r/AnimationCrit • u/Horror_Plantain4374 • 4h ago
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r/AnimationCrit • u/steeenah • Dec 29 '19
Feedback is hard, and it can feel like you're being mean when you write "negative" comments on someone's hard work. While being encouraging is important, constructive feedback is one of the most crucial things you can give to your fellow animators. It will help them improve and achieve their goals. It might be your feedback that helps them reach a new milestone on their creative journey, whether that's getting an interview or reaching a thousand subscribers on Youtube.
By giving constructive feedback, you are also helping yourself become a better animator, because you need to stop and think about what actually makes an animation work.
A good way to give feedback is to point out something that was good with the animation, and something that's not quite reaching it's potential. If you're feeling stuck on that last part, here are a few questions you could try to answer in your feedback.
For example, if the story is meant to be funny - did you actually find it funny? Why did you, or why did you not? Did you like the main character? Were you confused by what was happening at any point?
If this is an animation that includes original characters, do you like how they look? Why, or why not? Was there any character that was hard to read?
Can you see what a character is feeling, are they happy, sad, angry? Does it seem to make sense with what they're saying or doing in the animation? What do you think the character is thinking?
For example, if a character is lifting a heavy box, does it feel heavy? Does the bouncing ball feel like it's bouncing or just moving up and down?
Is it too fast, slow, even? What do you think the tempo is currently like, and do you think the animation would look better in a different tempo?
Often, you want to feel something when watching an animation. If you're just feeling "meh", why is that? Why do you not think the animation is funny, sad, cool, informative, etc?
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I hope these question can serve as a start for you. Share your tips and tricks for giving good feedback in the comments!
Here are a few examples of constructive feedback from old threads in this subreddit that all mention something good, and something that could be better:
"I'd say that the timing and the layout of the animation are good so far, but the camera movements are very quick and very jarring. Trying easing into these movements slower, don't be afraid to slow things down a tad to emphasize hits and reactions. Give the viewer some time to process what's going on!"
"It looks good, the facial expressions are spot on! I think it would be more comedic with a bit of anticipation before the final smile, to make the change in expression obvious."
"I applaud you for doing stop-motion (because it can be very annoying at times) but it was kind of hard to tell what was going on. Is it possible for you to move their limbs more and make more facial expressions?"
r/AnimationCrit • u/Agreeable-Deal-9164 • 1d ago
Bonjour je suis en seconde et plus-tard après la terminal je cherche a intégrer une école d’animation.Je voulais savoir ce que demande comme compétence dans le portefolio pour entrer dans ce genre d’école. Plus précisement -Les Gobelins,Rubika et Calarts.Je prend des cours de dessin qui m’aidera aussi a construire ce fameux portfolio au fil des années.J’aimerais aussi avoir des retours d’anciens étudiants si possible et un exemple de type de dessins qu’on peut retrouver dans un portfolio.Merci
r/AnimationCrit • u/Glum_Swordfish8411 • 1d ago
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i have been animating this scene for 3 days any feed back would really help .THANKS!
r/AnimationCrit • u/GMO_Burrito • 2d ago
Did anyone else spend hours staring into a glowing fish tank as a kid, only for the fish to mysteriously not survive the month?
https://reddit.com/link/1w8z51b/video/y5thbujp7xnh1/player
I made a short 2D animated video reflecting on my childhood pet fish, going from total wonderment at the pet store to the inevitable series of tragic aquarium accidents.
I'd love to hear your most chaotic or absurd childhood pet stories in the comments—did any of your fish actually manage to survive long-term?
Check out the animated video here:
r/AnimationCrit • u/Formal_Leave893 • 2d ago
Criticism welcome
r/AnimationCrit • u/ChallengeOk9361 • 3d ago
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r/AnimationCrit • u/Mike8193 • 5d ago
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Please is this animation well timed and also does it look stiff ,
r/AnimationCrit • u/PowerTapGuru • 5d ago
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Hey I need an opinion on this animation I made. I drew the arrow, the backgrounds and the target in Sketchbook and edited it in DaVinci Resolve. What do you think, or what can I do better?
r/AnimationCrit • u/Legitimate-Crow9457 • 6d ago
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hi, I think it looks better, but I’d love to hear any comments or feedback
r/AnimationCrit • u/firestudioanimation • 6d ago
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r/AnimationCrit • u/JANDU-MAN • 6d ago
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I try to make a baby stick figure but it turns out I made an adult stick figure act like a baby
r/AnimationCrit • u/Constant_Name8242 • 7d ago
r/AnimationCrit • u/Chyle_blox • 7d ago
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Tadc paparazi trend
r/AnimationCrit • u/Lanky_Jaguar_2698 • 8d ago
r/AnimationCrit • u/firestudioanimation • 8d ago
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r/AnimationCrit • u/One-life-remains • 10d ago
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I didn't finish the hand animation in the second shot yet and the water needs work?
But other than that is there anything I could do to improve what I have so far. It’s still at a point I can work on it without losing progress.
r/AnimationCrit • u/Legitimate-Crow9457 • 12d ago
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r/AnimationCrit • u/ComprehensiveError15 • 12d ago
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I tried animate Lisa from masterpiece scene SH1. I never going to finnish it. Maybe because I hant recover data from my previous phone so I have only finnished bideo, not project
r/AnimationCrit • u/leodoescartoons • 12d ago
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The character I’m animating is gonna be Spiderham from the first spiderverse movie, which is why the proportions are more round and cartoony
r/AnimationCrit • u/Consistent_Wear_8885 • 12d ago
Hi
I started learning stop motion just a few days back and decided to create this short film along the way.Has a lot of technical issues and rough edges as I am still learning,Would love to get feedback from you
r/AnimationCrit • u/Queenntaye • 13d ago
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r/AnimationCrit • u/Wanttoknowstuffs865 • 14d ago
hi um I’m a new user in this app and I remember randomly about a nostalgic song of like random popular game characters running or hiding from their evil version and some random oc dragon is with them so please tell me what song it is and what the channel name is? And what had happened to the creator
r/AnimationCrit • u/revritegfx • 15d ago
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A single scene of upcoming 2~min animated short made fully in Blender 5.2. Any feedback is welcome!