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[How to win someone's heart - (Balls in your jaw animated)]

I know this is supposed to be a joke but I genuinely found it romantic, sweet, and I love the song, its not only hilarious but it also genuinely sounds good. The singer's impression and character design was spot on and I love the expressions he shared with the person they were trying to woo.

K1Cartoons responds:

how sweet! thanks a lot, halfway through the animation I thought to myself ¨this is actually kinda wholesome¨, I liked how it turned out rlly

[Make my day]

This is one of the most incredible and artistic things I've seen, perfectly encapsulates a lot of things right now! I don't know if its what you were going for, but my interpretation was that the guy gets up every morning to take a coffee with a vitamin pill (great idea by the way, i should try it myself) for him to demonstrate him caring for himself and getting ready to meet social expectations, and he's literally launched to work. His work is repetitive and occurs at a desk, where he gamifies it for himself for him to tolerate it. I felt like what we see next was really cool, with the homeless getting fed, people becoming healthier and happy. And even though I'd like to assume it was literal and fantastic, it feels like its what the guy feels/ tells himself is the result of his work: that it somehow helps the world become a better place. Once he's done with work, its him struggling to retain his sense of self identity so he doesn't become lost in the crowd, and he always needs to remind himself of who he truly is as a person. Its what I interpreted, and what I related to, and it was done really beautifully while exemplifying the best of artistic flash animation to me.

I came here after seeing "I want to see you Happy" short, and watching "A House in the Clouds" immediately without knowing that you were responsible for both of them. Then I came here, looked for more examples of your work, and when I did realize you made both of those things in addition to this, I was amazed. Youve developed and changed so much over different periods of time.
You've retained a lot of the charm that seems characteristic of your work since House in the Clouds, and your improvement from since then is highly visible as well in everything youve made since then. You've learned how to keep people interested in your characters and their actions while conveying more graceful animation and much better timing, which is present here and aids a lot in conveying a broader message while letting us appreciate the way your characters behave.

"I want to see you Happy" demonstrates a lot of the best of what you've grown in and seamlessly conveys a lot, while retaining your classic hallmark of sending a message in a graceful and, for lack of better words, refined yet unpretentious way. I love your work and what you do!

MihaP responds:

Wow, first of all thanks for the review. It's not common that I receive such long comments, I appreciate that. Also, glad you liked it.

About the animation... I actually had to watch it again, because I don't really remember all the details since it was so long since I made it. Well watching it now after so many years I feel like even I have a problem understanding it. It's like that mostly because my creative process back in the day. Having an idea animating it and never storyboard or sketch it out. That's why there seems like there are a lot of ideas floating round this one.

I like when people find different ways to understand my animations and I generally like to make them so it's open for interpretations. I think your interpretation isn't much different than mine.

Well to me I think it's about having to put on a "happy" face and play the game of pretend even though your life might be completely soul crushing, but at some point you will have to face the realities of life like with the demons/ghosts part and the only way of not being destroyed by them is you know maybe just taking one more pill/injection because only something that's that intrusive and can change you somewhat biologically can help you cope.

That's I guess the short version of it. I am a somewhat different person now than I was then so I don't really see myself doing anything in this style. But I am really happy that other people can still enjoy it as much as maybe I did in the past.

Again, thanks for the review it means a lot and glad you've noticed that I have improved and are enjoying my other animations as well :3

Cheers!

[BUTCH]

So I really appreciate the level of work that was clearly put in here. You could, at the beginning, see that the people look anything but. And you humanize readily with the bright and cheerful, less creepy looking (marginally less creepy, anyway) Butch. It seemed a lot as if his customers enjoyed his glory days when he could "do it all"- But the moment he meets a limitation is the day he loses his 15 minutes of fame, and attention. After that, he's just... So desperate for attention. I'm personally scared and very easily disgusted by body horror and depictions of meat and viscera, but this was very emotionally poignant as well as it was depressing and sad and a bit frightening for its graphic depictions.
Edit: Ooooh right, I forgot you did Arnold Fossner!
If I may say- You outdid yourself in using a mixed media approach here. It was unsettling and jarring since the beginning, but it absolutely worked and communicated a different kind of 1930's era glamor, right until things got darker later, to where it almost took on a more surreal and grimdark tone.
Your work with these older male characters always tug hard on my pullstrings after they end up becoming screwed over by predictable or natural occurences and stumbling somewhere in their career, but reacting in extreme ways to compensate for their experienced losses (In this film, Butch decides to use an insanely large meat grinder to grind more meat to make a masterpiece, even though no one is around to see it. He becomes disfigured in the process, and recreates a crowd, possibly for.... emotional validation? I don't know, it seems like a lot, but I think it would be understandable that a human being would crave some basic glory while working such a basic job/career.)

I wonder what this theme could be called? Do you have any further insights on your work that you'd like to share with us all so that we won't miss it?

MaxJohnsonINK responds:

Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply! There are a lot of deeper emotional connections I have with the film and it’s creation that I may share at some point, but it’s still very cool to read people’s interpretations like this, so I’ll hold off for a bit. Thank you again, this was great to read!

[Kirby Literally Dies (Cartoon Parody)]

This feels like Kirby Airride because of the background and the way Tipods generally look.

ShoutOut responds:

truuuuuue

[Super Strong Fighting Pigeon Girl!]

This was interesting! May we have some insight into this work? I loved it, especially with the pigeon, the glitched color changes of character's outfits, the older eastern production aesthetic. I must have your insight!

PhasmaGORE responds:

In all honesty, the best insight into this project would be is how much I brainstormed with the people mentioned in the description. Whenever I was stumped with writing, character design, animation or animation errors, I always consulted my friends. Without them this project wouldn't have been half as fun.

[bill watterson meme - MS paint]

MAN I LOVE THIS

vhsdreamland responds:

thank you!!

[Really Good With Balls (Super Mega Animated)]

i'M ONLY FOLLOWING YOU FOR MENTIONING sUPER mONKEYBALL

ShoutOut responds:

respectable choice, I understand.

[LIV - The Funny One]

She's dressed just like a female Goro Majima! XD

MarcoCardenas responds:

Majima was an important part when creating her!

[M.I.L.F is Intense]

IM SCREAMING ARE YOU KIDDING THIS IS YOUR FIRST ANIMATION BRUH ITS SO GOOD IT LOOKS LIKE THE ACTUAL THING!!!!

NairdaGS responds:

THANK YOU!!

[Nezni Dalibor - Zauvek]

I was not disappointed, this was amazingly animated and fits the music!

DavorSopic responds:

Thank you very much!