Carlos Fins:

Posing could be pushed. And there's a lot of hitting and holding poses. I think this could have used a bit of staging to establish the screen left guy as maybe a bit intimidating or something, and using a camera cut instead of that pan. But regardless, I like the facial expressions. The finger to the jaw on ethical implications feels very cliche. Good work!

Rich Lauzon:

Appealing

Erik Griott:

i dont like the fact that the blue guy walks away from the other guy so we cant see him reacting, or anticipating. i find the camera move distracting from what i should be paying attention to. also, the blue guy seems kinda stiff in his movements.

Taber Dunipace:

Is that a camera move or the character sliding on roller skates half-way through the animation? And why did you do that? If you don't have a good reason, DON'T do it. The animation is alright in exectution but you need a lot help with the acting. Why is he so happy to have a sword drawn on him at the end? Better acting will get rid of these types of problems.

Jett Atwood:

This is fun!

Steve Sloan:

I didn't really like the camera pan. it would have been nice to see the expression on the other characters face when he pulls the sword

David Humphreys:

cool style! great camera move a little jerky but i think thats helps the feel of your animating style.

Seymore Skinner:

I would like to see the other character throughout the whole scene.

Missy Feaster:

Minor lipsynch tweaks needed, but otherwise, this is great!

Victor Wong:

Good camera move. Lip sync is acceptable. And acting ability is handled very well.

Salvador García Luque:

really nice animation, the characters have their own personalities, but there is something about the lypsinc that is not quite well.

Aaron Clement:

I like your characters... endings not too bad... Not sure if the guy talking to the camera works, though.

Justin Weg:

Nice job. I think the camera movement isn't necessary.

Damodar V Sawant:

You are good at clean up!ur animation looks smooth ,But you have to improve your acting and posing stuff................keep going

ArunVijayan:

nice!!!i think if u worked on inbetweens it will look more good.....

Christiaan Moleman:

Very pose to pose, characters seem frozen in their poses. Keep it alive more.

Would get rid of the pointing to the other guy. It comes late (on "talking" instead of on "your") plus it's too literal a gesture anyway. Less gestures is better, just go with the palm up unfolding gesture that you have.

The camera move and walk seem unmotivated, like you're just doing it to get the other guy off-screen.

Christopher Lutz:

Good animating. The camera move doesn't really work.

vic:

nice acting .. moving holds.....

Simon Bean:

Acting is great - really nice poses. Lipsync could do with a little work

Bilal Ahmad:

i think, you should've added more expression on the "ethical implications" word.

Juliano Bezerra:

i think that the last pose isn't good. maybe an another facial expression can help...

Eric Scheur:

Ha! I love the interpretation of the historical mail! :) Very nice!

(before I get to animation, I wanted to mention that I like the idea of the camera move--but without anything in the background, it's a little difficult for the eye to read that it's a camera move. some reference in the background, even if it's just a wall, or a cloud, or something, would help)

You have some really nice poses in here. Especially on "Talking about opening someone else's mail." Very nice. :)

Some other poses aren't as clear-- On frame 39, for example, I'm not sure I read what Blue is getting at. It looks like he's kind of leaning to the side, but his face isn't saying a lot. I think that just turning his body towards Gray a little more would help make it seem like this is an urgent matter.

Similarly, I'm not quite sure I buy the pose on 194--it doesn't look like he's actually stopping to consider ethical implications. It looks more like he's mocking the ethical implications--like he doesn't really care about them.

As far as the lipsync is concerned, I think it could use some work. You could make a lot more use out of your "o" shape, especially when it comes to "W"s and "R"s. The "o" shape can really sell those sounds, even in a character with limited mouth abilities.

I look forward to seeing your future entries! Cheers! :)

Alison K. Sanders:

Hey! Very nice animation. Your body mechanics are pretty solid. I really like how you moved the guy with the mail away so that the audience focused on him. I also like how you interpreted the audio & setup a "realistic" senerio. Great job!

Gabe Dill:

i like the bouncy posing... there is one pose while the camera is moving and he says "i think" and puts one finger out - that pose i'm not sure of... i just don't know what its there for. over all quite nice...

Gregory Marlow:

good poses but you need moving holds. Also work on that lip sync a little more.

Ryan Hagen:

Nice work. The lipsync felt off to me, and some of the holds felt like they were held just a bit too long. I'm assuming you did the cam move so you didn't have to animate the character pulling the sword out, instead of that I would just had him holding the sword from the beginning and loose the spear and cam move. The sword coming up quickly would've sold the "Swish" sound well. Good job.

Chris Smith:

This is a good one. I like the original use of the medieval theme - thats different from others.
Good animation, poses and timing.
Only crit I have is that the "mail" is not actually "opened". I'm not clear on what the animator is communicating here.

don:

good job...concept is pretty cool....but animation need to polish......

Roshan.k:

good!

Matthew Hoesterey:

you get the Characters expressions and emotions across really well. At the same time the animations feel very pose to pose. You could use some overlaping motions. Also you could work on your follow through while it's ok to snap into a pose there are points that the motion stops entirely.

Jônatas Kerr de Oliveira:

amazing! only that final smile should be changed... other than that, that’s perfect!

Scott Farrell:

this piece was a lot of fun, everything seems to be moving at the same time, it would be great to see the body broken up more and delay some movements, but the key is you sold me on the dialogue so great job. oh and after the guard save "have to" I would have him start to mouth something else, right now it looks like hes waiting for the other guy to speak which looks staged

Mike Courtney:

The gray guy seems barely animated and could use attention. The blue one hits a pose and nothing happens. While the poses are alright, they could be pushed more.

Anthony Travieso:

I love the characters. I would look at the lip sync there are some places where the mouth shapes dont match the dialogue.