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It was alright. I agree with the reviewer under me, except about the Game Grumps part -- I don't mind fan animations.

Yes, animation is minimal, but you kept a bit alive by animating the boiling lines.

But I would prefer that you would try go for a fully animated, in-betweened animation if you want to get better.

So that's why I gave it a 3 because I want you to see do more.

Kalixo responds:

Thank you for your response, I will certainly try to put a lot more effort into creating a fully animated video, this was sort of a test run, but I'm glad it was OK :)

You wanted a thorough critique; I'm giving you one. Any questions, respond it, and I'll respond back to your fourm post.

I almost had a hard time following the story, but at least I get it:

"Man walks on moon, man finds life, finds out alien life likes to listen music."

However, the visuals doesn't really strengthen that message across me very well.

What I would do in this case that I'd first introduce the astronaut, place his flag on the moon, and then walk around that he's finding life.

Then, instead of having that banana-alien walking, make him dancing to the music. Right now, he looks annoyed and bored to the music rather than enjoying it.

For the fade-in / out text, I recommend 3 seconds, and then fade. Longer than that makes the whole video boring already.

Artistic-wise, I'd suggest vary your line thickness on your drawings.

Walk-cycle of that alien was alright; could use work. The banana's body movement and face is jarring.

Kalixo responds:

Thank you, I will take your advice to heart, hopefully it'll help me improve as a artist.

If it was blammed, then probably your main reasons are that you need to improve drawings, and you need to work on your animations (lack of in-betweens and lack of character). I could try to nit-pick everything about it, but it would be beyond saving or have to consider redo the whole thing.

That's some professional-quality animation you got here! Movements are still jarring, and audio kept silencing a bit, but thoroughly enjoyed it!

Just wished I saw the first three parts; tried going through your link but it doesn't work.

You should upload them here instead.

LockedOnAnimations responds:

Thanks! I fixed the links, they should work now. :)

I dont want to sound off mean, but I'm going to give some constructive criticism on your animation.

First, the 2D part, it needs more in-betweens, so draw more frames so you can smooth out the animation.

The 3D part, the models do looked unfinished. Notice those lines that form your geometic shapes? It looks like you only took snapshots from your 3D software and didn't render them properly.

The camera could use more consistency. For example of those two guys on the couch when they keep switching lines, the camera abruptly switches position.

There's barely any animation for the models (lips dont count). Their bodies could use in-betweening like your 2D.

TL;DR -- This video is more of an animatic, not an animation; a slideshow of images rather than any character animation involved.

I'll at least give 1 star for effort.

Animate to the very last breath!

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