
date: November 6, 2009

I'm sorry about the other review, I hope this one is better...

Anyways. The tempo is good because this is really short but it makes it sound very long. I also like the pitch of your voice.

I fully understand that there were no instrments in this. Also did you get a good score on it? I hope so.

I also understand that it probably took you a lot of time to get it right. I like this one more because, well I don't know It just sounds somewhat better. I looked at the other reviews and saw that you had no vocal trainer. That's good!

After you are done with your assignment and turn it in, you should make another version with instrument. You should work on making your voice a little bit clearer.

November 6, 2009

Author's Response:

did I sense a little sarcasm :) jk anyways this was an assignment from a few weeks ago I was really bored, and was like I cant wait for someone to sing it so I sang it. I would go back to add instruments, but I really don't think I want to to be honest. I'm not saying it would make it better, but I think I could spend my time doing more important things

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